Waltz #2 (XO) | |
Cover: | Waltz 2 (XO) cover.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Elliott Smith |
Album: | XO |
B-Side: | "Our Thing"
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Released: | September 21, 1998 |
Label: | DreamWorks |
Prev Title: | Miss Misery |
Prev Year: | 1997 |
Next Title: | Baby Britain |
Next Year: | 1999 |
"Waltz #2 (XO)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was released in 1998 by record label DreamWorks as the first single from his fourth studio album, XO.
The single did not chart in the United States[1]
In its article on the song, Slate called it Elliott Smith's best song.[2]
Pitchfork said, "Inside a smoky karaoke bar, a man and a woman—two people who may very well be stand-ins for Elliott Smith's mother, Bunny, and his stepfather, Charlie—select songs that thinly veil their marital strife. She blankly performs the humiliating "Cathy's Clown", he sings the pointed "You're No Good". Smith uses karaoke night to give us this meta novella about pop music and heartbreak."[3]
The song was covered by Kiki and Herb in their 2016 cabaret show Kiki & Herb: Seeking Asylum! at Joe's Pub,[4] and by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan on his 2020 covers album Thief.[5]
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