Song · Tori Amos
“Professional Widow” by Tori Amos
From the album Boys for Pele (1996)
“Professional Widow” by Tori Amos appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1996. It was first released in 1996 on the album Boys for Pele. Its best result is #98 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #354 alternative song of 1996.
Tori Amos built "Professional Widow" around a harpsichord, and it's the snarling heart of Boys for Pele, her third album. She wrote it, sings it and produced it, playing harpsichord and piano, with Steve Caton on guitar, George Porter Jr. on bass and Manu Katché on drums, and Bob Clearmountain mixed.
Atlantic and EastWest made it the album's third single in July 1996, with remixes from house producers Armand van Helden and MK, and the dancefloor took over from there: it went to number one on Billboard's Dance Club Play chart, and van Helden's rework, retitled "Professional Widow (It's Got to Be Big)", went all the way to number one in Britain in January 1997. Rolling Stone later ranked that remix at 109 among the greatest dance songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 98 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996 | 100 |
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