Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Apple is an eleven-time Grammy Award nominee and three-time winner whose five albums have all reached the top fifteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, stretching from 1997 to 2020. Her albums, Tidal (1996), When the Pawn... (1999), Extraordinary Machine (2005), The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012) and Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) have sold over five million copies worldwide. Read Full BioFiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Apple is an eleven-time Grammy Award nominee and three-time winner whose five albums have all reached the top fifteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, stretching from 1997 to 2020. Her albums, Tidal (1996), When the Pawn... (1999), Extraordinary Machine (2005), The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012) and Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) have sold over five million copies worldwide.
Born in Manhattan, New York, United States, Apple made her break into the music industry when a friend, who babysat for a record executive, handed her employer a demo. Apple's husky voice, nimble piano skills, and mature lyrics got the attention of Sony executive Andy Slater, who signed her to a record deal.
In 1996, Apple's debut album Tidal was released by a subsidiary of Sony. The album went on to sell 3 million copies (certified triple platinum) domestically.
"Criminal," the fourth single from Tidal, became Apple's breakthrough hit. The song garnered a great deal of attention, in part for its suggestive lyrics ("I've been a bad, bad girl...") but also for the controversial music video, directed by Mark Romanek. The video featured a waifish, half-dressed Apple surrounded by the aftermath of a party, including unconscious party-goers. The video received heavy rotation on VH-1 and MTV and gained the singer immediate notoriety. Years later, Apple said, "I wasn't (comfortable). And you can see that in the video. It's not sexy. It's disturbing."
Other singles from Tidal included "Sleep to Dream," "Shadowboxer," "Never is a Promise," and "The First Taste."
In 1998, she contributed two tracks to the Pleasantville soundtrack, "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and a cover of the Beatles hit "Across the Universe".
In 1999, Apple's second album was released with the name "When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might so When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right" but it has just been commonly called "When the Pawn..." This album released the singles "Fast As You Can," "Limp," and "Paper Bag."
A third album, Extraordinary Machine, which was produced by Jon Brion, was submitted to Sony executives in May 2003. Sony was reportedly unenthusiastic about the finished product, and the project was shelved for over two years. In 2004 and 2005, tracks were leaked on the Internet in MP3 format and played on U.S. and international radio; subsequently, MP3s of the entire album, believed produced by Brion (although he later claimed the leaked tracks were "tweaked" beyond his own work), went online. Although a website distributing the album was quickly taken offline via the DMCA copyright law, they soon reached P2P networks and were downloaded by fans.
In August 2005, the album was given a release date for October. Production had been completed by Mike Elizondo (though known for his work with hip-hop artists such as Dr. Dre, he had previously played bass for Apple on Pawn) and co-produced by electronica experimentalist Brian Kehew. Spin Magazine later reported: "Fans erroneously thought that Apple's record label, Epic, had rejected the first version of Extraordinary Machine... in reality, according to Elizondo, Apple was unhappy with the results, and it was her decision to redo the record, not her label's." Two of the eleven previous leaked tracks were relatively unchanged, nine were completely retooled, and one new song was also included. According to Elizondo, "Everything was done from scratch." Upon its release, the album became the highest-charting album of Apple's career (debuting at number seven), and before the end of 2005 had sold more than 300,000 copies in the United States alone.
It was revealed in late 2005 that Sony was initially unhappy with the work, and Apple and Brion sought to rework the album. Sony made caveats on the process, to which Apple balked. After a long period of waiting, she began an attempt to rework the album with close friend Kehew (also a friend and former roommate of Jon Brion). Elizondo was brought back as co-producer to complete the tracks he had begun with Brion and Apple. Despite suggestions that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they regularly perform together at Largo, a club in Los Angeles, including a joint appearance with Elizondo on bass just before the news broke of an official release. Apple went on a live tour to support the album in late 2005, and from early 2006 supported Coldplay on their tour of North America. The album has yielded four singles: "Parting Gift," "O' Sailor," "Not About Love," and "Get Him Back."
