54 "Has Michael Stipe done a duet with Tori Amos?" (R.E.M.)
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This article is from the R.E.M. FAQ, by Ron Henry (rgh3@cornell.edu) with numerous contributions by others.
54 "Has Michael Stipe done a duet with Tori Amos?" (R.E.M.)
Amos was quoted as saying that she and Stipe were "talking about doing a
duet for a film called `Don Juan de Marco and the Centerfold.'" (Rolling
Stone #691, p. 20). News reports indicated, first, that the song (entitled
"It Might Hurt a Little Bit") was not included because Ms. Amos was unhappy
with some of the other cuts on the album, and then that it wasn't included
because the producers of the movie had dropped it in favor of a more
marketable Bryan Adams song.
Later, it was reported that that the cut would appear on a soundtrack album
for a new film called "Empire Records" sometime late in July 1995 (but it
did not), and then that it would be on the soundtrack for the Winona Ryder
film "How to Make an American Quilt" (which it was not). As of the release
of Amos' Boys for Pele album, it was still not clear if the song would be
released (one might do well to keep an eye out for it on the many Tori Amos
b-sides and EP releases).
Recently, rec.music.rem regular <rfox@ultranet.ca> reported the following
information from Tori Amos on the single: "She told me the record companies
are `fighting over it,' and she seemed pretty down about the possibility of
anything happening with this song."
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