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Bouncing off Clouds

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Released
  
2007

Length
  
4:08

Recorded
  
2006

Label
  
Epic/Sony BMG

Format
  
CD single, digital download

Genre
  
Baroque pop, alternative, piano rock

"Bouncing Off Clouds" is written and recorded by Tori Amos and was the first European and second American single from her album American Doll Posse. The song was released in the US to Triple A Radio in early August.

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Music video

The music video for "Bouncing off Clouds" is a variation of the music video for "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. 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. The single failed to chart on either the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. nor the UK Singles Chart. 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
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on October 11, 2007
  • References

    Bouncing off Clouds Wikipedia