In 2006, a special edition version of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" was released, with Fiona Apple contributing a version of "Sally's Song."
In January 2010, Fiona Apple and Jon Brion performed together at "Love and Haiti, Too: A Music Benefit", a charity concert for the people hurt by the Haiti Earthquake. Fiona sang a cover of "(S)he's Funny That Way", composed by Neil Moret, lyrics by Richard Whiting, which is often associated with the singer Billie Holiday.
In June 2010, Fiona released a song titled "So Sleepy" produced by Jon Brion written by children involved with the non-profit organization 826LA. The song will be included on a compilation album released by the organization titled Chickens in Love. She also collaborated with Margaret Cho on Cho's album Cho Dependent.
The Every Single Night Songfacts reports that Apple began recording new material for her fourth album The Idler Wheelโฆ in the late 2000s, keeping her sessions secret, even from her label, Epic Records. She opted to produce the album with her touring drummer, Charley Drayton, rather than her longtime collaborator Jon Brion. Executives at Epic only discovered that Apple had recorded an album in early 2012, when she presented it to them. It will be released on June 19, 2012.
Born in Manhattan, New York, United States, Apple made her break into the music industry when a friend, who babysat for a record executive, handed her employer a demo. Apple's husky voice, nimble piano skills, and mature lyrics got the attention of Sony executive Andy Slater, who signed her to a record deal.
In 1996, Apple's debut album Tidal was released by a subsidiary of Sony. The album went on to sell 3 million copies (certified triple platinum) domestically.
"Criminal," the fourth single from Tidal, became Apple's breakthrough hit. The song garnered a great deal of attention, in part for its suggestive lyrics ("I've been a bad, bad girl...") but also for the controversial music video, directed by Mark Romanek. The video featured a waifish, half-dressed Apple surrounded by the aftermath of a party, including unconscious party-goers. The video received heavy rotation on VH-1 and MTV and gained the singer immediate notoriety. Years later, Apple said, "I wasn't (comfortable). And you can see that in the video. It's not sexy. It's disturbing."
Other singles from Tidal included "Sleep to Dream," "Shadowboxer," "Never is a Promise," and "The First Taste."
In 1998, she contributed two tracks to the Pleasantville soundtrack, "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and a cover of the Beatles hit "Across the Universe".
In 1999, Apple's second album was released with the name "When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might so When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right" but it has just been commonly called "When the Pawn..." This album released the singles "Fast As You Can," "Limp," and "Paper Bag."
A third album, Extraordinary Machine, which was produced by Jon Brion, was submitted to Sony executives in May 2003. Sony was reportedly unenthusiastic about the finished product, and the project was shelved for over two years. In 2004 and 2005, tracks were leaked on the Internet in MP3 format and played on U.S. and international radio; subsequently, MP3s of the entire album, believed produced by Brion (although he later claimed the leaked tracks were "tweaked" beyond his own work), went online. Although a website distributing the album was quickly taken offline via the DMCA copyright law, they soon reached P2P networks and were downloaded by fans.
In August 2005, the album was given a release date for October. Production had been completed by Mike Elizondo (though known for his work with hip-hop artists such as Dr. Dre, he had previously played bass for Apple on Pawn) and co-produced by electronica experimentalist Brian Kehew. Spin Magazine later reported: "Fans erroneously thought that Apple's record label, Epic, had rejected the first version of Extraordinary Machine... in reality, according to Elizondo, Apple was unhappy with the results, and it was her decision to redo the record, not her label's." Two of the eleven previous leaked tracks were relatively unchanged, nine were completely retooled, and one new song was also included. According to Elizondo, "Everything was done from scratch." Upon its release, the album became the highest-charting album of Apple's career (debuting at number seven), and before the end of 2005 had sold more than 300,000 copies in the United States alone.
