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This title track, along with the foul-mouthed groove “Why’d Ya Do It?” and the incantatory “Witches’ Song,” reintroduced Faithfull as an uncompromising icon for a new era.

Though “Why D’ya Do It?” isn’t featured, Derek Jarman’s short film Broken English—built around three of the record’s tracks and featuring Faithfull—left behind the record’s most ...

‘Why’d Ya Do It?’ features furiously profane lyrics about the pain of being cheated on that remain jaw-dropping even now. “ Why’d you spit on my snatch?

She did. Faithfull writes: “Heathcote read me his poem, which was called Why D’Ya Do It? and he had not spoken more than two lines before I knew this was going to be my Frankenstein.

Broken English shocked everyone, with brutal tales like the title track, about the German female terrorist Ulrike Meinhof, or “Why’d Ya Do It,” where she snarls, “Why’d ya spit on my ...

NEW YORK — Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones' greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and ...

The musical career of Marianne Faithfull, who died today at 78, is as seasoned and diverse as her inimitable voice. Here are 10 highlights.

She shared everything, uncensored, in her memoirs and in her music, notably “Broken English,” which came out in 1979 and featured her seething “Why’d Ya Do It” and conflicted “Guilt ...