{{Short description|1988 single by the Sisters of Mercy}} {{Infobox song | name = Lucretia My Reflection | cover = The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Sisters of Mercy | album = Floodland | B-side = Long Train | released = June 1988 | recorded = 1987 in England | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Gothic rock|post-punk|{{nowrap|dark wave}}|industrial rock}} | length = {{ubl|4:57 (album version)|4:20 (single edit)|9:52 (extended version)}} | label = Merciful Release | writer = Andrew Eldritch | producer = {{hlist|Larry Alexander|Andrew Eldritch}} | prev_title = Dominion | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = More | next_year = 1990 }}
"'''Lucretia My Reflection'''" is a song by the English rock band the Sisters of Mercy. Released as the third and final single from their second studio album, ''Floodland'', in June 1988, it reached number 20 on the UK singles chart.
==Overview== The song was written by Andrew Eldritch as a "welcome" to the Sisters of Mercy bassist, Patricia Morrison, who, he said, "always strikes me as a [[Lucrezia Borgia|Lucrezia [Borgia]]]-type person".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zsd.co.za/~lucien/sisters/interviews/interview.php?id=4|title='After the Flood'|author=Ted Mico|publisher=Melody Maker|date=14 November 1987|access-date=20 October 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805212409/http://www.zsd.co.za/~lucien/sisters/interviews/interview.php?id=4|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its lyrics concern the fall of an empire, war and the consequent destruction of other aspects of life.
==Track listing== *All songs written by Andrew Eldritch.
{{Track listing | headline = | extra_column =
| all_writing = 7": Merciful Release / MR45 | all_lyrics = | all_music =
| title1 = Lucretia, My Reflection | length1 = 4:20
| title2 = Long Train (1984) | length2 = 7:27 }}
{{Track listing | headline = 12": Merciful Release / MR45T | extra_column =
| all_writing = | all_lyrics = | all_music =
| title1 = Lucretia, My Reflection | length1 = 9:52
| title2 = Long Train (1984) | length2 = 7:25 }}
{{Track listing | headline = CD: Merciful Release / MR45CD | extra_column =
| all_writing = | all_lyrics = | all_music =
| title1 = Lucretia, My Reflection | length1 = 9:51
| title2 = Long Train (1984) | length2 = 4:26 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (1988) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Ireland2|22|song=Lucretia|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 May 2017}} |- {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|20|artist=Sisters of Mercy|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 May 2017}} |- {{singlechart|Billboarddanceclubplay|30|artist=The Sisters of Mercy|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 May 2017}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{The Sisters of Mercy}}
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Category:1987 songs Category:1988 singles Category:The Sisters of Mercy songs Category:Songs written by Andrew Eldritch