The single release of "She Comes in Colors" received heavy airplay in several localities, including Los Angeles, but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was mono, so the vocal, as well as the guitars,were more forward, and the ancillary instruments were further back in the mix." Reception The flute and harpsichord were more prominent on the album because it was a stereo mix. and the album version were mixed differently. According to Echols: "The single version. Įchols remembers "She Comes in Colors" to be the most difficult song on Da Capo to record, because it incorporated a lot of "strange chords." He said that the recording "probably took seven or eight takes, because in a way it's three songs in one, but it's hard to hear where the changes are". Instrumentation of Love's recording of the song includes harpsichord played by Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer and flute played by Tjay Cantrelli. The guitar riff was influenced by folk rock.
Love guitarist Johnny Echols recalls that the song "was about this girl named Annette who would come to all our shows wearing these outrageous gypsy clothes." The lyrics include a line about being in "England town", although Lee had never been to England when he wrote the song Echols suggested that Lee change the line to "London town" but Lee refused. Inspiration for "She Comes in Colors" came from the clothing worn by Love fan Annette Bonan (later Ferrell), who was also a friend of Arthur Lee. The song was also covered by several artists, including the Hooters. Lee and some music critics believed that "She Comes in Colors" was a source for the Rolling Stones' song " She's a Rainbow", and several music critics and record company executives also believe that it influenced Madonna's " Beautiful Stranger", although Madonna has denied this. It was also included on a number of Love compilation albums, including Love Revisited and Best of Love and on the multi-artist compilation album Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra 1963–1973.Īlthough modern critics have praised the song as being "sublime", or a "timeless jewel" or as possibly the best song Lee ever wrote, at the time of its release as a single it failed to make the Billboard Hot 100. " She Comes in Colors" is a song written by Arthur Lee and released by the band Love as a single in 1966 and on their 1966 album Da Capo.
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