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Bliss (Tori Amos song)

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"Bliss"
Tamos-bliss.jpg
Single by Tori Amos
from the album To Venus and Back
ReleasedAugust 13, 1999 (1999-08-13)
Length3:35
Label Atlantic
Songwriter Tori Amos
Producer Tori Amos
Tori Amos singles chronology
"Raspberry Swirl"
(1998)		"Bliss"
(1999)		"1000 Oceans"
(1999)

"Bliss" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is the lead track from Amos' fifth studio album, To Venus and Back . The song was first released as a digital download single on August 13, 1999, and was serviced to US alternative rock radio four days later. It peaked at number 91 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Canadian Singles Chart.

Contents

Meaning and interpretation

Sometimes, when you express thought to people, you leave it open for somebody to tromp in there and start tearing it down. I sing, Father I killed my monkey, to lead off the song, which explains that sometimes you even destroy your own so they can't excavate it. When I was growing up, I started becoming very secretive about my thoughts and the sensory world I would go to, because there's a lot of mind control that goes on constantly, people wanting access: 'What are you thinking?' So sometimes I'd have my own defense going, which would be to look them straight in the eye and make them think I've killed my imagination. But it's like, I'll take control. [1]

Release

In addition to the digital download, Atlantic Records released "Bliss" as a CD, cassette, 7-inch vinyl, and CD maxi single. The CD single contains the non-LP live version of "Hey Jupiter", while the maxi-CD also includes the non-LP version of "Upside Down". Both of the live tracks do not appear on the album To Venus and Back . The regular CD single cardboard packaging does not include the extra photo with the "Bliss" lyrics that was part of the CD maxi single.

Music video

The "Bliss" video premiered on MTV 120 Minutes on August 15, 1999. The video uses footage that was filmed during the final two shows of the Plugged '98 tour in Michigan. [2]

Track listings

7-inch, CD, and cassette single

  1. "Bliss" – 3:40
  2. "Hey Jupiter" (live) – 4:31

CD maxi-single

  1. "Bliss" – 3:40
  2. "Hey Jupiter" (live) – 4:31
  3. "Upside Down" (live) – 5:47

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [3] 7
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 91

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesAugust 13, 1999 Digital download Atlantic [5]
August 17, 1999 Alternative radio [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tori; AP Magazine, Oct 99". Archived from the original on May 13, 2007.
  2. ↑ "The "Bliss" single info". Archived from the original on May 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Hits of the World: Canada". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 40. October 2, 1999. p. 84.
  4. ↑ "Tori Amos Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard .
  5. ↑ Christman, Ed (August 21, 1999). "Atlantic Sets Precedents with Sale of Amos Download". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 34. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Alternative: Going for Adds". Radio & Records . No. 1312. August 13, 1999. p. 122.
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