It was revealed in late 2005 that Sony was initially unhappy with the work, and Apple and Brion sought to rework the album. Sony made caveats on the process, to which Apple balked. After a long period of waiting, she began an attempt to rework the album with close friend Kehew (also a friend and former roommate of Jon Brion). Elizondo was brought back as co-producer to complete the tracks he had begun with Brion and Apple. Despite suggestions that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they regularly perform together at Largo, a club in Los Angeles, including a joint appearance with Elizondo on bass just before the news broke of an official release. Apple went on a live tour to support the album in late 2005, and from early 2006 supported Coldplay on their tour of North America. The album has yielded four singles: "Parting Gift," "O' Sailor," "Not About Love," and "Get Him Back."
In 2006, a special edition version of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" was released, with Fiona Apple contributing a version of "Sally's Song."
In January 2010, Fiona Apple and Jon Brion performed together at "Love and Haiti, Too: A Music Benefit", a charity concert for the people hurt by the Haiti Earthquake. Fiona sang a cover of "(S)he's Funny That Way", composed by Neil Moret, lyrics by Richard Whiting, which is often associated with the singer Billie Holiday.
In June 2010, Fiona released a song titled "So Sleepy" produced by Jon Brion written by children involved with the non-profit organization 826LA. The song will be included on a compilation album released by the organization titled Chickens in Love. She also collaborated with Margaret Cho on Cho's album Cho Dependent.
The Every Single Night Songfacts reports that Apple began recording new material for her fourth album The Idler Wheelโฆ in the late 2000s, keeping her sessions secret, even from her label, Epic Records. She opted to produce the album with her touring drummer, Charley Drayton, rather than her longtime collaborator Jon Brion. Executives at Epic only discovered that Apple had recorded an album in early 2012, when she presented it to them. It will be released on June 19, 2012.
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Pure Imagination
Fiona Apple Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Pure Imagination' by these artists:
Alfie Boe Come with me And you'll be In a world of Pure imagination Ta…
Anthony Newley Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse Hold your breath Make a wish count to three Come with me…
Anthony Newley And Leslie Bric Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
Anthony Newley And Leslie Bricusse Hold your breath Make a wish count to three Come with me…
Anthony Newley Leslie Bricusse If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view…
Buckethead maybe you can answer this strange question for me there youn…
Charles Hamilton Hold your breath Make a wish Count to three Imagine dozin o…
Charlie and the chocolate factory OLC Come with me And you'll be In a world of Pure imagination Ta…
Chris Colfer & Cory Monteith Come with me, and you'll be In a world of pure…
Diana Panton Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
Douglas Hodge Willy Wonka: Hold your breath Make a wish Count to three Co…
Faux Fix Come with me, and you'll be in a world of…
Flannel Graph Come with me And you'll be In a world of pure imagination T…
Gene Wilder Spoken: Hold your breath Make a wish Count to thre…
George Skaroulis Come with me And you'll be In a world of Pure imagination Ta…
Glee Cast Come with me, and you'll be In a world of pure…
Glee Cast Feat. Cory Monteith Jenna Ushlowitz Chris Colfer Kevin McHale Kurt Come with me, and you'll be In a world of pure…
Glee Cast Featuring Cory Monteith (Finn) Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina) Chris Colfer (Kurt) and Kevin McHale Hold your breath Make a wish Count to three Come with me An…
Hearing Shapes Come with me And youโฒll be In a world of pure imagination Ta…
internetBoi Comfort, for my tender fate When i die Bury me with roses Wh…
Jackie Evancho Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
John Borleo Come with me And you'll be In the world of pure imagination …
Josh Groban Come with me And you'll be In a world of pure imagination Ta…
JZAC A little more enthusiasm, man Come on, alright, yeah I'm t…
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley Willy Wonka: [Spoken] Hold your breath Make a wish Count to …
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley Hold your breath Make a wish count to three Come with me…
Leslie Bricussรฉ and Anthony Newley Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view…
