Anna Molly

Infobox Single
Name = Anna Molly


Artist = Incubus
from Album = Light Grenades
Released = December 5, 2006
Format =
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Alternative Rock
Length = 3:48
Label = Epic/Immortal
Writer = Incubus
Producer = Brendan O'Brien
Video director = Jamie Thraves
Certification = None
Last single = "Make a Move"
(2005)
This single = "Anna Molly"
(2006)
Next single = "Dig"
(2007)

"Anna Molly" (pronounced like the word "anomaly" when sung as word play) is the lead single off Incubus's sixth album, "Light Grenades". The single was released September 20, 2006, on the Sony Music Store almost a month before its scheduled release. However, it was soon withdrawn for unknown reasons. The single has been extremely well-received by fans of the group.

The song debuted at #19 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and reached the #1 spot after 10 weeks on the chart. It stayed at the top for 5 weeks.

The song is abundant with riffs and has a considerable Police influence. It also gains some of its distinct sound through the band's use of a Marxophone, a type of fretless zither. The song's title is a play on the word "anomaly", and a Billboard article says the song describes "a woman who may or may not exist in real life". Also, the lyrics "this city by the sea"..." suggest a reference to the Edgar Allan Poe poem "Annabel Lee." There is an acoustic version that is also available through iTunes. The lyrics reference previous Incubus songs like "Wish You Were Here".

The song is included in the music rhythm game for the Nintendo DS.

Music video

On September 26, 2006, the Oil Factory Inc. produced and filmed the music video for "Anna Molly" in Wilmington, California.

The music video for the single features a woman played by Sasha Wexler who is found at a park, presumably deceased, and shows how she is passed from an ambulance on a stretcher, into a mortuary, and finally on an autopsy table. Throughout the video, she is shown moving her fingers little by little, even as she is put in a freezer. At the end of the video, as a medical examiner is about to perform the autopsy, her fingers move again, accompanied by a stream of tears. As the doctor brings his saw to her head, she reaches up and grabs his wrist tightly. The saw lies spinning on the floor.

Track listing

UK Single

#"Anna-Molly" (Album Version) – 3:46
#"Anna-Molly" (Live at Edgefest 2006)
#"Drive" (Live at Edgefest 2006)
#"Love Hurts" (Acoustic)

Charts

Personnel

*Brandon Boyd - Lead vocals & Percussion
*Mike Einziger - Lead guitar
*Jose Pasillas - Drums
*Ben Kenney - Bass guitar
*Chris Kilmore - Turntables , Keyboard & Piano
*Brendan O'Brien - Producer

External links

* [http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid5380254/bclid5743569/bctid302034120 Music video]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=p93XOlLoFws Music video at YouTube]
* [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/incubus/annamolly.html Lyrics]