DESCRIPTION:
From '' Sweets ''
Label: 679 Recordings -- 679L139
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single
Country: UK
Released: 02 Oct 2006

Tracklist
A Sweets
Backing Vocals -- Sarah Cartwright
Recorded By -- J. Walker
B She Sells Sanctuary
Backing Vocals -- Maya Lubinsky
Drums -- Paul Cook
Recorded By -- Daniel Lea

Producer -- Martin Craft (M. Craft)

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"She Sells Sanctuary" is a song by the English rock band The Cult.
It is from their 1985 album ''Love'' and was released as a single in May of that year, peaking at no.15 in the UK Singles Chart.

The band has released various versions of the song.
Aside from the original 7" single, three other versions had been released around the same time on 12" formats: "The Long Version", "The Howling Mix", and "Assault on Sanctuary".

In 1993, several more mixes were released on two different CD singles, each called Sanctuary MCMXCIII (Volumes 1 & 2).
The "Sundance" remix was remixed by Butch Vig who previously had produced Nirvana's Nevermind Album.
The "Dog Star Rising" remix was remixed by Youth who has produced The Cult's eighth album, Born into This.
"She Sells Sanctuary" was the last song to be recorded with The Cult's drummer, Nigel Preston, who was fired from the band shortly after its release.

In 2009, two more previously unreleased versions, a demo and the "Olympic Rough Mix" were included in a 4-disc box set of the Omnibus Edition of Love.

Covers and examples

It is covered by Keane as a B-Side on their single A Bad Dream.
It is covered by Britt Black on her first solo album Blackout.
It is covered by Enuff Znuff on Fire Woman: A Tribute to The Cult in 2001.
It is covered by Oh Mr. Grant!, which was released on the now discontinued Horse Nation: A Tribute to the Life, Music,and Spirit of The Cult in 1997.
It is covered by The Dandy Warhols for the charity compilation album Bridging the Distance: A Portland OR Covers Collection.
It is one of many that Manic Street Preachers often use as the opening sequence into their early single Motown Junk when performing it live.
It is covered by Silva (wedding/function band) often at a slightly higher tempo

Appearances in popular culture

The song made several appearances in video games including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the in-game radio station V-Rock, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2, as well as a playable track in music video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and as downloadable content for Rock Band.

It is featured in the films Free Enterprise, Singles and Layer Cake.

The Butch Vig mix appears in the opening credits of the 1994 film With Honors as well as its soundtrack.

It is featured in the opening credits of the movie Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

The song was featured in commercials to Nissan, Labatt's beer and Ford Mustang.

In later seasons of the popular UK car program Top Gear, it has been used on numerous occasions.

It is used as an intro for Radio Le Mans show "Midweek Motorsport"

On the British medical drama series, Monroe, the song was heard in the fourth episode where Dr. Gabriel Monroe (James Nesbitt) and his best friend, Dr. Laurence Shepard (Tom Riley) are performing surgery.

In February 2012, the song was mashed with Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" for Budweiser's 'Eternal Optimism' Super Bowl ad.