Who Will Save Your Soul
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"Who Will Save Your Soul" is a folk
pop
song written by Jewel
, and was the first song released from her first album
Pieces of You
.
explained her creative process for "Who Will Save Your Soul" in an interview.
The original version of "Who Will Save Your Soul" was never released on "Pieces Of You": during the process of picking songs, it was decided that it would be re-recorded. The radio version is missing a verse and samples more of a pop/folk sound than the folk acoustic sound the album primarily consist of.
A commercial single of Who Will Save Your Soul was released in the United States
in 1996. It became her first hit single, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100
.
. It was nominated for MTV Video Music Award in Best female video
category.
US CD Single
European Single
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
song written by Jewel
Jewel (singer)
Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet...
, and was the first song released from her first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Pieces of You
Pieces of You
Pieces of You is the debut album by singer/songwriter Jewel, released in 1995 for Atlantic Recordings. Though it made little impact initially, "Who Will Save Your Soul" eventually received airplay and the album peaked at #4 on Billboard 200 almost exactly 2 years after its release...
.
About the record
JewelJewel (singer)
Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet...
explained her creative process for "Who Will Save Your Soul" in an interview.
- "When I was about sixteen years old I took a train from MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
to San Diego and then into TijuanaTijuanaTijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
and hitchhiked around MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It seemed like everybody else was looking for somebody to save them. I wrote it during that trip, but I had no idea it would ever be on a record."
The original version of "Who Will Save Your Soul" was never released on "Pieces Of You": during the process of picking songs, it was decided that it would be re-recorded. The radio version is missing a verse and samples more of a pop/folk sound than the folk acoustic sound the album primarily consist of.
A commercial single of Who Will Save Your Soul was released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1996. It became her first hit single, peaking at #11 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...
.
Music video
The music video was directed by Geoff MooreGeoff Moore
In 1988, Geoff Moore and the Distance released their first official album together, entitled A Place to Stand. They also recorded Foundations in 1989 for Sparrow Records. After a while, they jumped to Forefront Records and recorded Pure and Simple in 1990.They followed in 1992 with A Friend Like U...
. It was nominated for MTV Video Music Award in Best female video
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video is one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. In 2007, however, the award was briefly renamed Female Artist of the Year, and it awarded the artist's whole body of work...
category.
Track listing
US Promo- Radio Version
- Interview
US CD Single
- Who Will Save Your Soul (radio version)
- Near You Always
European Single
- Who Will Save Your Soul (radio version)
- Pieces Of you
- Emily
Peak positions
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1996) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 25 |
Awards
| Year | Award-giving body | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | MTV Video Music Awards MTV Video Music Awards An MTV Video Music Award , is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos... |
Best Female Video | Nominated |
| 1996 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best New Artist | Nominated |
| 1997 | Grammy Awards | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |