"She Did It" is a hit single written and performed by Eric Carmen, released in August 1977. It was the first and greatest hit on Carmen's second solo LP, Boats Against the Current. It reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,^[1] and number 15 on the Cashbox chart. On the Canadian chart it reached number 11.

Back-up vocals for "She Did It" were provided by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. There is also a guitar solo by Andrew Gold ("Lonely Boy"),^[2] featuring his distinctive harmonized lead guitar sound, and drumming by Toto's Jeff Porcaro.^[3]

This ballad is an upbeat love song about finally finding the right person and experiencing love after being lonely for an extended period of time. It is a happy answer to Carmen's more melancholy hits the year before, "All By Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again." It has been hailed as "the best Beach Boys song Brian Wilson never wrote."^{[cite this quote]}

The 45 RPM cover sheath for "She Did It" was a black and white of the full-color photo taken for the album, with manuscript lettering instead of the cursive text which appeared on the cover of the LP. The B side was a song entitled "Someday." That song was omitted from the "Boats" LP, but was placed on Carmen's follow-up album, "Change of Heart."

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked the song as the 56th most popular hit of 1977. ^[4] It reached as high as #6 (for two weeks) on their chart of November 26, 1977.^[5]

Two other compositions penned by Carmen, "That's Rock 'n' Roll" and "Hey Deanie", both recorded by Shaun Cassidy, charted concurrently with "She Did It" in late 1977, reaching numbers three and seven, respectively.

Four years later in 1981, "She Did It" was covered by Michael Damian. His version made it to number 69 on Billboard.^[1]

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External links [link]

• Listen to "She Did It" (Audio).

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