Head over Feet

Head over Feet

Single infobox
Name = Head over Feet


Artist = Alanis Morissette
from Album = Jagged Little Pill
Released = October 1996
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Maverick
Writer = Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Producer = Glen Ballard
Last single = "Ironic"
(1996)
This single = "Head over Feet"
(1996)
Next single = "All I Really Want"
(1997)

"Head over Feet" is a song written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, and produced by Ballard for Morissette's third album, "Jagged Little Pill" (1995). It was released as the album's fifth single (sixth in the United States) in 1996 (see 1996 in music) and presented a softer sound than the previous singles from the album. "Head over Feet" became Morissette's first number-one hit on "Billboard"'s U.S. Adult Top 40 chart and topped the Top 40 Mainstream chart, but it was her first song not to enter the top twenty on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In the United Kingdom, it was her first top ten single, and it reached the top twenty in Australia.

There are two versions of the single's video: the "Head" version and the "Feet" version (played in Europe and Asia). Clips of the latter are featured on the DVD "Jagged Little Pill, Live" (1997). A live version of "Head over Feet" is featured on the album "Alanis Unplugged" (1999), and an acoustic version of the song was recorded for the album "Jagged Little Pill Acoustic" (2005).

Harmonic structure

"Head over Feet" has a harmonic structure that is unusual for its genre. The choruses are in a different key than the verses. Each verse is in the key of C major, whereas each chorus is in the key of D major. As a result, at the end of each chorus the song is forced to modulate down a major second (which is uncommon in rock music).

Charts

References

* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=121494&model.vnuAlbumId=722607 "Alanis Morissette - Artist Chart History"] . "Billboard". Retrieved August 23 2006.
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:oad8vwmta9lk~T51 "Alanis Morissette - Billboard Singles"] . Allmusic. Retrieved August 23 2006.
* [http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PAlanisMorissette.htm "Alanis Morissette"] . Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved August 23 2006.


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