Just Like Honey
The opening track of Psychocandy, which borrows its first drum beat from a Ronettes record.
The Jesus And Mary Chain, from Psychocandy (1985)
- Written by
- William Reid, Jim Reid
- Released
- 1985
- Album
- Psychocandy
The third single from Psychocandy was released by Blanco y Negro in 1985 and reached 45. Bobby Gillespie opens it with Hal Blaine's drum riff from the Ronettes' Be My Baby. Karen Parker sings backing vocals, John Loder engineered, and the B-side was Head. NME ranked it second in its Tracks of the Year for 1985. Pitchfork placed it 46th in its 200 best songs of the 1980s, with T. Cole Rachel calling it a classic bad boy love song.
It closes Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, and was used in a 2011 Volkswagen advertisement. Scarlett Johansson, who starred in the film, performed it with the band at Coachella on 27 April 2007. Jim Reid told Vogue in 2015 that it and In a Hole have been played so much.
More songs by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Upside Down, Never Understand, Some Candy Talking, April Skies, Darklands
Sources
- Just Like Honey, Wikipedia
- The Jesus and Mary Chain, Wikipedia
- The Jesus and Mary Chain's Jim Reid on the Making of Psychocandy, Vogue (2015-08-13)