3. Strange Little Girl (Black/Burnel/Cornwell/Greenfield/Warmling, 1982)
The Stranglers - single & on various compilations

“I started to really see the influence that [The Stranglers] had on a lot of people. These were two British men, not jock-y kind of guys, not football hooligans. They’re not really like that, and yet they thought that they were sexy songwriters. You know, ‘Girls on the beaches/Looking at the peaches,’ the whole thing. And I think they are, in a way. [laughs] I was just drawn to them because... What a catalog they’ve written.” [Next - September 7, 2001]

“This is the little girl whose father killed her mother in Eminem’s song, all grown up, having to deal with the fact that she was an accomplice to the murder. She’s a dichotomy of things because she’s divided - even when parents divorce, if they turn one child against one parent, you’re dividing that child at the core. It’s a manipulative thing to do.” [AP - October 2001]