Song · David Byrne
“She's Mad” by David Byrne
From the album Uh‐oh (1992)
“She's Mad” by David Byrne appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1992 and 2024. It was first released in 1992 on the album Uh‐oh. Its best result is #69 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #184 alternative song of 1992 and #3,738 alternative song of all time.
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"She's Mad" was the single David Byrne put out in 1992 to carry Uh-Oh, his second solo studio album, and the credits read like a block party. Nick Launay produced, recorded and mixed it, Milton Cardona plays batá drum, a horn section of trumpets and trombones pushes through, three violinists fill in the corners and Nicky Holland adds backing vocals. In America it peaked at No. 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Byrne directed the video himself and turned it into a funhouse mirror, his own image pulled and warped by special effects as he sings, the work of Carlos Arguello and Michele Ferrone of Pacific Data Images. MTV nominated it for Breakthrough Video and Best Special Effects at the 1992 Video Music Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 101 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 69 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 | 105 |
| 1992 | 101 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 924 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 496 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2024 | 856 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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