Lou Rawls Hold your breath, make a wish Now count to three Come with…
Mark Turner A Dios sea la Gloria Como yo podre darte las gracias oh…
Maroon 5 Come with me, and you'll be In a world of pure…
Michael Feinstein Come with me And you'll be In a world of Pure imagination Ta…
Nathan Hartono Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
Richie Cunning Woke up, couldn't remember what my dream was But it was…
Russell Brand Spoken: Ladies and gentlemen Boys and girls Hold y…
Scott Dreier Willy Wonka: [Spoken] Hold your breath Make a wish Count to …
Smoking Popes Come with me and we'll be In a world of pure…
Stephanie Tarling Come with me, And you'll be In a world of pure imagination T…
Stylophonic Come with me and you'll be In a world of…
The Bucketheads maybe you can answer this strange question for me there you…
The Hit Crew Hold your breath Make a wish Count to three Come with me An…
The Rest Willy Wonka: Hold your breath Make a wish Count to three Co…
The Smoking Popes Come with me and we'll be In a world of pure…
Unclenathannn Through and let's do What we do in our imagination Girl…
Willy Wonka {Hold your breath Make a wish Count to three} Come with me …
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
โช Lou Rawls Hold your breath, make a wish Now count to three Come wi…
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We have lyrics for these tracks by Fiona Apple:
05 Oh Well What you did to me made me See myself something different …
05. paper bag I was staring at the sky Just looking for a star To…
06 I Know So be it, I'm your crowbar If that's what I am…
2. Sullen Girl Days like this, I don't know what to do with…
A Mistake I'm gonna make a mistake I'm gonna do it on purpose I'm…
Accross the Universe Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper…
AMistake I'm gonna make a mistake I'm gonna do it on purpose I'm…
Angel Angel come on down from heaven yesterday Stayed with me just…
Anything We Want My cheeks were reflecting the longest wavelength My fan was …
As Fast As You Can I let the beast in too soon I don't know how…
Better Version Of Me The nickel dropped when I was on My way beyond the…
Carrion Won't do no good to hold no seance What's gone is…
Container I was screaming into the canyon At the moment of my…
Cosmonauts Your face ignites a fuse to my patience Whatever you do…
Criminal I've been a bad, bad girl I've been careless with a…
Daredevil I guess I just must be a daredevil I don't feel…
Dull Tool Come on out, come on out, Whereโd you go, whereโd you…
Every Single Night Every single night I endure the flight Of little wings of wh…
Everyday Everyday, it's a gettin' closer Goin' faster than a roller c…
Extraordinary Machine I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes And I…
Fast As You Can I let the beast in too soon I don't know how…
Fetch The Bolt Cutters I've been thinking about when I was trying to be your…
Frosty The Snowman Frosty the Snowman Was a jolly happy soul With a corn-cob …
Get Gone How many times do I have to say To get away,…
Get Him Back One man, he disappoint me He give me the gouge and…
Heavy Balloon People like us we play with a heavy balloon Keep it…
Hot Knife If I'm butter, if I'm butter If I'm butter, then he's…
I Know So be it, I'm your crowbar If that's what I am…
I Walk a Little Faster Pretending that we'll meet Each time I turn a corner, I…
I Want You Tenderly, tenderly Come to me tenderly You're the one I…
I Want You To Love Me I've waited many years Every print I left upon the track Has…
I'm an Extraordinary Machine I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes And I…
If We Kissed Electricity, eye to eye. Hey don't I know you? I can't…
Jonathan Jonathan, call again Take me to Coney Island Take me on the…
Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter / Live cover 2000) It was just one of…
Kissing My Love When I'm kissing my love I can hear a thump thumping…
Ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladie…
Largo I was recently rid of a man again So I caught…
Leaving On A Jet Plane All my bags are packed I'm ready to go I'm standing…
Left Alone You made your, made your overtures When you were a chauven'd…
Limp You wanna make me sick; You wanna lick my wounds Don't you,…
Love Ridden Love ridden, I've looked at you With the focus I gave…
Mistake I'm gonna make a mistake I'm gonna do it on purpose I'm…
Never Is A Promise You'll never see The courage I know Its colors' richness Wo…
Newspaper I too, used to want him to be proud of…
Not About Love The early cars Already are Drawing deep breaths past my door…
Not an Addict Breathe it in and breathe it out And pass it on,…
O Sailor I'm undecided about you again Mightn't be right that you're …
