Moisture

Moisture is the twenty-ninth track on The Residents' Commercial Album, released by Ralph Records on October 29th 1980.
== Background ==
After its debut at Commercial Album, Moisture is featured on One Minute Movies as the soundtrack for a short film titled after the song, which was directed by Graeme Whifler.
The short has a human-like figure apparently covered by spider webs on a futuristic, yet poorly lit room. Meanwhile, a man with glasses play the song's guitar solo on the moon, with Earth visible on the horizon. In the room, the figure is analyzed by The Residents, who move alien arms above it. The video ends with their the 4 members of the band dancing in front of the camera, lit only by a backlight.
The song was also selected for Commercial Single, a UK and France exclusive single to promote the full album in those regions.
A short medley of Residents classic songs was prepared for the encore for their Halloween 1998 series of shows at The Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, and "Moisture" was part of it. performed on Halloween of 1998. This would be the first time the song was performed live, but these medley would not be a part of the rest of the Wormwood Live tour.
"Moisture" was re-recorded for Icky Flix in 2001, as part of the One Minute Movies medley featured on the DVD. Subsequently, this new version of "Moisture" and all other songs in the midley would be a staple of Icky Flix Live's setlist.
In 2004, as part of Commercial DVD, the original version of "Moisture" received a lyric video, directed by John Sanborn, where a child plays the guitar solo of the track. In addition, included as an easter egg on the DVD was another newly recorded version of the song, with a brand-new video by The Residents that features an image of a skull floating over footage of the original One Minute Movies short film.
The track has been covered several times by different artists. Most notably on Eyesore: A Stab on The Residents, where it was covered by The Mommyheads, and in I Am A Resident!, with a take on it by OK Glass that was included in the album's bonus disc. I Am A Resident! also included fan-submissions of "Moisture" in the remix "Commercial Bells Toll".
== Lyrics ==
 (Verse 1)
 Someone saw a strange amount
 Of Moisture on her lips
 And it was also seen upon
 Her arms and on her hips
 (Verse 2)
 No one knows exactly
 Who she was or how she died
 But when they opened up her purse
 They found a snail inside
== Credits ==
* The Residents: Vocals
* Snakefinger: Guitar soloIan Shirley's Never Known Questions
* Chris Cutler & Fred Frith: Guests
== Releases ==
* The Commercial Album (1980) 1980 Studio Version (1:00)
* The Commercial Single (1980) 
*Ralph Video Volume I (1983) 
* Video Voodoo (1987) 
* 20 Twisted Questions (1992) 
*In Memoriam Torso (1994) 
* Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses (1997) 
* Icky Flix (2001) 2001 Studio Version (1:00)
* Petting Zoo (2002) 
* Live! ...On The Outskirts 2001 Live Version (1:00)
* Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town (2003) 
*Commercial DVD (2004) 2004 Studio Version (1:00)
* Icky Flix Live (2009) 2001 Live Version, March, (1:00)
* Theory Of Obscurity - A Film About The Residents (2016) 
* 80 Aching Orphans (2017) 
*I Am A Resident! (2018) 2018 OK Glass Cover Version
* Loss Of The Lizard Lady (2018) 
* Icky Flix (The Original Soundtrack Recording) (2020) 
* Wormwood Box (2022) 1998 Live Version (1:34)
== Versions ==
Category:Songs‏‎
Category:Videos
Category:Commercial Album
Category:Faceless Forever
Category:Icky Flix
Category:Commercial DVD
Category:Commercial Single