| Spark | |
| Cover: | Spark by Tori Amos US CD5 Maxi-single.jpg |
| Caption: | Standard artwork (US CD maxi-single pictured) |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tori Amos |
| Album: | From the Choirgirl Hotel |
| B-Side: | "Purple People", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Bachelorette", "Do It Again", "Cooling" |
| Genre: | Art pop, alternative rock |
| Length: | 4:12 |
| Label: | Atlantic, EastWest |
| Producer: | Tori Amos |
| Prev Title: | In the Springtime of His Voodoo |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Jackie's Strength |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
"Spark" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released by Atlantic and EastWest as the first single from Amos' fourth studio album, From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998).
Amos wrote "Spark" after suffering a miscarriage. She discussed the song in an article from Q magazine in May 1998.[1]
British magazine Music Week wrote, "Tori bursts back onto the scene with this powerful first single from her forthcoming album From the Choirgirl Hotel. Her trademark piano is there but the addition of a band, drums, loops and electronic effects add a further dimension. It's a very fine, multi-layered song which will see her first return to the chart sinoe the "Professional Widow" remix smash."[2]
Amos requested the video for "Spark" to be directed by James Brown, who originally had a different idea for the video that Amos disliked; she requested wanting something "where a girl has a will to live." The video was shot in Dartmoor, South West England and took three days to finish.
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | April 7, 1998 | Alternative radio | Atlantic | [10] |
| United Kingdom | April 20, 1998 | [11] | ||
| United States | May 19, 1998 | Contemporary hit radio | Atlantic | [12] |
| June 9, 1998 | [13] [14] |