She's Leaving You
The lead single of Manning Fireworks, a portrait of a man in the middle of a midlife crisis.
MJ Lenderman, from Manning Fireworks (2024)
- Written by
- MJ Lenderman
- Released
- 2024
- Length
- 4:38
- Album
- Manning Fireworks
"She's Leaving You" is the fifth track on Manning Fireworks, 4:38, written by Lenderman and produced by him and Alex Farrar at Drop of Sun, with Karly Hartzman credited on vocals. It was the lead single, released on June 24, 2024. Paste describes it as a half-sneering portrait of a middle-aged man cheating his way through a midlife crisis, and Songfacts reads it as about a midlife crisis and the end of a relationship; no explanation from Lenderman was found.
The video was directed by Hartzman and Clay Tatum. It reached number 23 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart by Wikipedia's account, while Songfacts says number 45 on Rock Airplay, likely different charts. Setlist.fm shows it rarely played, with a December 13, 2025 performance at Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam in Asheville in its recent dates.
On stage
- 2025-12-13, Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam, Asheville A recent performance.
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Where to go next
Reference
- Songfacts: She's Leaving You A reading of the song.
- Manning Fireworks on Wikipedia The album's credits.
Sources
- Manning Fireworks, Wikipedia
- The meaning behind She's Leaving You, Songfacts
- MJ Lenderman, Wikipedia