Hands (Jewel song)
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| Single by Jewel | ||||
| from the album Spirit | ||||
| Released | November 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Folk, pop-rock | |||
| Length | 3:47 (radio edit) 3:54 (album version) |
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| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Jewel Kilcher Patrick Leonard |
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| Producer | Atlantic | |||
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"Hands" is the first single released from Jewel's second album, Spirit (1998).
A commercial single was never issued in the United States, and the singles that were issued internationally received the album version. The radio edit can be found only on promos for the single. Even without a physical release, it still reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and the video reached #1 on VH1's Top 10 Countdown.
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[edit] Music video
The video, directed by Nick Brandt, begins with Jewel driving along on a rainy night when she comes across emergency workers responding to a collapsed apartment building. She gets out of her car and stands with the crowd looking at the rubble and notices other onlookers walking away in horror and hopelessness. She follows others into the rubble and helps dig through the rubble for survivors, finding a man, alive, under the rubble and later three young children trapped inside a room. Throughout the whole video, she remains calm and collected, full of hope, as chaos ensues around her.
She explains the idea behind the video in an interview in 1998:
"I think the director just wanted to picture an earthquake. That gave the video a somber feel to the aftermath of the disaster."
[edit] September 11th Remix
Right after 9/11, a DJ remixed the song which was carried on stations across the country. Jewel was in the mountains with her longtime boyfriend, Ty Murray, during the attack. She first heard this version on the radio a few days after the attack. It was one of the first things she heard. She spoke of this experience at a Border's concert in Ann Arbor, MI prior to the release of Perfectly Clear.
Jewel appeared on Late Show with David Letterman just days after the tragedy, on September 18, 2001, and performed this song instead of the previously scheduled "Standing Still".
This song is also used during Rachel's Challenge.
[edit] Charts
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[edit] References
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- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Jewel – Hands". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ Canadian RPM magazine peak
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?begin=1&order=position
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Jewel – Hands" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jewel – Hands" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Jewel – Hands". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Chart Stats – Jewel – Hands" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
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