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"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, featured on their third album, Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. An alternative rock tune, it was recorded in 1995 and released as a single the following year. The track is also on the greatest hits album, Thank You.

"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"
Single by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
B-side	"Pop's Love Suicide" "Ride the Cliché"
Released	July 2, 1996 (1996-07-02)
Recorded	October–December 1995
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	2:56
Label	Atlantic
Composer(s)	Eric Kretz
Lyricist(s)	Scott Weiland
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
"Big Bang Baby" (1996) "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" (1996) "Lady Picture Show" (1996)
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"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" on YouTube

Track listing

1. "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"
2. "Pop's Love Suicide"
3. "Ride the Cliché"

Composition and meaning

The core music was written by drummer Eric Kretz, while the lyrics were written by Scott Weiland. Weiland stated in a radio interview that the very ambiguous and mysterious lyrics to the song alluded to a "very bad experience dropping acid."^{[citation needed]} In his autobiography Not Dead and Not For Sale, he adds that it "reflects my hunger for redemption"[2]

Critical reception

Marty Sartini Garner of Pitchfork praised "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" as a representation of alternative rock "whose burning chorus would've fit on Alice in Chains' Dirt, and whose choppy, pepped-up verses cleared a happier path out of grunge that bands like Third Eye Blind would gladly follow."[3]

In 2015, Loudwire and Stereogum ranked the song number six and number one, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Stone Temple Pilots songs.[4][5]

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak Position
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[6]	1
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[7]	36
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8]	1
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[9]	3

Awards and accolades

The band has had seven songs reach the number one position on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" being their fifth single to reach the top. In 1997, the song received a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards.

Appearances of the song

• Cover version is featured in Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero Mobile.
• Master track is featured in Guitar Hero: Smash Hits and downloadable content for Rock Band series.
• Since their 2008 reunion it has frequently been the band's closing song in concerts.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart

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[es] Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart

Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart —en español: ‘Tropezar con un agujero en un corazón de papel’— es una canción de la banda estadounidense de rock alternativo Stone Temple Pilots presente en el tercer álbum de dicha banda, Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, editado en 1996. Debido al debate en su día a cerca del significado de la letra de la canción, el cantante y autor de la letra, Scott Weiland, admitió que trataba "una mala experiencia con LSD". La canción fue nominada en 1997 como Mejor Interpretación de Hard Rock a los premios Grammy. El comienzo del estribillo de la canción se parece mucho al del tema Dancing Days de Led Zeppelin, canción que había sido versionada por los Stone Temple Pilots en 1995, en su álbum tributo Encomium. El video musical está dirigido por Bernardo Santini.[1] Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart' aparece en los videojuegos musicales Guitar Hero II (como cover) y Guitar Hero: Smash Hits.

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