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Find sources: "Sweet the Sting" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 2005 single by Tori Amos "Sweet the Sting" Single by Tori Amos from the album The Beekeeper Released 2005 Recorded 2004 Studio Martian Engineering (Cornwall)[1] Genre Soul rock Length 4:14 Label Epic Sony BMG Songwriter Tori Amos Producer Tori Amos Tori Amos singles chronology "Sleeps with Butterflies" (2005) "Sweet the Sting" (2005) "Big Wheel" (2007) "**Sweet the Sting**" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter and pianist [Tori Amos](/source/Tori_Amos), released as the second single from the album *[The Beekeeper](/source/The_Beekeeper_(album))* (2005). Following the trend of her several previous singles, "Sweet the Sting" was released as a promotional single only, with physical [CDs](/source/Compact_disc) produced for radio stations. "Sweet the Sting" appeared on radio stations throughout the summer of 2005. ## Song info On the limited edition of *The Beekeeper*, Amos explains the inspiration and correlation with one of the album's themes: Elixirs and Herbs is a place that the passion that this woman has for her beliefs or the man that she loves, for the direction that humanity is going, is very much where she is exploring and allowing herself not only to heal what are wounds, but to allow her wounds to express themselves and this doesn't always have to be a place of victimization this sometimes is a place of being able to confront something that is out of balance and it is an ancient practice that the Bee shaman have been working with for thousands of years they work with a tradition that forces you to look at those places that may need to be stung and there's a song on this record in the Herbs and Elixirs garden called "Sweet the Sting" and in order for you or I to gain the sweetness, wisdom does not come without the sting. ## Track list 1. "Sweet the Sting" (Album Version) – 4:14 ## Releases ### Promo CD Promotional CDs for "Sweet the Sting" were produced for radio stations, but dispersed sparsely, making it difficult to locate a copy of the single. Since the song was not re-mixed or edited for single release, a separate digital download of the single was not made available because the same version appeared on the previously released album. The promotional CDs released contain only the album version of the song, with no accompanying B-sides or bonus material. ### Music video The music video for "Sweet the Sting" was recorded in 2005 and directed by Alex Smith. The sequence of the video takes place during a rehearsal with Amos's gospel choir, with whom she worked to record certain tracks on *The Beekeeper*, as well as at another location, showing Amos interacting with her crew, playing the piano alone in a small room, and singing without the gospel choir. Most of the video focuses on Amos playing the B3 Hammond organ and singing, making the "Sweet the Sting" a simpler, documentary-type video, compared to her other videos which often include a narrative story with elaborate props and technical camera work. The music video for "Sweet the Sting" has been released on iTunes and subsequently on Amos's video compilation, *[Fade to Red](/source/Fade_to_Red)* (2006). ### Miscellaneous "Sweet the Sting" is one of three tracks from *The Beekeeper* subsequently included on Amos's 5-disc box set, *[A Piano: The Collection](/source/A_Piano%3A_The_Collection)* (2006). ## Personnel - [Tori Amos](/source/Tori_Amos) – acoustic piano, B3 [Hammond organ](/source/Hammond_organ), vocals, [producer](/source/Record_producer) - [Matt Chamberlain](/source/Matt_Chamberlain) – drums - Jon Evans – bass guitar - Mac Aladdin – acoustic and electric guitar - London Community Gospel Choir – background vocals ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-0)** Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. ["Tori Amos – The Beekeeper"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-beekeeper-mw0000140176). *Allmusic*. Retrieved 29 January 2023. v t e Tori Amos Discography List of songs 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 Abnormally Attracted to Sin Midwinter Graces Night of Hunters Gold Dust Unrepentant Geraldines Native Invader Ocean to Ocean The Music of Tori and the Muses In Times of Dragons Compilations Tales of a Librarian A Piano: The Collection Little Earthquakes – The B-Sides Live albums To Venus and Back The Original Bootlegs Legs and Boots Live at Montreux 1991/1992 From Russia with Love Diving Deep Live EPs Crucify Hey Jupiter Scarlet's Hidden Treasures Exclusive Session Flavor (Peter Rauhofer Mixes) Christmastide Singles "Baltimore" "Me and a Gun" "Silent All These Years" "China" "Winter" "Crucify" "Cornflake Girl" "God" "Pretty Good Year" "Past the Mission" "Caught a Lite Sneeze" "Talula" "Professional Widow" "Hey Jupiter" "In the Springtime of His Voodoo" "Spark" "Jackie's Strength" "Cruel"/"Raspberry Swirl" "Bliss" "1000 Oceans" "Glory of the 80's" "Concertina" "Strange Little Girl" "A Sorta Fairytale" "Taxi Ride" "Don't Make Me Come to Vegas" "Mary" "Sleeps with Butterflies" "Sweet the Sting" "Big Wheel" "Bouncing Off Clouds" "Welcome to England" "Maybe California" "A Silent Night with You" "Carry" "Flavor" "Trouble's Lament" "Cloud Riders" "Speaking with Trees" Other songs "Putting the Damage On" "Dātura" Videos Little Earthquakes Live from New York Complete Videos: 1991–1998 A Sorta Fairytale Welcome to Sunny Florida Fade to Red Live at Montreux 1991/1992 Tours 5 ½ Weeks Tour Night of Hunters Tour Gold Dust Orchestral Tour Unrepentant Geraldines Tour Native Invader Tour Related articles Piece by Piece Comic Book Tattoo Delirium Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read "The Big Picture" "Cool on Your Island" "Blue Skies" RAINN The Light Princess Original Cast Recording Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sweet the Sting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_the_Sting) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_the_Sting?action=history)). 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