A Sorta Fairytale

"A Sorta Fairytale" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her 2002 album Scarlet's Walk. The song reached #14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and #1 on the Triple A (adult album alternative) chart. The song has since been featured in episodes of the television shows Nip/Tuck and The L Word. There are three commercially released versions of the song: the album version (5:30), the 101 Mix (4:00) and the original single version (4:01). It was released as a CD single (UK/Canada) with "Operation Peter Pan" as the B-side, and as a DVD single (US) with the music video, co-starring Adrien Brody.

Song information

From the promotional CD Scarlet Stories:

“

I think that there is a place where she [Scarlet] realizes that people come in and out of your life. Sometimes for a day, sometimes for longer. And all of them make you what you are. You can't separate these people out of you. They form who you are. Even the ones that you kind of say well... you know, I don't know if I wanna be formed by them anymore. (laughs) But you are in some way. You are. That's why, maybe, you don't have to look at them so harshly because they have affected you. At the end, though, you know... it's us as individuals with our... mm... with our love for the land. For something intangible, that when soulmates come and go, you're never alone even when you're standing just you in your shoes, because you carry them with you.

”

In a 2009 interview, Amos was asked about the meaning of one of the lines:

Interviewer: I have to ask you this because it's been killing me for the past five years. On the song A Sorta Fairytale ... you sing about pulling back the hood. Are you talking about the hood I think you're talking about?

Amos: Oh, I want you to think whatever you want to think.

Interviewer: That is not an answer!

Amos: I want you to take it there! I want you to take it there!

Interviewer: Because then when you sing about tasting heaven perfectly—

Amos: And my mom thinks it's talking about a convertible! And you know what? Let's just let her think that.^[1]

Music video

The music video, directed by Sanji, features Amos, as a head attached to a disembodied leg, falling in love with another head attached to a disembodied arm (played by Adrien Brody). The two creatures show signs of romantic interest in one another, until the arm accidentally hurts the leg's feelings by laughing at her crooked fifth toe. The leg then flees by jumping onto a passing skateboard, and ends up alone on a deserted beach. The arm finds her and they consummate their love with a deep kiss. The act of kissing causes the arm and leg to suddenly start swelling up and grow their extra body parts—they finally become complete, "whole" humans by realizing their love.

Track listing

Maxi-CD single (UK and Canada)

"A Sorta Fairytale" (101 Mix)
"Operation Peter Pan"
"A Sorta Fairytale" (original single version)*
"A Scarlet Story" (Enhanced CD multimedia)

7" single (US)

"A Sorta Fairytale" (single version)* (on both sides)

*The "single version" and "original single version" are identical though titled differently. Issued with a picture sleeve. Disc has small center hole

DVD single (US)

"A Sorta Fairytale" music video (digitally mastered)
Tori Amos biography
Making of "A Sorta Fairytale"
Interview segment (with Amos)

Charts

Chart (2002–03)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[2]	41
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[3]	14
US Adult Alternative	1
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[4]	11
US Hot Singles Sales	9
World Adult Top 20	3

References

↑ Michelson, Noah (May 4, 2009). "Songs in the Key of Sin". Out. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012.
↑ "Tori Amos: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
↑ "Tori Amos – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Tori Amos. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
↑ "Tori Amos – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Tori Amos. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

Tori Amos

Albums	Little Earthquakes Under the Pink Boys for Pele From the Choirgirl Hotel To Venus and Back Strange Little Girls Scarlet's Walk The Beekeeper American Doll Posse Abnormally Attracted to Sin Midwinter Graces Night of Hunters Gold Dust Unrepentant Geraldines

EPs	Crucify Hey Jupiter Scarlet's Hidden Treasures Exclusive Session Flavor (Peter Rauhofer Mixes)

Live albums	To Venus and Back The Original Bootlegs Legs and Boots Live at Montreux 1991/1992 From Russia with Love

Compilations	Tales of a Librarian A Piano: The Collection

Singles	"Me and a Gun" "Silent All These Years" "China" "Winter" "Crucify" "Cornflake Girl" "God" "Pretty Good Year" "Past the Mission" "Caught a Lite Sneeze" "Talula" "Professional Widow" "Hey Jupiter" "In the Springtime of His Voodoo" "Spark" "Jackie's Strength" "Cruel/Raspberry Swirl" "Bliss" "1000 Oceans" "Glory of the 80's" "Concertina" "Strange Little Girl" "A Sorta Fairytale" "Taxi Ride" "Don't Make Me Come to Vegas" "Strange" "Mary" "Angels" "Sleeps with Butterflies" "Sweet the Sting" "Cars and Guitars" "Big Wheel" "Bouncing off Clouds" "Almost Rosey" "Welcome to England" "Maybe California" "A Silent Night with You" "Carry" "Flavor" "Trouble's Lament"

Videos	Little Earthquakes Live from New York Complete Videos: 1991–1998 A Sorta Fairytale Welcome to Sunny Florida Fade to Red Live at Montreux 1991/1992 Live From the Artists Den

Tours	5 ½ Weeks Tour To Dallas and Back Strange Little Tour On Scarlet's Walk Tour Original Sinsuality Tour American Doll Posse World Tour Sinful Attraction Tour Night of Hunters Tour Gold Dust Orchestral Tour Unrepentant Geraldines Tour

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