Bouncing Off Clouds Explained

Bouncing Off Clouds
Cover:Bouncing Off Clouds (Single).png
Type:single
Artist:Tori Amos
Album:American Doll Posse
Released:2007
Recorded:2006
Genre:
Length:4:08
Label:Epic/Sony BMG
Prev Title:Big Wheel
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Almost Rosey
Next Year:2007

"Bouncing Off Clouds" is a song written and recorded by Tori Amos. It was the first European and second American single from her album American Doll Posse.[1] The song was released in the US to Triple A Radio in early August.[2]

Music video

The music video for "Bouncing off Clouds" is a variation of the music video for "Big Wheel", a slide show of photographs taken by Blaise Reutersward for Amos' album, American Doll Posse. This music video uses slightly different images of Amos, interspersed with images of clouds. The music video was released to Yahoo! music on October 3, 2007.[3] As with "Big Wheel", a contest was held for a fan-made video of "Bouncing Off Clouds" with Epic/Sony providing green screen footage of Amos playing on a Rhodes piano and a Wurlitzer.

Charts

The sole ranking for "Bouncing off Clouds" was placing at #50 on the Italian Top 50 Downloads chart.[4] It had no physical release.

Performances

In support of this second US single from American Doll Posse, Amos performed "Bouncing Off Clouds" on a variety of television programs:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bouncing Off Clouds Hits European Airwaves . Undented . 2007-04-03 .
  2. Web site: R&R Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 2007-08-13. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071102123448/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=08%2F13%2F2007&Format=7. 2007-11-02.
  3. Web site: Yahoo Music Added Bouncing Off Clouds Video . Undented . 2007-10-03.
  4. Web site: Official top-50 Italian downloads. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071008130414/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=5&idclassifica=2022&archivio=true. 2007-10-08.
  5. Web site: News: Tori On The Tonight Show . Undented. 2007-10-02.
  6. Web site: News: Late Late Show Appearance . Undented. 2007-10-12.