Hey Jupiter

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"Hey Jupiter"
Hey Jupiter US EP cover art featuring Tori Amos staring into the distance leaning on a tree branch
Hey Jupiter US EP cover
Single by Tori Amos
from the album Boys for Pele
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996 (1996-08-20)
Length6:03
Label
Songwriter(s)Tori Amos
Producer(s)Ian Stanley
Tori Amos singles chronology
"Professional Widow"
(1996) 		"Hey Jupiter"
(1996) 		"In the Springtime of His Voodoo"
(1996)
Tori Amos EP chronology
Crucify
(1992) 		Hey Jupiter
(1996) 		Scarlet's Hidden Treasures
(2004)

"Hey Jupiter" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter

CD
singles released in the UK and Australia.

Live versions can be found on the US "Bliss" single in 1999, the London show of her The Original Bootlegs series (2005), and the 27 shows part of the Legs and Boots series, released over 2007 and 2008. The music video is on the collection Fade to Red and was released in 2006.

The Dakota version

The version released on all but the UK 12-inch vinyl

power ballad "Purple Rain," which also features an extended instrumental
coda. The UK 12-inch vinyl single version also differs from the Boys for Pele version in that it contains a radio edit of the Dakota version.

The Dakota version has been performed on each of Amos' tours since the Dew Drop Inn Tour (1996). Traditionally, Amos performs the album version when on solo piano, although the Dakota version was performed on the vast majority of nights of the American Doll Posse world tour. A remaster of the Dakota version is included on the anthology box set A Piano: The Collection.

Critical reception

Daina Darzin from

Irish Times viewed it as "a plangent ballad which never spins out of orbit".[2]

Sales and chart performance

The US

ARIA Singles Chart in October 1996 and peaked at number 17 in February 1997, maintaining its peak position for three weeks.[7][8] The double A-side single remained on the chart for 31 weeks throughout 1996 and 1997, ranking at number 65 on the Australian year-end chart for 1997.[7][9]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Hey Jupiter" was directed by Earle Sebastian who has worked with

Madonna, the Fugees, Missy Elliott, and others.[10] The video is set to the Dakota version radio edit, as opposed to the extended Dakota or the Boys for Pele versions of the song.[11]

The video features Amos being guided through a burning building by a small girl. According to Amos in the audio commentary provided with the video collection Fade to Red (2006), the small girl represents an angel who is "taking her to a different dimension, another reality."[12]

Amos describes the spectators watching the event: "...this women that they knew, some knew better than others, is in a fire. If you see it as an emotional fire, well, maybe it's someone who can't get out of a relationship or an addiction or another type of situation. But, you know, there's nothing you can do but watch them burn. And, that's really how I saw it poetically."[12]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Tori Amos, except where noted

US EP
Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (live)
Harold Arlen, Edgar Yipsel Harburg4:31
Total length:25:14
UK and Australian CD single
Armand
's Star Trunk Funkin' mix radio edit)
3:45
3."Sugar" (live)5:43
4."Honey" (live)4:19
Total length:19:50
UK 12-inch single
BT
's Synethasia mix)
11:27
Total length:23:49
UK cassette single[16]
No.TitleLength
1."Hey Jupiter" (The Dakota version)6:03
2."Professional Widow" (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' mix radio edit)3:45
Total length:9:48

Personnel

The personnel listing is from the Boys for Pele album booklet.[17]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Version Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom "Hey Jupiter" / "Professional Widow" July 22, 1996
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 EastWest [25]
United States Hey Jupiter EP August 20, 1996 CD Atlantic [26]

References

  1. ^ Darzin, Daina (July 20, 1996). "Pop Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 7. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. Irish Times
    .
  3. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. September 7, 1996. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Tori Amos Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Ask Billboard — How Many Dolls are in a Posse". Billboard. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  8. ^ a b "Tori Amos – Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1997". ARIA. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  10. ^ "Earle Sebastian director videography on Internet Archive". mvdbase. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016.
  11. ^ Amos, Tori (February 14, 2006). The Tori Amos Video Collection: Fade to Red (US DVD liner notes). Rhino Entertainment.
  12. ^
    ASIN B000CR7R9S
    .
  13. ^ Amos, Tori (1996). Hey Jupiter (US CD EP liner notes). Atlantic Records. 82955-2.
  14. ^ Amos, Tori (1996). Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow (UK & Australian CD single liner notes). EastWest Records. A5494CD.
  15. ^ Amos, Tori (1996). Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow (UK 12-inch single sleeve). EastWest Records. A5494T, 7567-85493-0.
  16. ^ Amos, Tori (1996). Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow (UK cassette single sleeve). EastWest Records. A5494C.
  17. ^ Amos, Tori (1996). Boys for Pele (US CD booklet). Atlantic Records. 82862-2.
  18. ^ "Tori Amos – Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  19. ^ "Tori Amos – Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  20. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 39. September 28, 1996. p. 20. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  21. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 40. October 5, 1996. p. 20. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  22. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  23. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  24. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  25. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. July 20, 1996. p. 46. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  26. ^ "Hey Jupiter [Explicit]". Amazon. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

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