Annie (song)
| "Annie" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Our Lady Peace | ||||
| from the album Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch | ||||
| Released | 30 September 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-grunge | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | Sony BMG Music Entertainment | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Raine Maida and Jeremy Taggart, | |||
| Producer(s) | Arnold Lanni | |||
| Our Lady Peace singles chronology | ||||
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"Annie" is a 1999 single by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace from the album Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch. It was less successful than other singles from that album, such as Thief.
Plot[edit]
The song revolves around a character, Annie, who seems to be unpopular, weird, and perhaps insane. Raine Maida has stated that this song is about a girl contemplating murdering students at her school, similar to the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre, which occurred three weeks after this song was written.
Writing[edit]
"I don't talk about my lyrics much (to the band)," Maida says, "But the day I heard the news, I said: 'Guys, the song Annie is written exactly about this.' I felt the need to tell them because I didn't want them to think that morning I had been reading the paper, writing lyrics."
Origin[edit]
While many of the songs on Happiness... were developed from ideas brought into the studio that remained unchanged throughout recording, "Annie" developed mainly from jam sessions over a long period of time. "It [Annie] took a long time," said Maida, "We had the verse for the longest time and it took weeks in the rehearsal hall just playing it as a band and finally the chorus happened. And it's all out, now it's a song. Jeremy started the beat to 'Annie' with Duncan doing the bass groove and you know what? right away you know this is something to work on."[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Anon. "Our Lady Peace" - Canadian Musician Dec. - Nov. 1999. Retrieved November 30, 2009