{{Short description|1996 song by Tori Amos}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = Hey Jupiter | cover = Hey Jupiter cover.jpg | caption = ''Hey Jupiter'' U.S. [[Extended play|EP]] cover | alt = "Hey Jupiter" U.S. EP cover art featuring Tori Amos staring into the distance leaning on a tree branch | type = Single | artist = [[Tori Amos]] | album = [[Boys for Pele]] | released = {{Start date|1996|8|20}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = * A church ([[Delgany]], Ireland) * A [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] house ([[County Cork]], Ireland) | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = {{Duration|m=6|s=3}} | label = * [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (US) * [[East West Records|EastWest]] (international) | writer = Tori Amos | producer = [[Ian Stanley]] | prev_title = [[Professional Widow]] | prev_year = 1996 | year = 1996 | next_title = [[In the Springtime of His Voodoo]] | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Tori Amos]] [[Extended play|EP]] | type = ep | prev_title = [[Crucify (song)|Crucify]] | prev_year = 1992 | title = Hey Jupiter | year = 1996 | next_title = [[Scarlet's Hidden Treasures]] | next_year = 2004 }}}} "'''Hey Jupiter'''" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter and pianist [[Tori Amos]]. It was released as the fourth [[Single (music)|single]] from her third [[studio album]], ''[[Boys for Pele]]'' (1996), and was her first [[extended play]] (EP) since ''[[Crucify (song)|Crucify]]'' in 1992. The U.S. EP ''Hey Jupiter'' features a re-recorded version of "Hey Jupiter" followed by four live tracks recorded during her Dew Drop Inn [[Concert tour|Tour]] of 1996. The song is also featured on the [[double A-side]] [[compact disk|CD]] singles released in the UK and Australia.
Live versions can be found on the U.S. "[[Bliss (Tori Amos song)|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== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2022}} The version released on all but the UK 12-inch vinyl [[Single (music)|single]], entitled "Hey Jupiter (The Dakota Version)", differs substantially from the version that appears on ''[[Boys for Pele]]'' in that it is a full re-recording rather than a [[remix]]. While the [[studio album]] version is largely a piano solo track, the Dakota version adds many more layers including bass, guitars, and a rhythm track taken from the earlier [[B-side]] track "Sugar" (though slowed down). Lyrically, new bridges and an extended [[Coda (music)|coda]] are added, making the song even longer despite the fact that the third [[Verse (poetry)|verse]] from the album version is omitted. The Dakota version also emphasises the song's chordal similarity to [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s [[power ballad]] "[[Purple Rain (song)|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' [[Concert tour|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 ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' wrote, "With her ''Boys for Pele'' disc double platinum and counting, Tori Amos has firmly established herself in the pantheon of quirky, smart female vocalists right alongside [[Alanis Morissette]]. This is an atmospheric, edgy [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]], at once ethereal and dark, buoyed by Amos' evocative, emotion-laden voice. An instant-add on a number of formats including [[Contemporary Hit Radio|CHR]], [[Adult Contemporary]] and [[Modern Rock]]."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Daina|last=Darzin|title=Pop Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1996/CB-1996-07-20.pdf|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|date=July 20, 1996|page=7|accessdate=November 14, 2022}}</ref> Kevin Courtney from ''[[Irish Times]]'' viewed it as "a plangent ballad which never spins out of orbit".<ref>Courtney, Kevin (January 26, 1996). "Rock". ''[[Irish Times]]''.</ref>
==Sales and chart performance== The US [[Extended play|EP]] ''Hey Jupiter'' debuted at number 94, its peak, on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] on September 7, 1996; it remained on the chart for three weeks before falling off.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1996-09-07/|title=Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 7, 1996|access-date=August 30, 2022}}</ref><ref name="bb200"/> As of May 2008, 12 years after its release, the ''Hey Jupiter'' EP had sold 172,000 copies in the US, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045442/ask-billboard|title=Ask Billboard — How Many Dolls are in a Posse|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 8, 2008|access-date=September 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414021002/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045442/ask-billboard|archive-date=April 14, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The "Hey Jupiter/[[Professional Widow]]" [[double A-side]] single release peaked at number 20 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="uk"/> The Australian double A-side release debuted at number 68 on the [[ARIA Singles Chart]] in October 1996 and peaked at number 17 in February 1997, maintaining its peak position for three weeks.<ref name="ryan">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref><ref name="aus"/> 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.<ref name="ryan"/><ref name="ausye"/>
==Music video== The accompanying music video for "Hey Jupiter" was directed by Earle Sebastian who has worked with [[Bono]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], the [[Fugees]], [[Missy Elliott]], and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C829 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121235930/http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C829 |archive-date=2016-01-21 |title=Earle Sebastian director videography on ''Internet Archive''|publisher=mvdbase}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos |first=Tori |author-link=Tori Amos | title=The Tori Amos Video Collection: Fade to Red | date=February 14, 2006| language = en | type=US DVD liner notes | publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment]]}}</ref>
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."<ref name=FTRcommentary>{{Cite AV media | last = Amos | first = Tori | author-link = Tori Amos | title = The Tori Amos Video Collection: Fade to Red | date = February 14, 2006 | publisher = [[Rhino Entertainment]] | language = en | type = DVD | time = 32:55 | time-caption = In "Fade to Red Audio Commentary" at | asin = B000CR7R9S }} </ref>
