- Volcano Girls
Infobox Single
Name = Volcano Girls
Artist = Veruca Salt
from Album =Eight Arms to Hold You
Released = 1997
Format =Compact Disc
Recorded = 1997
Genre = alternative
Length = 3:18
Label = Geffen
Writer =Nina Gordon
Producer =Bob Rock
Chart position =
Last single = -
This single = "Volcano Girls"
(1997)
Next single = -"Volcano Girls" is a single by the American
alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released in 1997 on their albumEight Arms to Hold You . It was written byNina Gordon in which she was the lead singer for the song, withLouise Post performing backup vocals. This song was used at the beginning of the dark comedy movie Jawbreaker released in 1999.About the song
The song lyrically references Veruca Salt's previous hit "Seether", from their 1994 "
American Thighs " album. In Volcano Girls the identity of the Seether is possibly revealed; "The Seether's Louise", as in Louise Post of the band. This itself is a reference to theBeatles song "Glass Onion ". The highly energeticmusic video for "Volcano Girls" was shot over two days at Essenay inChicago ,Illinois in 1997. This video consists of the band in the central arena attached tobungee cord s, on which Louise Post (right side and airborne), Nina Gordon (left side and performing), and other band members bounce erratically. The video also shows Post and Gordon performing the song while a camera circles around them.Surrounding this arena stand many fans watching them perform several takes of the song.
Chart performance
* Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks: #9cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=36925&model.vnuAlbumId=196579| title="Artist Chart History/Veruca Salt"|publisher="www.billboard.com"|accessdate=2008-04-12]
* Billboard Modern Rock Tracks: #8cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=36925&model.vnuAlbumId=196579| title="Artist Chart History/Veruca Salt"|publisher="www.billboard.com"|accessdate=2008-04-12]
* Australia ARIA Top 100 # 47
References
ee also
* "
American Thighs " 1994 album
* "Eight Arms to Hold You " 1997 albumExternal links
* [http://www.verucasalt.com/ Official artist website]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/verucasalt Veruca Salt] at "Rolling Stone "
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