{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = In the Springtime of His Voodoo | cover = In The Springtime of His Voodoo single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Tori Amos]] | album = [[Boys for Pele]] | released = September 24, 1996 | recorded = | studio = * A church ([[Delgany]], Ireland)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boys for Pele|title-link=Boys for Pele|others=Tori Amos|year=1996|type=US CD album booklet|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=82862-2}}</ref> * A [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] house ([[County Cork]], Ireland)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boys for Pele|title-link=Boys for Pele|others=Tori Amos|year=1996|type=US CD album booklet|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=82862-2}}</ref> | venue = | genre = [[Baroque pop]] | length = 5:32 ([[LP record|LP]] version) | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | writer = Tori Amos | producer = Tori Amos | prev_title = [[Hey Jupiter]] | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [[Spark (Tori Amos song)|Spark]] | next_year = 1998 }} "'''In the Springtime of His Voodoo'''" is a song written by American singer-songwriter and pianist [[Tori Amos]]. It is a [[harpsichord]]-driven track on her third studio album, ''[[Boys for Pele]]'' (1996). The song was released in September 1996, by [[Atlantic Records]], as the fifth single from the ''Boys for Pele'' album in the U.S., containing remixes by [[house music]] producers Steve Donato and Vinny Vero.
The song was removed from the 1997 re-issued version of ''Boys for Pele'' in the UK and Australasia, due to time constraints after adding the Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix of "[[Professional Widow]]". "In the Springtime of His Voodoo" was also remixed and released as a dance single, but was a much smaller club success.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hot Dance Club Play – Chart Listing For The Week Of November 23, 1996 |publisher=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1996-11-23/dance-club-play-songs |access-date=October 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222042644/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=359&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Dance+Club+Play&ci=3025088&cdi=7122078&cid=11%2F23%2F1996 |archive-date=December 22, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> Interest in the album resurfaced when Amos sang vocals on "[[Blue Skies (BT song)|Blue Skies]]", another club and dance hit by dance music artist [[BT (musician)|BT]] that reached No. 1 on the U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart exactly one year after the release of ''Boys for Pele''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hot Dance Club Play – Chart Listing For The Week Of January 25, 1997 |publisher=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1997-01-25/dance-club-play-songs |access-date=October 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222042649/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=359&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Dance+Club+Play&ci=3025611&cdi=7140727&cid=01%2F25%2F1997 |archive-date=December 22, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Critical reception == [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine wrote, "Who'da thunk that Amos would become the belle of clubland? She has accomplished this feat thanks to several crafty [[12-inch]]ers that have placed her amid state-of-the-floor grooves. No doubt, her hot streak will continue with this sprawling and spacious post-production, which sews her vamps into a quickly shifting arrangement that mines [[Trance music|electro-trance]] and [[deep-house]] ground." He added, "Remixers Vinny Vero and Stephen Donato had a field day with this tune, dissecting the melody and rebuilding it with a seemingly bottomless bag of sound effects and percussion rolls. Perfectly designed to give peak-hour club journeys a trippy, otherworldly feel."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-09-07.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 7, 1996|page=99|accessdate=December 3, 2022|author-link=Larry Flick}}</ref>
== Personnel (of original recording on ''Boys for Pele'') == * Tori Amos: [[Bösendorfer]] piano, harpsichord, vocals * Alan Friedman: organ, drum programming * [[Manu Katché]]: drums * [[Steve Caton]]: guitars * George Porter Jr: bass * Mino Cinelu: percussion * Nancy Shanks: additional vocals * Michael Deegan and Bernard Quinn: bagpipes
== Charts ==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Chart performance for "In The Springtime Of His Voodoo" |- ! scope="col" | Chart ! scope="col" | Peak position |- {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|20|artist=Tori Amos|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|6|artist=Tori Amos|rowheader=true}} |}
== Singles and compilations ==
=== CD single ===
#"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (LP Mix) – 5:32 #"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Hasbrouck Heights Single Mix) – 4:25 #"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Hasbrouck Heights Club Mix) – 10:04 #"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Quiet Mix) – 4:30 #"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Sugar Dub) – 8:52
=== 12" single ===
#"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Hasbrouck Heights Single Mix) – 4:25 #"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Hasbrouck Heights Club Mix) – 10:04 #"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Quiet Mix) – 4:30 #"In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Sugar Dub) – 8:52
=== Compilations ===
*2016 – the "[[Boys for Pele]]" 2 CD Deluxe includes "In the Springtime of His Voodoo (Rookery Ending)".
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.discogs.com/Tori-Amos-In-The-Springtime-Of-His-Voodoo/release/6225027 In the Springtime of His Voodoo] * [http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/inthespringtimeofhisvoodoo.shtml Misheard lyrics of In The Springtime Of His Voodoo at Am I Right]
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