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"She Sells Sanctuary" by from the album  "No. 13" "The Snake" Released13 May 1985   Length 4:23 6:58 (long version)   Steve Brown singles chronology""
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"She Sells Sanctuary" is a song by British  band . It is from their second studio album,  (1985), and was released as a single on 13 May 1985, peaking at number 15 on the  in July of the same year. In July 2020, the  (BPI) awarded the song a gold  for sales and streams of over 400,000. In January 1993, the song was re-released as "Sanctuary MCMXCIII" and experienced chart success once more, matching its original peak on the UK Singles Chart and entering the top 10 in New Zealand.

"She Sells Sanctuary" was the last song to be recorded with the Cult's longtime drummer, , who was fired from the band shortly after its release. According to Cult guitarist , the iconic introduction effects were the result of all the guitar effects pedals being on at the same time. The recording was edited to include the introduction with the effects, whereas earlier versions started the song more abruptly. Duffy says he found a violin bow lying around the studio and started playing the guitar with it "like " to amuse singer , hit every effects pedal he had "to make it sound weirder", and then played the middle section of the song. "And we decided to start the song with that mystical sound. If I hadn't found that violin bow laying around, we wouldn't have gone there," said Duffy.

After its release in 1985, the single reached number 36 during a six-week run on the US  chart in 1986. The band has released various versions of the song. Aside from the original , three other versions had been released around the same time on 12-inch formats: "The Long Version", "The Howling Mix" and "Assault on Sanctuary".

On 18 January 1993, several more mixes were released on two different  and a , titled "Sanctuary MCMXCIII". The "Sundance" remix was remixed by  who previously had produced 's  album. The "Dog Star Rising" remix was remixed by  who produced the Cult's eighth album, .

In 2009, two more previously unreleased versions, a demo and the "Olympic Rough Mix" were included in a 4-disc box set of the  of .