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About This Track
“Cornflake Girl” is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is the eighth track on Amos’ 1994 album Under the Pink. The song reached #4 on the UK singles chart, and was Amos’ most successful international hit at the time. In Australia, the song peaked at #19, and was #35 in radio station Triple J’s 1994 Hottest 100 poll, appearing on the compilation album of that year’s Hottest 100. The song was also ranked in Blender magazine’s The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born at #433.
The inspiration for “Cornflake Girl” came from Alice Walker’s novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, about a young African woman going through the ritual of female genital mutilation. Amos was angered by the idea that a mother could subject her daughter to such a brutal act, and the song arose as an exploration of the idea of betrayal between women. In the song two factions of women are referred to: the “Raisin Girls” are “multicultural” and open-minded, while the “Cornflake Girls” of the title are “narrowminded and full of prejudice”.
The reference to cornflakes and raisins comes from their distribution in a box of breakfast cereal, implying that “raisin girls” are much harder to find than “cornflake girls”. Amos has spoken in interviews about being referred to glibly as “the Cornflake Girl” due to the song’s title being applied to her, when she considers herself a “Raisin Girl”. The confusion is likely related to her 1987 commercial for Kellogg’s Just Right, made before her widespread fame. Just Right includes both raisins and corn flakes, so the song and the cereal are related either through coincidence or intent.
The inspiration for “Cornflake Girl” came from Alice Walker’s novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, about a young African woman going through the ritual of female genital mutilation. Amos was angered by the idea that a mother could subject her daughter to such a brutal act, and the song arose as an exploration of the idea of betrayal between women. In the song two factions of women are referred to: the “Raisin Girls” are “multicultural” and open-minded, while the “Cornflake Girls” of the title are “narrowminded and full of prejudice”.
The reference to cornflakes and raisins comes from their distribution in a box of breakfast cereal, implying that “raisin girls” are much harder to find than “cornflake girls”. Amos has spoken in interviews about being referred to glibly as “the Cornflake Girl” due to the song’s title being applied to her, when she considers herself a “Raisin Girl”. The confusion is likely related to her 1987 commercial for Kellogg’s Just Right, made before her widespread fame. Just Right includes both raisins and corn flakes, so the song and the cereal are related either through coincidence or intent.
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Shouts
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G0DSTAR wrote:
Her piano and singing abilities always astound me.
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FineFettle wrote:
magical
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PartySanCTG wrote:
Now this is a perfect song.
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G0DSTAR wrote:
Very flakey.
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GarethSherry wrote:
....oh and she's well bloody cute to!!!!
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rtdavis wrote:
Brings back memories...used to listen to this on the Jukebox before going out.
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LilMatryoshka wrote:
She's a Goddess.
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XDRory wrote:
I've heard this on the radio before, can't believe I'm only getting round to properly listening to it now!
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intheluminol wrote:
jammin song
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GarethSherry wrote:
I adore this song!
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palewonderwall wrote:
never was a cornflake girl
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poncho1111 wrote:
:-x
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sade555 wrote:
I love this song ..)) The game is amazing on the piano ..
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dafoxiefelion wrote:
Beautiful piano !
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daelyn63 wrote:
My fave by Tori!
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jamesusillxd wrote:
To Venus and Back version, that purr!
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KarlKowalski wrote:
@SodaP0PKid Yeah, it's one of the pictures in the booklet of the "Boys for Pele" album
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bizkitbella wrote:
was young but first song i heard of tori's loved her ever since
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MadiangraSuarez wrote:
this is Tori I love the most! <3
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kikikirsche wrote:
♥
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