The late Sinead O’Connor gave an unreleased track, “The Magdalene Song,” to the BBC for the TV drama The Woman in the Wall, The Guardian reports. The song aired at the climax of the season finale last night (September 24). The song’s title refers to the Magdalene laundries prevalent in Ireland for much of the 19th and 20th centuries—institutions where many Irish women could seek refuge under the aegis of the Irish Catholic church, only for many to be subjected to further abuse. O’Connor approved the song’s use in the show before her death, at 56, in July.
David Holmes, who produced O’Connor’s music in her final years, told The Guardian, “The first half of the track is completely heartbreaking, and the second half is pure defiance. I stripped the song away to just Sinéad’s voice and then let the full power come in for the second half. It’s incredible how the meaning of the song came together with this story. It was just meant to be. There’s a certain magic when you bring music to an emotive story.”
Holmes added, “Sinéad sanctioned the track for use before they had even started shooting, and when the producers heard it they were amazed to have something so strong. We all felt the only place this can go is at the end.”
Pitchfork has emailed representatives for Showtime, which bought the series in partnership with the BBC, to ask whether the song will be released.
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