Bouncing Off Clouds

{{infobox song | name = Bouncing Off Clouds | cover = Bouncing Off Clouds (Single).png | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Tori Amos]] | album = [[American Doll Posse]] | released = 2007 | recorded = 2006 | studio = Martian Engineering ([[Cornwall]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Thom Jurek|title=Tori Amos American Doll Posse|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=american-doll-posse-mw0000488437|pure_url=yes}}|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=Rovi Corp|access-date=July 22, 2012}}</ref> | venue = | genre = * [[Art pop]] * [[alternative rock]] | length = 4:08 | label = * [[Epic Records|Epic]] * [[Sony BMG]] | writer = Tori Amos | producer = | prev_title = [[Big Wheel (song)|Big Wheel]] | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = [[Welcome to England]] | next_year = 2009 }} "'''Bouncing Off Clouds'''" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter and pianist [[Tori Amos]]. It was the first European and second American single from her ninth studio album ''[[American Doll Posse]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Bouncing Off Clouds Hits European Airwaves |publisher = Undented | url = http://undented.com/news/420/bouncing-off-clouds-hits-european-airwaves| accessdate =2007-04-03 }}</ref> The song was released in the U.S. to Triple A Radio in early August.<ref>{{cite web| title =R&R Going for Adds| publisher =Radio & Records| url =http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=08/13/2007&Format=7| accessdate =2007-08-13| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20071102123448/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=08%2F13%2F2007&Format=7| archivedate =2007-11-02}}</ref>

==Music video== The [[music video]] for "Bouncing off Clouds" is a variation of the [[music video]] for "[[Big Wheel (song)|Big Wheel]]", a slide show of photographs taken by Blaise Reutersward for Amos' album, ''[[American Doll Posse]]''. This music video uses slightly different images of Amos, interspersed with images of clouds. The music video was released to Yahoo! music on October 3, 2007.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Yahoo Music Added Bouncing Off Clouds Video | publisher = Undented | url =http://undented.com/news/1129/yahoo-music-added-bouncing-off-clouds-video | accessdate =2007-10-03}}</ref> As with "Big Wheel", a contest was held for a fan-made video of "Bouncing Off Clouds" with Epic/Sony providing green screen footage of Amos playing on a [[Rhodes piano]] and a [[Wurlitzer]].

==Charts== The sole ranking for "Bouncing off Clouds" was placing at #50 on the Italian Top 50 Downloads chart.<ref>{{cite web| title =Official top-50 Italian downloads| url =http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=5&idclassifica=2022&archivio=true| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20071008130414/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=5&idclassifica=2022&archivio=true| archivedate =2007-10-08}}</ref> It had no physical release.

==Performances== In support of this second US single from ''[[American Doll Posse]]'', Amos performed "Bouncing Off Clouds" on a variety of television programs: * ''[[The Graham Norton Show]]'' on May 10, 2007 * ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' on October 1, 2007<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = News: Tori On The Tonight Show | publisher = Undented| url =http://undented.com/news/1130/tori-on-the-tonight-show-october-1-2007 | accessdate =2007-10-02}}</ref> * ''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]]'' on October 11, 2007<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = News: Late Late Show Appearance | publisher = Undented| url =http://undented.com/news/1156/late-late-show-appearance-october-11-2007 | accessdate =2007-10-12}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouncing Off Clouds}} [[Category:2007 singles]] [[Category:Tori Amos songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Tori Amos]] [[Category:Epic Records singles]] [[Category:2006 songs]]