The Widow

The Widow

Infobox Single
Name = The Widow


Artist = The Mars Volta
from Album = Frances the Mute
B-side = "Frances the Mute"
Released = March 14 2005
Format = CD, Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Progressive rock
Length =
Label = MCA
Producer = Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Last single = "Televators"
(2004)
This single = "The Widow"
(2005)
Next single = "L'Via L'Viaquez"
(2005)

"The Widow" is a song by The Mars Volta, from their second album "Frances the Mute". The song was first performed in May, 2004 at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles during The Mars Volta's three-night residence closing the tour supporting their debut LP, "De-Loused in the Comatorium". At the concert, the song was dedicated to Jeremy Michael Ward, who had died of a drug overdose in May 2003. The song peaked at #95 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's first single to chart there.

Main track

"The Widow" is notably the only short, pop-structured song on "Frances the Mute", (although the album-version features a lengthy, non-radio-friendly outro of organs and electronic spasms, taking up the latter half of the track). The edit of "The Widow" cuts the last instrumental part of the regular album track and fades out when the vocals start to become distorted. It is also the only Mars Volta song to chart in the United States.

The song features a brief trumpet part from Flea, after the second chorus. Omar performs a brief solo in the same section. On the vinyl version of the single, "The Widow" is taken from one of the Wiltern performances, and features only acoustic guitar and vocals, with some distortion effects.

"Frances the Mute"

The single also contains the 14-minute track "Frances the Mute", which was intended to be the first track on the record of the same name Fact|date=July 2007. However, this would have made the CD nearly 90 minutes long, beyond the capacity of a normal CD.

Track listing

# "Frances the Mute" - 14:39
#* "In Thirteen Seconds"
#* "Nineteen Sank, While Six Would Swim"
#* "Five Would Grow and One Was Dead"
# "The Widow" (Edit) - 3:19


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