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Going Through the Motions (song)

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said of the song, "'Going Through the Motions' — a kissoff to a junkie lover — is wonderfully balanced between short and long phrases, the lyrics finely honed couplets dipped in poison."
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in 2005, "It was like a phone call I had with him, where he was out of treatment, in a half way house, and was super manic and you just know. He relapsed shortly after that."
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felt the song, along with "Clean Up for Christmas", deals with "addictions are confronted but never resolved". In a review of Mann's 2005 concert at the
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to be based on the subject of substance abuse. The song was inspired by Mann's own experience with a friend who was addicted to
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described "Going Through the Motions" as "typical of Mann's better songs: catchy yet fatalistic". Jim Farber of the
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wrote, "Mann has some strong musical moments. 'Going Through the Motions' shows her flair for power-pop."
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and suffered a number of post-treatment relapses. Mann said about the song's inspiration to
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Farber, Jim (May 8, 2005). "A rancid romance: Aimee spins a tale of bad love gone worse".
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Single
Aimee Mann
The Forgotten Arm
Label
SuperEgo
V2
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Joe Henry
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
The Forgotten Arm
Joe Henry
Billboard
Adult Alternative Songs
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Daily News
Trouser Press
PopMatters
Royce Hall
Variety
Aimee Mann
Julian Coryell
Paul Bryan
Jay Bellerose
Joe Henry
Ryan Freeland
Gavin Lurssen

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