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Spark (Tori Amos song)

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Format
  
CD

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Recorded
  
1998

Label
  
Atlantic

B-side
  
"Purple People (Christmas in Space)" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "Bachelorette" "Do It Again" "Cooling"

Released
  
April 20, 1998 (UK) May 11, 1998 (AUS) June 9, 1998 (US)

"Spark" is a song by Tori Amos, released as the first single from her 1998 album From the Choirgirl Hotel.

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Background

Amos wrote "Spark" after suffering a miscarriage. She discussed the song in an article from Q magazine in May 1998.

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Music video

Amos requested the video for "Spark" to be directed by James Brown, who originally had a different idea for the video that Amos didn't like; she requested wanting something "where a girl has a will to live." The video was shot in Dartmoor, South West England and took three days to finish.

UK CD single, part 1

  1. "Spark" – 4:12
  2. "Purple People (Christmas in Space)" – 3:43
  3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 3:43
  4. "Bachelorette" – 3:35

UK CD single, part 2

  1. "Spark" – 4:12
  2. "Do It Again" – 6:04 (Steely Dan)
  3. "Cooling" – 4:41

US promotional 12" vinyl

  1. "Spark" (album version) – 4:12
  2. "Spark" (instrumental version) – 4:14

US 7" vinyl single (Atlantic 7-84104)

  1. "Spark" (album version) – 4:12
  2. "Purple People" – 3:41

US maxi CD single

  1. "Spark" – 4:12
  2. "Purple People (Christmas in Space)" – 3:43
  3. "Bachelorette" – 3:35

References

Spark (Tori Amos song) Wikipedia