Hey Jupiter

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The version released on all but the UK 12-inch vinyl single, entitled "Hey Jupiter (The Dakota Version)", differs substantially from the version that appears on Boys for Pele in that it is a full re-recording rather than a remix. While the studio album version is largely a piano solo track, the Dakota version adds many more layers including bass, guitars, and a rhythm track taken from the earlier B-side track "Sugar" (though slowed down). Lyrically, new bridges and an extended coda are added, making the song even longer despite the fact that the third verse from the album version is omitted. The Dakota version also emphasises the song's chordal similarity to Prince's power ballad "Purple Rain," which also features an extended instrumental coda. The UK 12-inch vinyl single version also differs from the Boys for Pele version in that it contains a radio edit of the Dakota version.

The Dakota version has been performed on each of Amos' tours since the Dew Drop Inn Tour (1996). Traditionally, Amos performs the album version when on solo piano, although the Dakota version was performed on the vast majority of nights of the American Doll Posse world tour. A remaster of the Dakota version is included on the anthology box set A Piano: The Collection.

Daina Darzin from Cash Box wrote, "With her Boys for Pele disc double platinum and counting, Tori Amos has firmly established herself in the pantheon of quirky, smart female vocalists right alongside Alanis Morissette. This is an atmospheric, edgy ballad, at once ethereal and dark, buoyed by Amos' evocative, emotion-laden voice. An instant-add on a number of formats including CHR, Adult Contemporary and Modern Rock."{{cite magazine|first=Daina|last=Darzin|title=Pop Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1996/CB-1996-07-20.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|date=July 20, 1996|page=7|accessdate=November 14, 2022}} Kevin Courtney from Irish Times viewed it as "a plangent ballad which never spins out of orbit".Courtney, Kevin (January 26, 1996). "Rock". Irish Times.

The US EP Hey Jupiter debuted at number 94, its peak, on the Billboard 200 on September 7, 1996; it remained on the chart for three weeks before falling off.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1996-09-07/|title=Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|date=September 7, 1996|access-date=August 30, 2022}} As of May 2008, 12 years after its release, the Hey Jupiter EP had sold 172,000 copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045442/ask-billboard|title=Ask Billboard — How Many Dolls are in a Posse|magazine=Billboard|date=May 8, 2008|access-date=September 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414021002/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045442/ask-billboard|archive-date=April 14, 2013|url-status=dead}} The "Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow" double A-side single release peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The Australian double A-side release debuted at number 68 on the ARIA Singles Chart in October 1996 and peaked at number 17 in February 1997, maintaining its peak position for three weeks.{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} The double A-side single remained on the chart for 31 weeks throughout 1996 and 1997, ranking at number 65 on the Australian year-end chart for 1997.

The accompanying music video for "Hey Jupiter" was directed by Earle Sebastian who has worked with Bono, Madonna, the Fugees, Missy Elliott, and others.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C829 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121235930/http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C829 |archive-date=2016-01-21 |title=Earle Sebastian director videography on Internet Archive|publisher=mvdbase}} The video is set to the Dakota version radio edit, as opposed to the extended Dakota or the Boys for Pele versions of the song.{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos |first=Tori |author-link=Tori Amos | title=The Tori Amos Video Collection: Fade to Red | date=February 14, 2006| language = en | type=US DVD liner notes | publisher=Rhino Entertainment}}

The video features Amos being guided through a burning building by a small girl. According to Amos in the audio commentary provided with the video collection Fade to Red (2006), the small girl represents an angel who is "taking her to a different dimension, another reality."{{Cite AV media

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| date = February 14, 2006

| publisher = Rhino Entertainment

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| time = 32:55

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Amos describes the spectators watching the event: "...this women that they knew, some knew better than others, is in a fire. If you see it as an emotional fire, well, maybe it's someone who can't get out of a relationship or an addiction or another type of situation. But, you know, there's nothing you can do but watch them burn. And, that's really how I saw it poetically."

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| all_writing = Tori Amos, except where noted

| headline = US EP{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter|year=1996|type=US CD EP liner notes|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=82955-2}}

| title1 = Hey Jupiter

| note1 = The Dakota version

| length1 = 6:03

| title2 = Sugar

| note2 = live

| length2 = 5:33

| title3 = Honey

| note3 = live

| length3 = 4:19

| title4 = Professional Widow

| note4 = Merry Widow version live

| length4 = 4:38

| title5 = Somewhere Over the Rainbow

| writer5 = Harold Arlen, Edgar Yipsel Harburg

| note5 = live

| length5 = 4:31

| total_length = 25:14

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| headline = UK and Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|year=1996|type=UK & Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=EastWest Records|id=A5494CD}}

| title1 = Hey Jupiter

| note1 = The Dakota version

| length1 = 6:03

| title2 = Professional Widow

| note2 = Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' mix radio edit

| length2 = 3:45

| title3 = Sugar

| note3 = live

| length3 = 5:43

| title4 = Honey

| note4 = live

| length4 = 4:19

| total_length = 19:50

}}

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| headline = UK 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|year=1996|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=EastWest Records|id=A5494T, 7567-85493-0}}

| title1 = Professional Widow

| note1 = Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' mix

| length1 = 8:08

| title2 = Hey Jupiter

| note2 = The Dakota version radio edit

| length2 = 4:14

| title3 = Talula

| note3 = BT's Synethasia mix

| length3 = 11:27

| total_length = 23:49

}}

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| headline = UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Hey Jupiter / Professional Widow|year=1996|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=EastWest Records|id=A5494C}}

| title1 = Hey Jupiter

| note1 = The Dakota version

| length1 = 6:03

| title2 = Professional Widow

| note2 = Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' mix radio edit

| length2 = 3:45

| total_length = 9:48

}}

The credits listing is from the Boys for Pele album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|last=Amos|first=Tori|author-link=Tori Amos|title=Boys for Pele|title-link=Boys for Pele|year=1996|type=US CD booklet|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=82862-2}}

Recording and production

• Recorded at a church (Delgany, Ireland) and "a wonderfully damp Georgian house" (County Cork, Ireland)
• Additionally recorded at The Egyptian Room and Dinosaur Studios (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Mixed at Jacobs Studios (Surrey, England), Mix This!, and Record One (Los Angeles)
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)

Personnel

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• Tori Amos – writing, vocals, Bösendorfer, Harmonium organ, production
• Steve Caton – electric guitar, mandolin
• Mark Hawley – recording, mixing
• Marcel van Limbeek – recording, mixing
• Rob van Tuin – recording assistant, mixing assistant
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

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"Hey Jupiter" / "Professional Widow"

Hey Jupiter EP

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