O'Sailor I'm undecided about you again Mightn't be right that you're…
Oh Well What you did to me made me See myself something different Th…
Oh Well 05 What you did to me made me See myself something different …
On I Go On I go, not toward or away Up until now it…
On The Bound All my life is on me now Hail the pages turning And…
Pale September Pale September, I wore the time like a dress that…
Paper Bag I was staring at the sky Just looking for a star To…
paperbag I was staring at the sky Just looking for a star To…
Parting Gift I opened my eyes while you were kissing me once More…
Periphery Oh, the periphery They throw good parties there Those periph…
Please Please Please Please, please, please No more melodies They lack impact, th…
Please Send Me Someone to Love Heaven please send to all mankind, Understanding and peace …
Rack of His I gave you pictures and cards on non-holidays And it wasn't…
Red I don't understand about complementary colors And what they …
Regret 'Member when we argued on the concept of regret? You were…
Relay Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to…
Sally's Song I sense there's something in the wind That seems like trage…
Shadow Boxer Once my lover, now my friend What a cruel thing to…
Shadowboxer Once my lover, now my friend What a cruel thing to…
Shameika I used to walk down the streets on my way…
Sleep and Dream I tell you how I feel but you don't care I…
Slow Like Honey You moved like honey in my dream last night Yeah, some…
Sullen Girl Days like this, I don't know what to do with…
The Child Is Gone Darling, give me your absence tonight Take the shade from th…
The First Taste I lie in an early bed thinking late thoughts Waiting for…
The Making of Extraordinary Machine I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes And I…
The Way Things I wouldn't know what to do with another chance If you…
The Way Things Are I wouldn't know what to do with another chance If you…
To Your Love Here's another speech you wish I'd swallow Another cue for y…
Tymps Those boon times went bust My feet of clay, they dried…
Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song) Those boom times went bust My feet of clay, they dried…
Ugly Girl When I saw you at the grocery store You were sharin…
Under The Table I would beg to disagree, but begging disagrees with me I…
Use Me All my friends think it's their appointed duty They keep tr…
Used to Love Him Those boon times went bust My feet of clay, they've dried…
Valentine You didn't see my valentine I sent it via pantomime While yo…
Waltz If you don't have a song to sing You're ok You know…
Waltz (Better Than Fine) If you don't have a song To sing you're okay You know…
Werewolf I could liken you to a werewolf The way you left…
Why Try to Change Me Now I'm sentimental So I walk in the rain I've got some habits E…
Window I was staring out the window The whole time he was…
_Limp You want to make me sick; You want to like my…
The lyrics can frequently be found in the comments below or by filtering for lyric videos.
Aya Abdul-Halim
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in a world of my creation
What we'll see will defy
Explanation
[Chorus]
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world
There's nothing to it
[Verse 2]
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
[Chorus]
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world
There's nothing to it
Kevin Anaya
Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in a world of my creation
What we'll see will defy explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
jasmine alhussaini
Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to see magic lands
Close your eyes and you will see one
Want to be a dreamer, be one
Anytime you please and please save me one
Comeโฆ
Maxskellington
this is the vibe I wanna give off in my daily life. When people see me walking down the street I want to look how this song feels.
Joseph Joestar
mood
Mr. Faramund
Damn this is edgy
Herzelied Stein
Same gurl
J.T. Kane
same
curaja caster
theres honestly nothing like listening to this song while walking through a crowded area, its such a surreal feeling
jabrown1978
No disrespect to them, because I love each of them, but Fiona paved the way for the Lordes, Lana Del Rays, and Billie Eilishes of the world.
SJL
LDR is more in the vein of Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday and Maria Callas in some sense but Fiona definitely kept the Jazz age feel alive in some way.
Luigi Looeeegi
@yeet That wasn't the argument I was making at all anyways.
yeet
@Luigi Looeeegi i highly disagree, you may be right as it could be generational, but there is always someone FIRST to everything