Lydia (song)

"Lydia" is a single by New Zealand band, Fur Patrol, from their debut studio album Pet, released in 2000.

This article is about the song by Fur Patrol. For other music named "Lydia", see Lydia (disambiguation) § Music.
"Lydia"
Single by Fur Patrol
from the album Pet
Released2000
Recorded2000
StudioMarmalade Studios, Wellington
GenreRock
Length4:15
LabelWEA, Wishbone Music
Songwriter(s)Julia Deans
Producer(s)David Long
Fur Patrol singles chronology
"Holy"
(2000)		 "Lydia"
(2000)		 "Andrew"
(2001)

Written by the band's lead vocalist Julia Deans, the song is about a woman who observes that her ex-lover is in a new relationship with another woman – Lydia.

Deans said of the song, "It's a classic story. The jilted ex, and it's not necessarily an ex, walks into a cafe or bar and sees the significant other at a table with another other. We have all been there. It was drawn as much from one's own relationships as it was from other people's. When you are young, you end up being that person sitting in a bar and watching your recent beloved getting cosy with someone else. So I guess the song is about that moment when you know a relationship is over but are faced with the reality of it, that someone you thought you loved and thought loved you, has moved on."[1]

There was nothing cerebral about the selection of the name Lydia. It just fell out.

It was syllabically and phonetically pleasing within the song. When I write, a lot of words that come that way. Lydia came very quickly. I wrote it pretty much in the time it takes to play the song maybe three times.

It's one of those moments that you live for as a songwriter. I don't think it has ever happened that quickly with anything else that I have written. Because it happened so quickly and naturally, it felt good.

— Julia Deans

"Lydia" spent nineteen weeks on the New Zealand Singles Chart, peaking at number one on 24 December 2000 for one week.[2][3][nb 1]

In 2001 it was voted the 19th best New Zealand song of all time by APRA and featured on Nature's Best. The song also won two awards at the 2001 New Zealand Music Awards – Single of the Year and Best Songwriter (awarded to Deans).

Charts

Year-end charts
Chart (2001) Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 46

Notes
  1. No charts were published from 25 December 2000 to 13 January 2001. "Lydia" was therefore only number one for one chart.
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References
  1. Deans, Julia (18 May 2018). "How We Made... Fur Patrol's Lydia". Sunday Star Times. Stuff Limited.
  2. "Fur Patrol - Lydia". Hung Medien. charts.nz. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  3. "Top 40 Singles (#1241)". The Official New Zealand Music Charts. Recorded Music New Zealand. 24 December 2000. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. "End of Year Charts 2001". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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