Anna Molly

"Anna Molly" is the lead single from Incubus's sixth album, Light Grenades. The single was released September 20, 2006, on the Sony Music Store almost a month before its scheduled release. However, it was soon withdrawn for unknown reasons.

"Anna Molly"
Single by Incubus
from the album Light Grenades
Released	September 20, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, Ben Kenney, Chris Kilmore, Jose Pasillas
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien
Incubus singles chronology
"Make a Move" (2005) "Anna Molly" (2006) "Dig" (2007)
Music video
"Anna Molly" on YouTube

The song debuted at #19 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and reached the #1 spot after 10 weeks on the chart. It stayed at the top for 5 weeks.

The song makes use of a Marxophone, a type of fretless zither. The song's title is a play on the word "anomaly", and a Billboard article says the song describes "a woman who may or may not exist in real life"^{[citation needed]}. There is an acoustic version that is also available through iTunes.

The song is included in the video games Guitar Hero: On Tour the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii edition of Shaun White Snowboarding as well as the documentary Warren Miller's Dynasty.

Music video

On September 26, 2006, the Oil Factory Inc. produced and filmed the music video for "Anna Molly" in Wilmington, California, and Jamie Thraves directed the video.

The music video for the single features a woman played by Sasha Wexler who is found at a park, presumably deceased, and shows how she is passed from an ambulance on a stretcher, into a morgue, and finally on an autopsy table. Throughout the video, she is shown moving her fingers little by little, even as she is put in a freezer. At the end of the video, as a medical examiner is about to perform the autopsy, her fingers move again, accompanied by a stream of tears. As the doctor brings his saw to her head, she reaches up and grabs his wrist tightly. The final scene shows the saw spinning on the floor. There is no blood on it.

The story is loosely based on the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Breakdown".

Track listing

UK Single

1. "Anna Molly" (Album Version) – 3:46
2. "Anna Molly" (Live at Edgefest 2006)
3. "Drive" (Live at Edgefest 2006)
4. "Love Hurts" (Acoustic)

Personnel

Incubus

• Brandon Boyd - vocals
• Mike Einziger - guitar
• Chris Kilmore - marxophone, keyboards
• Ben Kenney - bass
• Jose Pasillas - drums

Charts

Chart (2006–07)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[2]	94
Canada Rock (Billboard)[3]	2
Scotland (OCC)[4]	92
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	109
UK Physical Singles (OCC)[6]	76
US Billboard Hot 100[7]	66
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8]	1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9]	4
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[10]	81

References

1. Cosores, Philip (July 4, 2017). "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound. p. 10. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
2. "Incubus Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
3. "Incubus Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
4. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. November 26, 2006. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
5. "Chart Log UK: 1994–2010". Zobbel.de. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
6. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. November 26, 2006. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
7. "Incubus Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
8. "Incubus Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
9. "Incubus Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
10. "Billboard Pop 100 - December 16, 2006" (PDF). Billboard. September 20, 2020. p. 50. Retrieved September 20, 2020.