Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba / Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba /

Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, oh oh oh... /

Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba / Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba /

Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, oh oh oh... /

Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba / Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba /

Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, oh oh oh... /

Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba / Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba /

Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, I know, / I know it should have been. / Conchita, oh oh oh... /

[outro sample:] Maybe he means it's some sort of ghost? Maybe that's what the Beast is, a ghost!

Credits

Composition:

• Bob Stanley
• Pete Wiggs

Vocals:

• Sarah Cracknell

References

Conchita Matinez is of course a Spanish tennis star. However, apparently the band didn't know where they'd heard the name when they wrote the song.

The guitar intro on this track is taken from 'Spirit of the Radio' by Rush

The outro sample at the end of the song is from the film 'Lord of the Flies'

Trivia

With weird noises all over the place, this is this album's Like The Swallow.

Versions and sources

Conchita Martinez

• So Tough album [vinyl twelve inch]
• So Tough album [CD]
• So Tough album [cassette]
• So Tough album [double CD]
• So Tough album [CD (US first release)]
• So Tough album [CD (European release)]
• So Tough album [CD (US second release)]
• So Tough album [cassette (US first release)]
• So Tough album [cassette (US second release)]
• So Tough album [minidisc]
• So Tough album [CD (Japan)]