Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) by Tori Amos was a UK number 1 hit on Saturday, January 18, 1997 spending 1 week(s) at the top of the UK charts. "Professional Widow" is a 1996 song written by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is a harpsichord-driven rock dirge and was included on her 1996 album Boys for Pele. The eponymous "professional widow" is widely rumoured to be Courtney Love, widow of Kurt Cobain, whom Trent Reznor blames for the destruction of the friendship (whatever its extent) between himself and Amos. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Lyrically the song borrows directly from the short story "The Sphinx" by Edgar Allan Poe. Specifically the lyric "what is termed a landslide of principal proportion" is taken from the line "what is termed a land-slide, of the principal portion of its trees"; and the lyric "prism perfect" from the line "in shape a perfect prism."
Who sang Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)?
Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) was performed by Tori Amos
What year did Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) get to the UK number 1 spot?
Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) first became a UK number 1 on Saturday, January 18, 1997
How long was Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) at number 1 in the UK?
Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) spent 1 week(s) at number 1 in the UK.