Yet another tale, found in the liner notes for the band’s compilation album Galore, Smith wrote that the song was “loosely based on an essay by Myra Poleo entitled The Dark Power of Ritual Pictures – after reading it I destroyed all my old ‘personal’ photographs, and almost all of my ‘home’ cine and video collection – I think I was trying to wipe away my past… within days I was suffering great regret I still am!” Another story is that he once threw away all of his personal photos and home movies. One is that it was written after a fire at Smith’s house and he found pictures of his wife, Mary Poole in the wreckage – so the song was written in response to his nostalgia. Smith has given different stories about what inspired the song. It reached the top 30 in the UK and Germany, and was a minor hit in the US and The Netherlands. “Pictures Of You” is the fourth and final single released from Disintegration.
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