She Don't Use Jelly


"She Don't Use Jelly" is a song by American rock band the Flaming Lips from their sixth studio album, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart. It reached number 55 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became a top-30 hit in Australia.

Music and lyrics

Discussing the song, the band's website states, "With its chiming pedal steel chorus breaks and seemingly nonsensical lyrics, the song entered into the realms of novelty hit. It's a happy little ditty about strange people and their individual idiosyncrasies, with pretty melodies laced throughout and punctuated by trademark moments of crunching but still harmonious noise."
The song describes a woman who "thinks of ghosts" and puts Vaseline on toast, a man who "goes to shows" and uses magazines to blow his nose, and another woman that "reminds of Cher" and uses tangerines to make her hair orange. Coyne has stated, "The song came to me very quickly, and I thought it was sort of funny."

Track listings

US CD single
  1. "She Don't Use Jelly" – 3:41
  2. "Translucent Egg" – 3:45
  3. "Turn It On" – 6:12
  4. "★★★★★★★ " – 1:42
US cassette single and UK 7-inch single
  1. "She Don't Use Jelly" – 3:40
  2. "Turn It On" – 6:12
UK CD1 and Australian CD single
  1. "She Don't Use Jelly" – 3:40
  2. "Translucent Egg" – 3:45
  3. "Turn It On" – 6:12
UK CD2
  1. "She Don't Use Jelly" – 3:40
  2. "The Process" – 6:02
  3. "Moth in the Incubator" – 4:12