Sheena Is a Parasite

Infobox Single
Name = Sheena is a Parasite


Caption =
Artist = The Horrors
from Album = Strange House
B-side = "Jack The Ripper"
Released = April 10, 2006
Format = 7" vinyl
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Genre = Garage Punk
Length = 1:40
Label = Loog
Writer =
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "Sheena is a Parasite"
(2006)
Next single = "Death At The Chapel"
(2006)

"Sheena is a Parasite" was the debut single by the UK garage rock band The Horrors, released in April, 2006. It did not chart as it contained both stickers and inserts, therefore breaking chart rules.

The title and content was adapted from The Ramones single "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" as well as The Cramps' "Sheena's in a Goth Gang", and chronicles the demise of punk music and its cultural influence. The music video was directed by Chris Cunningham. This ended a seven year music video hiatus for the much respected Cunningham who admitted to being "mildly obsessed" with the track, having come across it on MySpace. Having directed several Aphex Twin videos, the video content was expected to be suitably twisted and quirky. The video stars Oscar nominee Samantha Morton as the song's manic, transmogrifying subject who whips around like a banshee and spews her intestines at the viewer. Sharply edited and shot on a low budget, the video was instantly banned from MTV UK purely on the basis of the use of strobe lights, not because of the gory subject matter (as was erroneously reported by the NME). Chris Cunningham did not want to edit out the strobing as he felt it would compromise his work. The video has aired on MTV2 in America.

The B-side is a Screaming Lord Sutch cover, although this version is more inspired by the previous cover by The Gruesomes.

Track listing

# "Sheena is a Parasite"
# "Jack The Ripper"