Paper Bag (song)
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| "Paper Bag" | ||||
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| File:Fiona Apple, Paper Bag.jpg | ||||
| Single by Fiona Apple | ||||
| from the album When the Pawn... | ||||
| Released | November 21, 2000 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Jazz[1] | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Fiona Apple | |||
| Fiona Apple singles chronology | ||||
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"Paper Bag" is a song by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released as the third single from her second studio album, When the Pawn... (1999).[2][3] The song earned Apple a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the 43rd Grammy Awards (2001).
Background and composition
Apple wrote "Paper Bag" following an experience in which she mistook a paper bag for a dove. The event took place in Los Angeles following recording sessions for her previous studio album, Tidal (1996); Apple, reportedly upset at the time, was a passenger in a car being driven by her father.[4]
Allmusic's Matthew Greenwald described "Paper Bag" as having a "loose, almost ragtime" melody and rhythm pattern, with an "up and down" chord pattern creating a "funky, looping feel".[3] The Record noted the "infectious" song includes "Beatlesesque horns".[5] The Boston Globe classified it as a "piano ditty" that "owes equally to Kurt Weill and Paul McCartney,"[6] while The Buffalo News noted that it "provides a more contemporary hip hop sound" than other songs on her album.[7]
Reception
Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic wrote that "Paper Bag" was one of the more accessible, "inspiring" tracks from the album. Greenwald appreciated Don Sweeney's horn arrangement, which he called "joyous".[3] In 2012, Bob Gendron of the Chicago Tribune opined, "A midst a backdrop of gently brushed drums, 'Paper Bag' highlighted an ugly tempestuousness at odds with its breezy cabaret melody."[8]
The song is considered a "fan favorite".[9][10] It earned Apple a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the 43rd Grammy Awards (2001).[11]
Music video
Paul Thomas Anderson directed the music video for "Paper Bag", which features a blue-and-red palette.[12] Anderson and Apple were in a romantic relationship at the time.[13][14]
Usage in media
"Paper Bag" was featured in the 2006 film The Last Kiss[15] and the 2011 film Bridesmaids.[16]
References
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