Velouria

Written by Black Francis as a love song inspired by a girl associated with the Rosicrucians of Northern California, this surf rock-influenced track featuring a theremin part was released in July 1990 as the lead single from Pixies' album Bossanova. The song became the band's first Top 40 hit in the United Kingdom, with a music video showing a short clip of the band in a quarry slowed down to fit the song's length.