Who Will Save Your Soul

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"Who Will Save Your Soul"
Single by Jewel
from the album Pieces of You
Released June 4, 1996 (U.S.)
Genre Pop, folk, adult contemporary
Length 4:02
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Jewel Kilcher
Producer Atlantic
Jewel singles chronology
"Who Will Save Your Soul"
(1996)		 "You Were Meant for Me"
(1996)

"Who Will Save Your Soul" is a folk pop song written by Jewel, and was the first song released from her first album Pieces of You.

Contents

[edit] About the record

Jewel explained her creative process for "Who Will Save Your Soul" in an interview.

"When I was about sixteen years old I took a train from Michigan to San Diego and then into Tijuana and hitchhiked around Mexico. It seemed like everybody else was looking for somebody to save them. I wrote it during that trip, but I had no idea it would ever be on a record."

The original version of "Who Will Save Your Soul" was never released on "Pieces Of You": during the process of picking songs, it was decided that it would be re-recorded. The radio version is missing a verse and samples more of a pop/folk sound than the folk acoustic sound the album primarily consist of.

A commercial single of Who Will Save Your Soul was released in the United States in 1996. It became her first hit single, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Music video

The music video was directed by Geoff Moore. It was nominated for MTV Video Music Award in Best female video category.

[edit] Track listing

US Promo

  1. Radio Version
  2. Interview

US CD Single

  1. Who Will Save Your Soul (radio version)
  2. Near You Always

European Single

  1. Who Will Save Your Soul (radio version)
  2. Pieces Of you
  3. Emily

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 27
New Zealand (RIANZ)[2] 14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 52
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 11
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] 29
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[6] 3
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[7] 5
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[8] 14

[edit] End of year charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 25

[edit] Awards

Year Award-giving body Award Result
1996 MTV Video Music Awards Best Female Video Nominated
1996 MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist Nominated
1997 Grammy Awards Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  3. ^ "Chart Stats – Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  4. ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  5. ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  6. ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  7. ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  8. ^ "Jewel Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Jewel. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  9. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
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