Get Him Back
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| Single by
Fiona Apple from the album Extraordinary Machine |
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| Released | February 6 2006 (U.S.) | ||||
| Format | Radio single | ||||
| Recorded | Phantom Studios, LA and Stanley Studios, Venice, CA | ||||
| Genre | Baroque pop | ||||
| Length | 5:26 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Writer | Fiona Apple | ||||
| Producer | Mike Elizondo, Brian Kehew | ||||
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"Get Him Back" is a song written by American singer Fiona Apple and produced by Mike Elizondo and Brian Kehew for her third album Extraordinary Machine (2005). It was released to triple-A radio as the album's fourth single on February 6 2006 (see 2006 in music).[1]
In 2003 Extraordinary Machine, which was originally produced by Jon Brion, was submitted to Sony Music executives, who were reportedly unenthusiastic about the finished product and shelved it. On February 26 2005 radio DJ Andrew Harms at 107.7 The End in Seattle began playing previously unheard tracks from a bootleg copy of Extraordinary Machine, and before long, poor quality copies of "Not about Love", "Get Him Back" and "Used to Love Him" were circulating on the internet.[2][3] Soon after, CD-quality versions of all the tracks were released through the BitTorrent website TorrentBox. An extensively reworked version of Extraordinary Machine, co-produced by Mike Elizondo and Brian Kehew, was released in October 2005.
The Chicago Tribune published a track-by-track comparison of the leaked and
official versions of the album, and wrote of "Get Him Back": "Brion's drum fills are more pronounced and strings underscore the
vocals, while
Credits
- Piano by Fiona Apple
- Drums by Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
- Moog bass by Mike Elizondo
- Keyboards by Keefus Ciancia
Notes
- ^ "R&R Going for Adds: Triple-A". Radio & Records. February 6 2006. Retrieved June 1 2006.
- ^ Lane. "Seattle radio playing new Fiona tracks". FionaApple.org. February 26 2005. Retrieved September 4 2005.
- ^ Perez, Rodrigo. "Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Songs Leaked On The Radio". MTV News. March 1 2005. Retrieved September 1 2005.
- ^ Kot, Greg. "Fiona Apple in stores — finally". Chicago Tribune. October 9 2005. Retrieved June 1 2006.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Songs of 2005". Blender. January/February 2006. Retrieved June 1 2006.
- ^ "205 Best Songs to Download from 2005". New York Post. December 15 2005. Retrieved June 1 2006.
External links
Albums: Tidal · When the Pawn... · Extraordinary Machine · iTunes Originals
Singles: "Shadowboxer" · "Slow like Honey" · "Sleep to Dream" · "The First Taste" · "Criminal" · "Never Is a Promise" · "Fast as You Can" · "Limp" · "Paper Bag" · "Parting Gift" · "O' Sailor" · "Not About Love" · "Get Him Back"
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