Format CD Label Atlantic | Length 4:27 | |
B-side "This Old Man" "Hungarian Wedding Song" "London Girls" "That's What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song)" "Samurai" "Graveyard" "Toodles Mr. Jim" Released January 1, 1996 [UK]
January 2, 1996 [US]
January 29, 1996 [Aus] Genre Alternative rock, baroque pop | ||
"Caught a Lite Sneeze" is a song by Tori Amos, released as the first single from her 1996 album Boys for Pele. It reached #60 on the Billboard Hot 100 #20 on the UK Singles Charts. Despite being one of her higher-charting singles, it does not appear on her best-of collection, Tales of a Librarian.
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The song is about wanting to do anything to keep a relationship going, knowing that it's over. It references Nine Inch Nails's album Pretty Hate Machine in the following lyric: "Caught a lite sneeze / Dreamed a little dream / Made my own pretty hate machine."
In live performances from 1996 and 1998, Amos would frequently insert lines directly from and inspired by "Hurt," another song by Nine Inch Nails.
The song holds historical significance as the first ever to be made available as a free internet download.
It has been covered by a variety of artists, including by Voltaire on his album Boo Hoo, and Evans Blue on their album The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends.
Personnel
UK CD Version 1
- "Caught a Lite Sneeze" - 4:24
Silly Songs: - "This Old Man" - 1:44
- "Hungarian Wedding Song" - 1:00
- "Toodles Mr. Jim" - 3:09
- "Caught a Lite Sneeze" (video) - 4:26
UK CD Version 2
- "Caught a Lite Sneeze" - 4:24
Tribute to Chas and Dave: - "London Girls" - 3:20
- "That's What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song)" - 2:59
- "Samurai" - 3:03
US Maxi-Single
- "Caught a Lite Sneeze" - 4:24
Silly Songs: - "This Old Man" (Traditional) - 1:44
- "That's What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song)" (Chas Hodges & Dave Peacock) - 2:59
- "Graveyard" - 0:55
- "Toodles Mr. Jim" - 3:09