Crosby Stills & Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes: Song Background

Описание: Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’ is a song written by Stephen Stills and performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN). It appeared on the group's self-titled debut album in 1969 and was released as a single, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. In Canada, ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’ peaked at number 11. The song imitates the form of a classical music suite as an ordered set of musical pieces. The album version runs 7:22, which was considered too long for radio, so the single was cut down to 4:35. Many FM radio stations played the album cut, which is now considered the definitive version.
Stephen Stills wrote this song about his then-girlfriend, folk singer Judy Collins. In the Crosby, Stills & Nash 1991 boxed set, Stills said: "It started out as a long narrative poem about my relationship with Judy Collins. It poured out of me over many months and filled several notebooks. I had a hell of a time getting the music to fit. I was left with all these pieces of song and I said, 'Let's sing them together and call it a suite,' because they were all about the same thing and they led up to the same point."
‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’ was named the 51st greatest song ever in a 2000 list by VH1. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 418 in the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll".
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