You and Your Sister

"You and Your Sister" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Chris Bell, that appears on his only solo album I Am the Cosmos. It was released as a B-side to Bell's only single "I Am the Cosmos." Comparisons have been made to Big Star's "Thirteen," which Bell co-wrote with bandmate Alex Chilton,[1] and is also an acoustic love ballad. Chilton sings backing vocals on the song.

"You and Your Sister"
Cover of the 1978 US single
Single by Chris Bell
from the album I Am the Cosmos
A-side"I Am The Cosmos"
Released1978
Genre
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s)Chris Bell
Producer(s)Chris Bell

Mark Deming of Allmusic described it as a "sweet, guileless love song" that "represents the sincerity and emotional innocence that Bell brought to his brief tenure in the band Big Star" that "make[s] more emotional sense than literal sense" [2] and as "one of the great unknown love songs in the pop canon, a luminous and fragile ballad almost otherworldly in its beauty."[3]

Two alternate versions of the song appear on the posthumous 1992 I Am the Cosmos release, an "acoustic version" and a "country version."[3] The song is included in the 2009 Big Star box set Keep an Eye on the Sky.[4] It was covered, along with "I Am the Cosmos", by This Mortal Coil on the 1991 album Blood;[5] by Seana Carmody on the 2007 album Barn Songs,[6]; by Mike Daly on the 2001 album A Tribute to Big Star.[7], by James Yorkston on The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society in 2014; and by Susanna Hoffs on her 2021 covers album, Bright Lights.

References
  1. Ruhlmann, William. "#1 Record - Big Star". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  2. Deming, Mark. "You and Your Sister". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  3. Ankeny, Jason (1992-02-21). "I Am the Cosmos - Chris Bell". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (2009-09-15). "Keep an Eye on the Sky - Big Star". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  5. Mason, Stewart (1991-05-13). "Blood - This Mortal Coil". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  6. "Barn Songs - Seana Carmody". 2007.
  7. Birchmeier, Jason (2001-11-13). "A Tribute to Big Star - Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
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