Queen of Hollywood


Information:
  • It has been noted that Andrea sometimes cries while performing this song because it makes her so emotional - these are her favourite self-penned lyrics. (Source: http://www.corrnucopia.net/ - under British Articles 1999, titled Sex, Drugs and Fiddly Diddly Dee in the section where Andrea is interviewed individually.)
     
  • Andrea has also mentioned that Queen of Hollywood is one of her favorite songs to perform live.
     
  • The lyrics were inspired by a documentary about prostitution and drugs in New York. (Source: http://www.corrnucopia.net/ - under British Articles 1999, titled Sex, Drugs and Fiddly Diddly Dee in the section where Andrea is interviewed individually.)
     
  • Quote from Andrea regarding Queen of Hollywood from the Corrs Live at BBC Radio 2 Christmas Eve 2001 broadcast:
    Interviewer: "What's this song about for you, Andrea?"
    Andrea: "It's really the tale of a girl pursuing a dream, and what it looks like on the outside and what actually is happening to her is not quite the same picture. Just kind of a tragic tale of someone pursuing a dream, and it doesn't work out, but she feels there's something different about her. It's kind of a tragic song."
     
Written By:
  • It is commonly believed that Andrea wrote the lyrcis for Queen of Hollywood.
     
  • According to the website of Dane Deviller, Dane wrote the music with Glen Ballard. The track then sat for a time until Glen Ballard played the track for Andrea and she wrote the lyrics to go with it.
     
  • In an interview with Trevor McShane Sharon says that Andrea wrote Queen of Hollywood.
     


Lyrics:
She drove a long way through the night
From an urban neighborhood
She left her mother in a fight
For a dream misunderstood
And her friends they talk on corners
They could never comprehend

But there was always something different
In the way she held a stare
And the pictures that she painted
Were of glamour and of flair
And her boyfriend though he loved her
Knew he couldn't quite fulfill
He could never meet her there

She's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood

And the cynics they will wonder
What's the difference with this dream
And the dreams of countless others
All believing in TV
They see their handprints in a sidewalk
Flashing cameras on the scene
And a shining limousine

She's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
She's believing in a dream
(Queen of Hollywood)
It's a loaded fantasy

Now her mother collects cut-outs
And the pictures make her smile
But if she saw behind the curtains
It could only make her cry
She's got hand prints on her body
Sad moonbeams in her eyes
not so innocent a child

She's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes and even though she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood

(x2)

Friends still talk at the corners.

She's the Queen of Hollywood



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