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Crucify
EP by Tori Amos
Released	June 8, 1992
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	21:35
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Ian Stanley Davitt Sigerson
Tori Amos EP chronology
Crucify (1992) Hey Jupiter (1996)

"Crucify" is a song written and performed by Tori Amos from her album Little Earthquakes. Released in 1992, it was the fifth single from the album, and was featured on the US Crucify EP, the UK Crucify (Part 1) single, the UK Crucify (Part 2) single, the France Crucify vinyl and cassette single, and the Australia Crucify cassette single.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 US EP 1.2 UK CD 1.3 Limited EP (UK Edition) 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Appearances of the song on television 4.1 Live performances 4.2 Music video 5 Later appearances of "Crucify" 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] US EP

1. "Crucify" (Tori Amos) - 4:18
2. "Winter" (Tori Amos) - 5:43
3. "Angie" (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards) - 4:25
4. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic & Dave Grohl) - 3:17
5. "Thank You" (Robert Plant & Jimmy Page) - 3:49

[edit] UK CD

1. "Crucify" (Single Edit) (4:18)
2. "Here. In My Head" (3:53)
3. "Mary" (4:27)
4. "Crucify" (LP Version) (4:58)

[edit] Limited EP (UK Edition)

1. "Little Earthquakes" (Live) (6:58)
2. "Crucify" (Live) (5:19)
3. "Precious Things" (Live) (5:03)
4. "Mother" (Live) (6:37)

[edit] Personnel

• Tori Amos – acoustic piano, vocals
• Jef Scott – bass
• Ed Green – drums
• Paulinho Dacosta – percussion
• John Chamberlin – mandolin
• Eric Williams – ukulele
• Nancy Shanks (Beene), Tina Gullickson – backgrounds
• John Beverly Jones – sound recording
• Leslie Ann Jones – assistance
• Paul McKenna – mixing
• Davitt Sigerson – producer
• Ian Stanley – producer

[edit] Charts

Chart (1992)	Position
U.K. Singles Chart	15
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks	22

[edit] Appearances of the song on television

[edit] Live performances

Tori Amos performed "Crucify" on David Letterman's show in May, 1992, and on CBS This Morning on September 9, 1992. She also played it on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 13, 1993, along with the song "Winter." Additionally, she played "Crucify" live on MTV in 1992, as well as on Top of the Pops ^[1].

[edit] Music video

The "Crucify" video, directed by Cindy Palmano (photographer and video director) and Atlantic Records, was released in 1992 as well. It was shot using the radio edit of "Crucify" that can be found on the EP and singles, but the version used on Tori's 2006 "Fade To Red" 2DVD set is an edited version of the remastered track that is found on the compilation Tales Of A Librarian. It includes images of Tori at the piano shot using overhead cameras, twin Toris who sing together at a counter, clothing "reminiscent of Anne Boleyn" ^[2], and shots of Tori climbing into a bathtub fully dressed, then dancing in the wet dress.

Beavis and Butt-head riffed on the "Crucify" video, like they did to many other music videos. Much of what they said made very little sense, but there was one pointed comment that viewers, fans and non-fans of Amos alike, had to admit was true:

Butt-Head: How many videos are they going to make with chicks in a bathtub?
Beavis: Yeah... at least if they showed them naked it would be cool.
Butt-Head: Yeah. How come they never show chicks in showers?[1]

Cindy Palmano has said that Atlantic Records finished the video because "I took it to a certain stage and then the record company wanted to edit it in a different way." Yet she approves of the bathtub sequence: "I like when she steps into the bath and comes out of the bath. It all looks really Hitchcock, I love it."[2] (Palmano also directed the videos Silent All These Years, Winter, China and Pretty Good Year, this last one from Amos' second album, Under the Pink.)

The music video can be found on Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos: Complete Videos 1991-1998 and Fade to Red: Video Collection.

[edit] Later appearances of "Crucify"

In 2003, Tori Amos released the compilation album Tales of a Librarian, which included remastered versions of many of her most popular songs. The original LP version of "Crucify" was one of them.

Amos has performed "Crucify" differently live in recent years. The verses are a lot slower and have some degree of repetition. One example of how she plays it now can be found on the Welcome to Sunny Florida DVD.

[edit] External links

• Quotes on the song by Tori Amos
• MoreThings Al Barger's opinions of "Crucify"

[edit] References

v • d • e Tori Amos

Studio albums: Little Earthquakes | Under the Pink | Boys for Pele | From the Choirgirl Hotel | To Venus and Back | Strange Little Girls | Scarlet's Walk | The Beekeeper | American Doll Posse Compilations: More Pink: The B-Sides | Tales of a Librarian | iTunes Essentials | A Piano: The Collection EPs: Crucify | Hey Jupiter | Scarlet's Hidden Treasures | Exclusive Session (iTunes) Videos: Little Earthquakes | Live from New York | Complete Videos: 1991–1998 | Welcome to Sunny Florida | Fade to Red Discography · B-sides Singles Me and a Gun | Silent All These Years | China | Winter | Crucify | Cornflake Girl | God | Past the Mission | Pretty Good Year | Caught a Lite Sneeze | Talula | Professional Widow | Hey Jupiter | In The Springtime of His Voodoo |Blue Skies | Spark | Jackie's Strength | Cruel | Raspberry Swirl | Bliss | 1000 Oceans | Glory of the 80s | Concertina | A Sorta Fairytale | Mary | Sleeps with Butterflies | Sweet The Sting | Cars and Guitars | Big Wheel | Bouncing Off Clouds Official bootlegs Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL 4/15/05 | Royce Hall Auditorium Los Angeles, CA 4/25/05 | Paramount Theatre Denver, CO 4/19/05 | Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK 6/5/05 | Hammersmith Apollo London, UK 6/04/05 | Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA 8/21/05 Related articles Y Kant Tori Read | BT | Piece by Piece | RAINN | Delirium