Cornflake Girl

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"Cornflake Girl"
Tori amos cornflake girl us cover.jpg
Standard US artwork (CD edition pictured)
Single by Tori Amos
from the album Under the Pink
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)
Studio The Fishhouse (New Mexico, US)
Genre Pop [1]
Length
  • 5:06 (album version)
  • 3:54 (edit)
Label
Songwriter(s) Tori Amos
Producer(s)
Tori Amos singles chronology
"Crucify"
(1992)		"Cornflake Girl"
(1994)		"God"
(1994)
Music video
US version on YouTube

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Under the Pink album booklet. [28]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Cornflake Girl"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomJanuary 10, 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [46]
AustraliaFebruary 14, 1994
  • CD
  • cassette
EastWest [47]

Cover versions and other uses

The song was covered by post-hardcore band Jawbox as a hidden track on their self-titled 1996 album, [48] as well as by the band Tapping the Vein on the Tori Amos tribute album, Songs of a Goddess. [49] In 2007, after Amos had to pull out of an appearance on the Australian comedy program The Sideshow , musical comedy trio Tripod performed the song in her place. [50]

On March 25, 2010, British electronic musician Imogen Heap covered the song live in Australia. The performance was done per request by the winner of an online charity auction who paid about US$4000 to win the item "VIP Experience Meet Imogen Heap + A Song Just For You". [51]

On September 19, 2018, the British band Florence + The Machine released their version of this song, exclusively for Spotify.

A cover version performed by Jeff Russo and Noah Hawley was used for the soundtrack to season 2 of the TV series Legion .

In 2023, the song was featured in the drama television series Yellowjackets (Season 2, Episode 1, "Friends, Romans, Countrymen") [52] [53] and the Netflix dramedy series Beef (Season 1, Episode 2, "The Rapture of Being Alive"). [54]

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