Flavor (Tori Amos song) explained

Flavor
Cover:Tori Amos - Flavor (Peter Rauhofer Mixes).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Tori Amos
Album:Gold Dust
Released:September 6, 2012
Genre:Classical (2012 version)
Trip hop, downtempo (2009 version)
Length:4:08 (2012 version)
4:05 (2009 version)
Label:Deutsche Grammophon, Mercury Classics
Producer:Tori Amos
Prev Title:Carry
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:Trouble's Lament
Next Year:2014

"Flavor" is a song written and recorded by Tori Amos, originally appearing on her album Abnormally Attracted to Sin (2009) as a down-tempo song, and later released as the lead single from her album Gold Dust (2012) which features classical rearrangements of selected songs from her oeuvre.Amos stated she felt the song was overlooked on its original album and had to be re-worked and noticed on Gold Dust.[1]

Music video

The music video for "Flavor" was directed by Danielle Levitt and it features Amos walking the streets of New York City and encountering many different people, including skaters, gospel women from Harlem, drag queens, and breakdancers.[2]

Peter Rauhofer mixes

In 2012 Peter Rauhofer, known for his dance remixes of several well known hits from artists including Cher, Madonna, Yoko Ono, and Pink, among others, was commissioned to remix the first single lifted from Gold Dust. An EP containing four remixes was released in late 2012. "Flavor" reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in February 2013. This remix was Rauhofer's last mainstream release before his death in 2013.

Track listing

  1. "Flavor" (Club Mix) – 7:35
  2. "Flavor" (Big Room Mix) – 9:00
  3. "Flavor" (Old Skool Dub Mix) – 7:07
  4. "Flavor" (Club Mix Radio Edit) – 4:00

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Track by Track: Tori Amos - Gold Dust. thelineofbestfit.com. September 29, 2012.
  2. Web site: Danielle Levitt Announces "Flavor" Video. toricollectibles.blogspot.com. August 23, 2012.
  3. Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2013. Billboard. April 4, 2021. November 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102002615/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/dance-club-songs. live.