Me and a Gun
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| Single by Tori Amos from the album Little Earthquakes |
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| Released | 21 October 1991 | |
| Format | 7" single, 12" single and CD | |
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| Genre | a cappella | |
| Length | 3:42 | |
| Label | East West | |
| Producer | Eric Rosse Ian Stanley |
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| Tori Amos singles chronology | ||
| "Cool on Your Island" (As Y Kant Tori Read, 1988) | "Me and a Gun" (1991) |
"Silent All These Years" (1992) |
"Me and a Gun" was the first single released from the Tori Amos LP, Little Earthquakes, released on October 21, 1991 in the United Kingdom, as a CD single, 7" and 12". It was also released in Germany.
The song is three minutes and forty-four seconds long. It was inspired by a rape that occurred in LA when Amos was 21. After she performed at a bar, a patron asked her if he could have a ride home. She obliged, and was raped at knifepoint. Fortunately, she escaped. Years later, in London, Amos saw the film Thelma and Louise and was stirred. On the way to a show, she wrote the song in her head. That night, she performed the song a cappella.
This song did not take off very well as a single, possibly given its serious subject matter; however, "Silent All These Years," another song from Little Earthquakes, was a B-side on this single, and radio stations began to play that.
Amos continues to sing this song during live appearances. In 1994, the DC Rape Crisis Center awarded Amos a Visionary award for the song and the co-creation of RAINN.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD single and 12" single
- Silent All These Years (4:11)
- Upside Down (4:22)
- Me And A Gun (3:42)
- Thoughts (2:36)
[edit] 7" single
- Silent All These Years (4:11)
- Me And A Gun (3:42)
[edit] Later appearances of the song
- A VHS video of music videos and live performances was released in 1992; it was also called Little Earthquakes. Amos sings "Me and a Gun" in an appearance on MTV Asia.
- Amos performs "Me and a Gun" on the video Tori Amos: Live from New York, a recording of the 1997 RAINN benefit concert.
- During 1997, a CD called Tori Amos the benefit for RAINN [sic] (Atlantic #PRCD 6995-2) was given out during several promotions in order to raise money for RAINN. An audio version of the above live concert version was released on this two-track CD. (The other track was the album version of "Putting the Damage On.")
- In 1999, the song was featured on an MTV compilation called Fight for Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Violence.
- "Me and a Gun" is also included on A Tori Amos Collection: Tales of a Librarian.
