Putting the Damage On

"Putting the Damage On" is a ballad by American singer and songwriter Tori Amos, and is featured as the 17th track on her 1996 album, Boys For Pele. The song may have been initially considered as a single for the album, because copies of the album were accompanied by a sticker listing this song, along with "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and "Talula," as feature songs, but of all five singles released from the album, "Putting the Damage On" was not one of them. In the song, Amos is accompanied by her own piano playing, and by the Black Dyke Band (which decades earlier had played an instrumental version of The Beatles song Yellow Submarine as an Apple Records single).^[1][2]

"Putting the Damage On"
Song by Tori Amos
from the album Boys for Pele
Released	1996
Genre	Art pop baroque pop
Length	5:08
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Tori Amos
Producer(s)	Tori Amos

Subsequent appearances

An edited version appeared as a bonus track for Amos' 2003 compilation album, Tales of a Librarian. A remastered version of the album track was featured in the 2006 box set, A Piano: The Collection.

A live version was officially released for the Denver, Colorado, show of The Original Bootlegs series that Amos released in conjunction with her 2005 tour promoting The Beekeeper.^[3]

Twilight Mix

An alternate version of the song, titled the "Twilight Mix", was released in 1997, and includes extra background vocals, snare drums, and a structural edit that removes the bridge. The "Twilight Mix" was featured on a 12-track promotional CD titled Retrospective: The Benefit for RAINN, numbered Atlantic #PRCD 6999-2, issued by Atlantic Records in conjunction with RAINN in 1997. (This is not to be confused with a promotional 2-track CD single called "The Benefit For RAINN", numbered Atlantic #PRCD 8020-2 and #PRCD 6995-2, which was given out as a promotional item by retailers in conjunction with Calvin Klein and contained the album version of the track.)

The "Twilight Mix" began climbing the charts in Poland and Austria in late 1997, peaking at # 28 in both countries.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Lindsay, Cam (November 17, 2016). "Tori Amos Fought the System to Make 'Boys for Pele'—and Tori Amos Won". Noisey. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
2. Shea, Stuart; Rodriguez, Robert (2007). Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Beatles-- and More!. Hal Leonard Corporation p. 406. ISBN 978-1-4234-2138-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. Jacobs, Jay S. (2006). Pretty Good Years: A Biography of Tori Amos. Hal Leonard Corporation p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4234-0022-6.