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|albumname=Thing a Week Two
 
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|release=01-06-2006
 
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|bloglink=2006/01/06/thing-a-week-16-you-could-be-her/
 
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"'''You Could Be Her''' is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s fifth album, [[Thing a Week Two]].
 
 
 
== History ==
 
"You Could Be Her" was released as the sixteenth [[Thing a Week]], on January 6th, 2006.  The song was originally written for and recorded by [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s previous band, [[Supergroup]]. (For another song originally written for Supergroup, see [[Madelaine]].)
 
 
 
== Live performance ==
 
"You Could Be Her" is believed to have never been played at a Jonathan Coulton concert.
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* It is probable that Jonathan was referring to the Connecticut Buckingham Square Mall in Aurora, Connecticut, which is relatively close to his home of Colchester.
 
* A BA is a Bachelor of Arts degree.
 
* "Movers and Shakers" generally refers to influential, powerful people, for instance, bankers or businessmen.
 
* The opening riff is reminiscent of the guitar lick in The Beatles' "Sun King," providing another link between Coulton and The Beatles.
 
 
 
== Availability ==
 
=== Downloads ===
 
"You Could Be Her" is currently only available for purchase in the Jonathan Coulton MP3 Store as an [[joco:songdetails/You+Could+Be+Her|individual track]] or as part of ''[[joco:albums//thing-a-week-ii/|Thing a Week II]]''. Of course, this song is also included as part of the "Everything" playlist.
 
 
 
Downloadable FLAC versions of the above are available in the [[joco:store/flac/|Jonathan Coulton FLAC Store]].
 
 
 
=== CD ===
 
"Thing a Week II" is available for purchase as a CD [http://cdbaby.com/cd/coulton4 here].
 
 
 
=== Other versions ===
 
A karaoke version of "You Could Be Her" is available on the [[joco:store/karaoke/|Jonathan Coulton Karaoke Store]].
 
 
 
== Themes ==
 
* [[Unrequited love]]
 
* [[Work]]
 
 
 
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Revision as of 22:29, 21 September 2011

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