Down By The Water

The lead single from PJ Harvey's third studio album To Bring You My Love, "Down by the Water" was released in February 1995 and reached number two on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming her highest-charting US single. Written by Harvey and self-produced with Flood and John Parish, the song's lyrics narrate the story of a woman drowning her daughter and reference the traditional American folk song "Salty Dog Blues."