Album · Fiona Apple
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold You by Fiona Apple
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold You is an album by Fiona Apple, released in 1999. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 23 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Fast As You Can”, on 23 lists with a best position of #13.
When the Pawn..., Fiona Apple's second album, came out on Epic on November 9, 1999, and its full title runs 90 words: a poem she wrote in answer to a sniping magazine cover story, and at the time the longest album title on record. The music is just as unwilling to play nice. Jon Brion produced, framing her piano and her dusky, bruised voice in baroque-pop arrangements that swerve from lounge-bar swing to clattering tension without warning, a sharper, stranger set than Tidal.
"Fast As You Can" is the whiplash centerpiece, lurching between tempos like a mind that won't sit still. The reviews were good, it went platinum and picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album, and its standing has only grown in the years since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold You on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fast As You Can | 23 | #13 | – | 1999–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.