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"Criminal" is a song by American recording artist Fiona Apple, released in July 1997 as the third single from her debut studio album, Tidal. Apple has stated that the song is about "feeling bad for getting something so easily by using your sexuality".[3] Apple's highest-charting single, it peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 (her only entry to date), as well as number four on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.

"Criminal"
Single by Fiona Apple
from the album Tidal
B-side"Sleep to Dream" (live)
ReleasedJuly 1997[1]
Recorded1996
StudioOcean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Alternative rock[2]
Length5:42
Label
  • Work
  • Columbia
Songwriter(s)Fiona Apple
Producer(s)Andrew Slater
Fiona Apple singles chronology
"Sleep to Dream"
(1997)		 "Criminal"
(1997)		 "Never Is a Promise"
(1997)
Music video
"Criminal" on YouTube

The song won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 40th Grammy Awards and was nominated for Best Rock Song. "Criminal" was listed at No. 55 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s",[4] and No. 71 on Blender magazine's 2005 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".[3]


Music video


The song's music video was directed by Mark Romanek in May 1997 with cinematography by Harris Savides. It was released a month later in June 1997. Visual enhancements including the retroreflector in Fiona's eyes and additional lighting vignettes were created by visualist Ash Beck. The video features Apple sulking in various states of undress, and The New Yorker described her as "looking like an underfed Calvin Klein model",[5] known as the "heroin chic" look. It explores themes of voyeurism and adolescence.[6] In 1998, the video won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography.

The video was featured in the 1997 MTV special "Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving".[7] Up until Beavis and Butt-Head's revival in 2011, it was the last to be critiqued by the duo, along with Marilyn Manson's "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" video, which was also featured in the special.[7]


Track listings



Charts


Chart (1997–1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 51
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14] 28
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[15] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 21
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[17] 2
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[18] 17
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[19] 4
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[20] 18

Certifications and sales


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[21] Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


Cover versions


Singer Natalie Cole covered the song for her twentieth studio album Leavin' (2006). Len Righi of The Morning Call wrote that she was surprised at Cole's ability to transform the "agonizing, brazen lament" into "a funky, Tina Turner-type, rump-shaker".[22]


Legacy


The music video for "Criminal" was the main inspiration for It Was Romance frontperson Lane Moore's music video to her song "Hooking Up with Girls", with many visuals as well as costumes inspired by the video.[23][24]

It was ranked at No. 423 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time" in 2021.[25]


References


  1. "Billboard". July 26, 1997.
  2. Richin, Leslie (January 12, 2017). "20 Alternative Rock Hits Turning 20 in 2017". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born: 51-100". Blender. October 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2007. [dead link]
  4. "VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s". VH1. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  5. Frere-Jones, Sasha. "Extraordinary Measures". The New Yorker. October 10, 2005. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
  6. Zeltner, Mark. "Fiona Apple's 'Criminal' and Video Voyeurism for the '90s". Images, issue 5. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
  7. Kain. "Top Thanksgiving Cartoon Specials". 95 Rock KKNN. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  8. Criminal (US CD single liner notes). Fiona Apple. Clean Slate, Work Group. 1997. 32K 78595.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. Criminal (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Fiona Apple. Clean Slate, Work Group. 1997. 32 78595.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. Criminal (US cassette single sleeve). Fiona Apple. Clean Slate, Work Group. 1997. 32T 78595.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. Criminal (European CD single liner notes). Fiona Apple. Clean Slate, Work Group. 1997. 665523 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. Criminal (Australian CD single liner notes). Fiona Apple. Clean Slate, Work Group. 1997. 664852 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart Week Ending 24 May 1998". ARIA. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  14. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3451." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 9, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  15. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3315." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 1, 1997. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  16. "Fiona Apple Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  17. "Fiona Apple Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  18. "Fiona Apple Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  19. "Fiona Apple Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  20. "Fiona Apple Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  21. "American single certifications – Fiona Apple – Criminal". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  22. Righi, Len. "Natalie Cole". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016.
  23. It Was Romance's New Video Is A Remake Of Fiona Apple's "Criminal" A ’90s dream come true
  24. This Lesbian Homage to Fiona Apple’s ‘Criminal’ Is Exactly What You Need Right Now
  25. "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

На других языках

- [en] Criminal (Fiona Apple song)

[es] Criminal (canción de Fiona Apple)

«Criminal» es una canción de rock alternativo interpretado por la cantante estadounidense Fiona Apple, lanzado como el tercer sencillo de su álbum debut Tidal en septiembre de 1997, siendo su mayor éxito alcanzando el puesto 21 en el Hot 100, así como el 4 en el Modern Rock Tracks de los Estados Unidos.[1] Apple describió la canción como una sensación de "sentirse mal por conseguir algo tan fácilmente mediante el uso de su sexualidad".[2] La canción ganó el Premio Grammy a la Mejor Interpretación Vocal Rock Femenina en la edición de los Grammy en 1998 donde también recibió una nominación a la Mejor Canción de Rock. En 2005, fue incluida en el número 71 en la lista de "Las 500 mejores canciones desde que naciste" de la revista Blender.[2] Alcanzó el puesto # 55 de "Las 100 mejores canciones de VH1 de los años 90.[3] En 2014, la actriz estadounidense Sarah Paulson realizó una versión de la canción para la serie American Horror Story: Freak Show.

[ru] Criminal (песня Фионы Эппл)

«Criminal» (с англ. — «Преступница») — песня, написанная американской певицы Фионой Эппл, выпущенная в качестве третьего сингла с её дебютного альбома Tidal. Композиция является самой известной у автора-исполнителя и наиболее успешной в репертуаре. Главная тема и проблематика — сексуальная девиация в подростковом возрасте — была положительно принята музыкальным сообществом и принесла Фионе «Грэмми» за лучшее женское рок-исполнение на 40-й церемонии «Грэмми»[1]. Музыкальное видео авторства Марк Романека укрепило популярность певицы и получило премию MTV Video Music Awards за лучшую работу оператора. Музыкальный канал «VH1», подводя итоги 1990-х, поместил Criminal на 55 позицию, а журнал Blender включил в список «500 песен, которые Вы должны послушать с рождения»[1][2].


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