1977Released
3:03

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Bodies. By Songfacts®.

This song is about a schizophrenic woman named Pauline who used to stalk the Sex Pistols and was fanatical about them. She lived in a treehouse on the estate of "Nut-house." One time, the nurses couldn't get her down so she'd live up there for days.

John Lydon: "She turned up at my door once wearing a see-through plastic bag. She did the rounds in London and ended up at everybody's door. Like most insane people, she was very promiscuous. The fetus thing is what got me. She'd tell me about getting pregnant by the male nurses at the asylum or whatever."

In Daniel Rachel's The Art of Noise: Conversations with Great Songwriters, lead singer Lydon says this is about "the rage and passion and pain of both sides of the abortion issue."

Top Listeners

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Bodies.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
158BPM

Album

The album Bodies is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Bodies.
Rhino/Warner Records
© 1977 Warner Records Inc.
℗ 1977 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company for the United States and Canada

See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.

Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.

5.8MArtists
73.6MSongs
12.3MAlbums
6.3KGenres
2.5MLabels
493KPlaylists