"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | ||||
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Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||||
from the album Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | ||||
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Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | 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 | ||||
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Audio sample | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" on YouTube |
"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 the album's second single the following year. The track is also on the greatest hits album, Thank You . It was the most played song on Active rock radio stations in the United States in 1996. [2]
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 (its title a reference to the lyrics of Trippin'),he adds that it "reflects my hunger for redemption". [3] The song's chorus riff references Led Zeppelin's "Dancing Days", [4] which the band performed on Encomium:A Tribute to Led Zeppelin .
Sadie 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." [5]
In 2015, Loudwire and Stereogum ranked the song number six and number one,respectively,on their lists of the ten greatest Stone Temple Pilots songs. [6] [7]
Chart (1996) | Peak Position |
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Canada Rock/Alternative ( RPM ) [8] | 1 |
US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 36 |
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [10] | 1 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] | 3 |
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.
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