My Heart Is a Flower
| "My Heart Is a Flower" | ||||
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| Single by King Missile | ||||
| from the album The Way to Salvation | ||||
| B-side | Various Remixes of the track | |||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, pop rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 2:36 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | John S. Hall, Dave Rick | |||
| Producer(s) | King Missile, Lou Giordano | |||
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"My Heart Is a Flower" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It was the only single from the band's 1991 album The Way to Salvation.
Content
In "My Heart Is a Flower," a pop rock track with elements of psychedelic rock, frontman John S. Hall repeatedly sings the titular phrase, recites a short monologue expanding on the heart-as-flower metaphor, then returns to singing the titular phrase as the music crescendoes.[1]
In an interview circa 1992, Hall explained his inspiration for the song as follows:<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
...[W]hen I really, really feel very bad, what I want to do is make myself feel better, so I'll write something happier. 'My Heart Is a Flower' is really a funny song. I was very, very sad when I wrote that one and a lot of people find that surprising. But I felt really, really trampled on, like a flower that's been thrown down in the dirt, when I wrote that.[2]
Music video
The video for "My Heart Is a Flower" was directed by Phil Morrison.[3] During the parts of the video that accompany the sung sections of the song, the band performs in a large, colorful garden, with multi-instrumentalist Chris Xefos often playing in a bear costume. During the part of the video that accompanies the spoken section, Hall plays chutes and ladders in a dimly lit room with a woman played by Juliana Hatfield. The woman flosses her teeth before narrowly avoiding a kiss from Hall.[4]
