Caught a Lite Sneeze
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"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
and #20 on the UK Singles Charts, and is one of the most recognized songs by Amos and a fan-favourite. Surprisingly, it does not appear on her best-of collection, Tales of a Librarian
.
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.
It was the first song 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
.
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
, released as the first single from her 1996 album Boys for Pele
Boys for Pele
Boys for Pele is the third studio album by American singer and song-writer Tori Amos. Preceded by the first single, "Caught a Lite Sneeze", by three weeks, the album was released on 22 January 1996, in the United Kingdom and on 23 January, in the United States...
. It reached #60 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and #20 on the UK Singles Charts, and is one of the most recognized songs by Amos and a fan-favourite. Surprisingly, it does not appear on her best-of collection, Tales of a Librarian
Tales of a Librarian
-Live:-Others:-Charts:...
.
The song is about wanting to do anything to keep a relationship going, knowing that it's over. It references Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
's album Pretty Hate Machine
Pretty Hate Machine
Pretty Hate Machine is the debut album by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released October 20, 1989, on TVT Records. Pretty Hate Machine is compiled of reworked tracks from the Purest Feeling demo, as well as tracks recorded after its recording...
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.
It was the first song to be made available as a free Internet download.
It has been covered by a variety of artists, including by Voltaire
Voltaire (musician)
Voltaire , is a popular dark cabaret Cuban-American musician...
on his album Boo Hoo
Boo Hoo
Boo Hoo is an album by the dark cabaret/darkwave artist Voltaire that was released in 2002 by Projekt Records.The album features the song "BRAINS!" which is arguably Voltaire's most notable song, and it was originally composed for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "Little Rock of Horrors"...
, and Evans Blue
Evans Blue
Evans Blue is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada founded in 2005.- Origins :Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician's message board...
on their album The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends
The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends
The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends, commonly referred to simply as The Pursuit, is the second studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Evans Blue. It was released on July 24, 2007 . The first single is "The Pursuit" and was released to radio on May 21, 2007. The Pursuit was...
.
Personnel
- Tori AmosTori AmosTori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
- HarpsichordHarpsichordA harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
, BösendorferBösendorferBösendorfer is an Austrian piano manufacturer, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha. The brand is known for producing pianos with a uniquely rich, singing, and sustaining tone...
, vocals - Alan Friedman - Drum programming
- George Porter Jr. - Bass
- Steve Caton - Swells
UK CD Version 1
- "Caught a Lite Sneeze" - 4:24
Silly Songs: - "This Old ManThis Old Man"This Old Man" is an English language children's song, counting and nursery rhyme with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3550.-Origins and history:The origins of this song are obscure...
" - 1:44 - "Hungarian Wedding Song" - 1:00
- "Toodles Mr. Jim" - 3:09
UK CD Version 2
- "Caught a Lite Sneeze" - 4:24
Tribute to Chas and DaveChas and DaveChas & Dave are an English pop rock duo, most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled "rockney", which mixes "pub singalong, music-hall humour, boogie-woogie piano and pre-Beatles rock 'n' roll"...
: - "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
Charts
| Chart (1996) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 60 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard... |
64 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales | 47 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 20 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 20 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 21 |
| Australia ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Singles Chart |
51 |