Automatic Flowers
| "Automatic Flowers" | ||||
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| Single by Our Lady Peace | ||||
| from the album Clumsy | ||||
| Released | July 14, 1997[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Columbia 1271 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Raine Maida, Arnold Lanni | |||
| Producer(s) | Arnold Lanni | |||
| Our Lady Peace singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Automatic Flowers" on YouTube | ||||
"Automatic Flowers" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Our Lady Peace. It was released in July 1997 as the third single from their second studio album, Clumsy.
Background and writing[edit]
In writing the song, Raine Maida began by thinking about a woman who lived alone in her apartment. The woman has little going on in her life, and the apartment is dingy, without much of a view. She has boxes from her childhood, and one day she takes out a pop-up book and opens it to a garden with pop-up flowers. Whenever she wants to cheer herself up, she opens the book. Maida puts only traces of the entire history in the lyrics.
Music video[edit]
For the first time, Our Lady Peace self-directed their music video for this song. The video consists of the band playing in a dimly lit room (a rehearsal space in Toronto).[2][3] The video reached the #1 spot on the Muchmusic countdown on October 15, 1997.[1] In 1998 it was ranked #47 for Muchmusic's favourite videos of all time.[1]
Chart performance[edit]
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 29 |
| Canada Alternative Top 30 (RPM) | 8 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c OLP Bandology Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at OurLadyPeace.cc
- ^ "Our Lady Peace directs its next video"[usurped] July 26, 1997, article at Jam! Canoe. Retrieved August 1, 2009
- ^ Anon (1997). "News Archive" Ourladypeace.com at the Internet Archive. Retrieved September 18, 2009