Awful
Hole
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Swing low sweet cherry Make it awful It's your life it's your party it's so awful Let's start a fire Let's have a riot! Yeah it's awful It was punk Yeah it was perfect now it's awful They know how to break all the girls like you And they rob the souls of the girls like you And they break the hearts of the girls Swing low cherry cherry Yeah it's awful He's drunk he tastes Like candy he's so beautiful He's so deep like dirty water God, he's awful You're lost, oh, where's your daddy it's so awful And they royalty rate all the girls like you And they sell it out to the girls like you To incorporate little girls Hey, run away with the light Run away it's divine Let's run away, yeah, tonight and We'll steal the light of the world Swing low, sweet cherry, yeah, it's awful You're ripe for the picking, it's so awful You've got your youth Don't waste your money Yeah it's awful I was punk! Now I'm just stupid! I'm so awful Oh, just shut up you're only 16 If the world is so wrong Yeah you can break them all With one song If the world is so wrong yeah you can take it all With one song Swing low sweet cherry Make it awful They bought it all, just build a new one, Make it beautiful yeah
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Written by: ERIC T ERLANDSON, COURTNEY M. LOVE, MELISSA AUF DER MAUR, SCHEMEL PATTY
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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12 facts about this song
Genre ClassificationThe song "Awful" by Hole is classified under the genre of Alternative rock, grunge, and punk rock.
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Album NameIt is the third single from their third studio album titled "Celebrity Skin" released in 1998.
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Chart PerformanceIn the United States, the song was a Modern Rock Tracks top ten hit. It peaked at #13 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
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Song inspirationLead vocalist Courtney Love reportedly wrote this song about the influence she had on adolescent fans that she met when on tour, who would tell her their problems.
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Video FeaturesThe music video for "Awful" includes a crowd of children portraying Hole fans and includes animation and stop-motion sequences.
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Special PerformanceHole performed "Awful" on Saturday Night Live in April 1999.
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Famous CollaboratorThe album including this song, Celebrity Skin, was produced by Michael Beinhorn, a renowned producer who has also worked with Soundgarden and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Pop Culture Reference"Awful" was included in the video game soundtrack for "Rock Band 2" along with other 80 other songs by a variety of artists.
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Song MessageCourtney Love has explained the meaning behind "Awful". She discussed that the song is about how the music industry can take young, ignorant, and innocently ambitious people and turn them into something awful.
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Lyrics WritingLike most of Hole's songs in Celebrity Skin, "Awful" had its lyrics penned by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson but Billy Corgan of alternative rock band, The Smashing Pumpkins, is also credited as a co-writer.
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B-sideThe European CD single of "Awful" contained a B-side named "The Void," taken from the soundtrack of the 1999 film "Any Given Sunday."
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Live Performances"Awful" was performed live for the first time in 1998 at the MTV Video Music Awards. The performance was remembered for lead singer Courtney Love fighting with a stage invader.
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