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The UK Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow and the US Hey Jupiter singles feature The Dakota Version of Hey Jupiter, which includes an extra bridge of lyrics as compared to the original album version. The US Bliss single contains a live version of Hey Jupiter, recorded during the Plugged '98 Tour.
"well, i was really in a bind because, um, i was doing some bad things. i was in a love triangle with these, uhh.., i don't know if they were real men now...i'm not...i'm confused about the whole thing! let's see, i was lying in bed...um, strange things happened to you on tour. like strange englishman start sitting at the end of your bed, apparitions of dead guys . and they start singing songs to you. and this guy was definitely dead, and he was definitely singing to me. um, so i'm confused about the copyright laws. i'm not sure if i need to call his ex-wife and give him part of the song or not. but, why should i do that! she's rich...she's not nice. and so, anyway, i kept the copyright, the guys forgot who i was, and the song's mine."
-- Tori; VH1 Storytellers
"When we hit Muhammad you realize we've just taken a bend in the road. The first half of the record is about her descent in to the horror; she's got to find another way of looking at herself. On Hey Jupiter, she knows the way she has looked at relationships with men and put them on a pedestal is over. There's a sense of incredible loss because I knew that I would never be able to see the same way again. It's freeing, and [yet] there's a sense of grieving with that."
-- Tori; Ft Lauderdale Herald, Apr 12, 1996
Hey Jupiter is about the pain of separation that Amos says is very much about a real man. "I was
at my lowest. I was at a hotel in Phoenix, and I realized that for once there wasn't a man I could turn to."
-- Tori; Spin Magazine, Mar 1996
"Hey Jupiter was especially hard...I�d made 13 calls from all over the world. I was getting ready to catch a plane from Phoenix to do the Vegas show, and I rang his number again, but no one was picking up. And in that moment, after all the...you know, the fiery redhead behaviour, drawing my lines, making my threats...I was lying there alone, feeling incredibly weak. Feeling like there are not enough sold-out shows, like it doesn�t matter that every American show is sold out, because I�m only alive when I�m on a stage with a piano. The rest of the time I�m just this shell. So, when I wrote Hey Jupiter, it was like, how could we have been so cruel? Because when we started it, there was so much love. Real caring. And I sit here hating someone who I had been head over heels in love with. Taking jets to meet up for four hours and then flying back to do a show the next night.�
-- Tori; Time Out, Dec 20, 1995
"I have a lot of gay friends who have taught me many things. Because of their experiences, they have taught me how to look at life differently. I want to be very open. I think they have gone through a lot to come out. And I really respect anybody who stands by their truth. I just like communicating with people. And I wanted to communicate with people who I think have taken a very truthful stand�in the face of a lot of judgment. Because I wasn�t a part of that world that much. I didn�t see how fierce it could be in this day and age. It shocks me sometimes. And it comes through in my work�like with Hey Jupiter, Are you gay / are you blue.�
-- Tori; Aquarian Weekly, Feb 21, 1996
"And the album going into Hey Jupiter and that is the point where she knows it�s over with this particular relationship, or ships, and it�s not ever gonna be what it was again. It is never going back. That�s where the whole record turns on its axis. As soon as she knows that, then you do the whole Way Down thing."
-- Tori; B-Side magazine, May/Jun 1996
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