Debra
The Prince homage that closes Midnite Vultures and tops The Guardian's ranking of Beck's songs.
Beck, from Midnite Vultures (1999)
- Written by
- Beck
- Released
- 1999
- Length
- 13:46
- Album
- Midnite Vultures
Debra closes Midnite Vultures at 13:46 and ends with a hidden track. It was inspired by Prince's Adore and by David Bowie's Win.
The Guardian ranked it first among Beck's songs. It called it the Princeliest of the album's Prince homages, yet good enough to become a Beck song again, with Beck in a falsetto and a ludicrous suburban loverman persona who chats up a girl working in a JCPenney and tries to arrange a threesome with her sister Debra, without being sure of her name.
More songs by Beck
Loser, Where It's At, Devils Haircut, The Golden Age, Lost Cause, E-Pro, The New Pollution, Sissyneck, Paper Tiger
Sources
- Midnite Vultures, Wikipedia
- Beck's greatest songs, ranked, The Guardian (2020-07-02)