The Breeders - Cannonball

"Blown to hell, crash, I'm the last splash."

Album: Last Splash (2nd album)
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock
Recorded: 
Album Release: August 30th 1993
Single Release: August 9th 1993 (lead single)
Length: 3:33
Producer: Mark Freegard & Kim Deal
Vocalist: Kim Deal (age 32)
Label: 4AD Records

Music Video


Live in 1993

Charts, Streams & Sales

Spotify: Over 130 million
YouTube Music: Over 30 million
Melody Maker's Single of the Year 1993

Instruments

Bass, drums, guitar (x2)

Details

• There's speculation that 'Cannonball' is a slight towards the Pixies frontman Black Francis. The song features lines  such as "I know you're a real cuckoo." However, Deal has said not to read too much into the lyrics, as they were wrote mainly to compliment the feel of the music.
  
  'Cannonball' uses the loud in the choruses, quiet in the verses dynamic that Pixies became famous for.
  
  
• The original title for 'Cannonball' was 'Grunggae', a portmanteau of grunge and reggae, because Deal thought the riff sounded like a reggae song.
  
  
• The music video is directed by Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth and Spike Jonze. Jonze would go on to direct feature films such as Being John Malkovich (1999).
  
  

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