Headlights (Cat Power song)

The song was written by Marshall, with the addition of Bob Bannister (guitar, violin) and Glen Thrasher (drums). The lyrics are a first-person narrative about a young woman dying on the side of a road after a car accident.^[1] It alternates between the scene of the woman dying as her friend stands over her, and the conversation that took place moments prior to the accident.^[1][4] Marshall later revealed that she wrote the song about a friend of hers who had died.^[5] The song was re-recorded by Cat Power in December 1994 with guitarist Tim Foljahn and drummer Steve Shelley, and was placed on her debut album, Dear Sir (1995).

The version of the song featured on the single includes an untuned violin in addition to guitar and drums, whereas the later version of the song that appeared on Dear Sir was recorded with guitar and drums only, and featured more distortion.

• Chan Marshall – vocals, guitar
• Bob Bannister – guitar, violin
• Glenn Thrasher – drums
• Craig Flanagin – producer
• Don Fury – engineer