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."<ref name=FTRcommentary />
==Track listings== {{tracklist | all_writing = Tori Amos, except where noted | headline = US EP<ref>{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter|year=1996|type=US CD EP liner notes|publisher=[[Atlantic Records]]|id=82955-2}}</ref> | title1 = Hey Jupiter | note1 = The Dakota version | length1 = 6:03 | title2 = Sugar | note2 = live | length2 = 5:33 | title3 = Honey | note3 = live | length3 = 4:19 | title4 = Professional Widow | note4 = Merry Widow version live | length4 = 4:38 | title5 = [[Somewhere Over the Rainbow]] | writer5 = [[Harold Arlen]], [[Yip Harburg|Edgar Yipsel Harburg]] | note5 = live | length5 = 4:31 | total_length = 25:14 }} {{tracklist | headline = UK and Australian CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|year=1996|type=UK & Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=[[East West Records|EastWest Records]]|id=A5494CD}}</ref> | title1 = Hey Jupiter | note1 = The Dakota version | length1 = 6:03 | title2 = Professional Widow | note2 = [[Armand Van Helden|Armand]]'s Star Trunk Funkin' mix radio edit | length2 = 3:45 | title3 = Sugar | note3 = live | length3 = 5:43 | title4 = Honey | note4 = live | length4 = 4:19 | total_length = 19:50 }} {{tracklist | headline = UK 12-inch single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|year=1996|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=EastWest Records|id=A5494T, 7567-85493-0}}</ref> | title1 = Professional Widow | note1 = Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' mix | length1 = 8:08 | title2 = Hey Jupiter | note2 = The Dakota version radio edit | length2 = 4:14 | title3 = [[Talula]] | note3 = [[Brian Transeau|BT]]'s Synethasia mix | length3 = 11:27 | total_length = 23:49 }} {{tracklist | headline = UK cassette single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|year=1996|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=EastWest Records|id=A5494C}}</ref> | title1 = Hey Jupiter | note1 = The Dakota version | length1 = 6:03 | title2 = Professional Widow | note2 = Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' mix radio edit | length2 = 3:45 | total_length = 9:48 }}
==Credits and personnel== The credits listing is from the ''Boys for Pele'' album booklet.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Boys for Pele|title-link=Boys for Pele|year=1996|type=US CD booklet|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=82862-2}}</ref>
'''Recording and production''' * Recorded at a church ([[Delgany]], Ireland) and "a wonderfully damp Georgian house" ([[County Cork]], Ireland) * Additionally recorded at The Egyptian Room and Dinosaur Studios (New Orleans, Louisiana) * Mixed at Jacobs Studios ([[Surrey]], England), [[Mix This!]], and [[Record One]] (Los Angeles) * Mastered at Gateway Mastering ([[Portland, Maine]])
'''Personnel''' {{div col}} * Tori Amos – writing, vocals, [[Bösendorfer]], [[Harmonium]] organ, [[record producer|production]] * [[Steve Caton]] – [[electric guitar]], [[mandolin]] * Mark Hawley – [[sound recording|recording]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] * Marcel van Limbeek – recording, mixing * Rob van Tuin – recording assistant, mixing assistant * [[Bob Ludwig]] – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] {{div col end}}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== '''"Hey Jupiter" / "Professional Widow"''' {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996–1997) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|17|song=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|artist=Tori Amos|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2018|refname="aus"}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|22|song=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|artist=Tori Amos|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2018}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|22|song=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|artist=Tori Amos|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2018}} |- !scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-09-28.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=13|issue=39|page=20|date=September 28, 1996|access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref> |54 |- !scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-10-05.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=13|issue=40|page=20|date=October 5, 1996|access-date=November 26, 2019}}</ref> |2 |- {{single chart|Scotland|24|date=19960803|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2018}} |- {{single chart|UK|20|date=19960803|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2018|refname="uk"}} |- {{single chart|UKdance|1|date=19960803|rowheader=true|access-date=August 17, 2020}} |}
'''''Hey Jupiter'' EP''' {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|94|artist=Tori Amos|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2018|refname="bb200"}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1997) !Position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref name="ausye">{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1997|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=November 26, 2019}}</ref> |65 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=November 26, 2019}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Version !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |"Hey Jupiter" / "Professional Widow" |July 22, 1996 |{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |[[East West Records|EastWest]] |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-07-20.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=46|date=July 20, 1996|access-date=July 12, 2021}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United States |''Hey Jupiter'' EP |August 20, 1996 |CD |[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hey-Jupiter-Explicit-Tori-Amos/dp/B015D33DAC|title=Hey Jupiter [Explicit]|publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|access-date=July 12, 2021}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{YouTube|1AbNx4h8XYc|Tori Amos - "Hey Jupiter" (Dakota Version) (Official Music Video)}}
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