Dull Tool

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"Dull Tool"
Universal Music
Songwriter(s)Fiona Apple
Producer(s)Jon Brion

"Dull Tool" is a song by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released on the soundtrack to the comedy film This Is 40 (2012).[1] It is the first track Apple wrote solely for a film.[2] "Dull Tool" was produced by Apple's long-time collaborator Jon Brion, and leaked online in November 2012, several weeks before the soundtrack hit stores on December 11.

Background and composition

Fiona Apple in 2012

American singer-songwriter

Fetch The Bolt Cutters
.

Producer Jon Brion, 2004

"Dull Tool" has been perceived to reference a poorly-ended relationship,

hide and seek and ends by "launching into a barrage of insults."[7] Lyrically, various music critics considered the "dense and fevered" song to be the "tortured antidote" or "painful sequel" to "Hot Knife", a song from Apple's 2012 album, The Idler Wheel....[6][7] Slate noted that the song included Apple's regular "fast-tumbling waltzes on the piano" as well as "an orchestra’s worth of mandolins, violins, electric guitars, and timpani."[7]

Release and reception

The song appears in This Is 40, but was not initially planned for inclusion in the film's soundtrack.

Pitchfork Media reported a supposed conflict between Apple and her record label, Epic Records. Apple had reportedly "lashed out at her label for pulling promotional support from her new album [The Idler Wheel...] in response to her placing a song on a soundtrack" that was being produced by two other music companies.[10] This led to speculation that Epic did not want the soundtrack to be released.[11] It leaked online in November 2012, several weeks before the soundtrack debuted in stores on December 11.[7][12]

In a review of the soundtrack,

The Huffington Post revealed that Universal had listed it among other pieces it submitted for consideration to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,[15] but it did not receive a nomination for Best Original Song.[16]

References

  1. Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Fiona Apple's 'This Is 40' Song 'Dull Tool' Leaks". Rolling Stone. November 18, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  3. ^
    Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  4. The Huffington Post
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Davis, Edward (November 17, 2012). "Listen: Fiona Apple's "Dull Tool" From The 'This Is 40' Soundtrack; Paul Rudd Hearts Ween In New Poster". IndieWire. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  6. ^
    Viacom. Archived from the original
    on May 11, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  7. ^
    The Washington Post Company
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  8. Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  9. Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  10. Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  11. ^ "Fiona Apple feuding with label over Apatow film song?". MSN. October 25, 2012. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  12. The Madison Square Garden Company
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  13. ^ Rosen, Jody (December 11, 2012). "This Is 40 Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  14. The E.W. Scripps Company
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  15. The Huffington Post
    . Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  16. Vulture
    . New York Media. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
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