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Name | Tom's Diner |
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Cover | Tom's_diner.jpg |
Artist | Suzanne Vega |
Album | Solitude Standing |
Format | 12" maxi |
Released | |
Track no | 1 |
Recorded | -, Bearsville Sound Studios, RPM Sound Studios |
Genre | A cappella |
Length | 2:09 |
Label | A&M;/PolyGram Records |
Producer | Steve Addabbo Lenny Kaye |
Last single | "Luka" (1987) |
This single | "Tom's Diner" (1987) |
Next single | "Solitude Standing" (1987) |
"Tom's Diner" is an a cappella pop song written in 1981 by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was first released as a track on the January 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine. The first time it was featured on any of her own studio albums was as the first track of her own Solitude Standing album in 1987. It was later used as the basis for a popular remix by the British group DNA in 1990. The 1991 release Tom's Album includes the DNA version as well as cover versions by such artists as After One, Chicago-based band Canasta, and Bingo Hand Job (R.E.M. and Billy Bragg). It was also used as the background soundtrack for the opening scene of the 1993 film Untamed Heart.
The song is written as a simple first person vignette of someone stopping at an unnamed diner for a cup of coffee. The song notes the newspaper as well as two women, one who enters the diner and one who stands outside in the rain. The ringing of bells at a nearby cathedral cause the singer to reminisce on an unnamed companion and a picnic previously. When the coffee is finished, it is time to leave the diner to catch a train.
Vega wrote the song based on a comment by her friend Brian Rose, a photographer, who mentioned that in his work, he sometimes felt as if "he saw his whole life through a pane of glass, and
In a 2009 documentary about the history of the song by Swedish SVT, Brandenburg said: :I was finishing my PhD thesis, and then I was reading some hi-fi magazine and found that they had used this song to test loudspeakers. I said "OK, let's test what this song does to my sound system, to mp3". And the result was, at bit rates where everything else sounded quite nice, Suzanne Vega's voice sounded horrible.
Brandenburg adopted the song for testing purposes, listening to it again and again each time he refined the scheme, making sure it did not adversely affect the subtlety of Vega's voice. While the MP3 compression format is not specifically tuned to play the song "Tom's Diner" (an assortment of critically analyzed material was involved in the design of the codec over many years), among audio engineers this anecdote has earned Vega the informal title "The Mother of the MP3".
== The DNA remix ==
Name | Tom's Diner |
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Cover | Tom's_diner_(DNA).jpg |
Artist | DNA featuring Suzanne Vega |
B-side | Remix |
Released | 1990 |
Format | CD single, CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi |
Genre | Electronica, trip-hop |
Length | 3:47 |
Label | A&M;/PolyGram Records |
Writer | Steve Addabbo Lenny Kaye Suzanne Vega |
Producer | Steve Addabbo Lenny Kaye DNA |
Misc |
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BackgroundIn 1990, two secretive British record producers remixed "Tom's Diner" without Suzanne Vega's permission, grafting her vocals onto a dance beat from Soul II Soul, and turning her simple ad-libbed outro — "Doo doo doo doo, doo da-doo doo" — into the song's driving hook. They took the name "DNA" and released their work on a limited basis for distribution to clubs as "Oh Suzanne", by "DNA featuring Suzanne Vega". Vega's record company of the time, A&M;, decided to buy the single and release it itself rather than taking DNA to court for copyright infringement after consultation with Vega, who liked the interpretation, and DNA, which conducted the whole deal through intermediaries in order to hide their true identities. The remix became a much larger hit than Vega had with the song originally, peaking at #2 on the UK singles chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and became one of a handful of tracks to chart in the top 10 of both the Modern Rock Tracks (#7) and Billboard R&B; Tracks (#10) charts. It spawned a number of hip hop, dance, and rock remixes and remakes from artists such as Peter Behrens (drummer from Trio) and Bingo Hand Job, a whimsical one-time collaboration between Billy Bragg and R.E.M. It was also sampled in songs by Public Enemy, Nikki D, Twin Hype, and Lil' Kim, among other hip hop acts.In 1991, Vega, noting the huge number of remakes of the song, released Tom's Album, a compilation of different versions of the song, spanning a variety of musical genres, including a parody that worked in references to I Dream of Jeannie called "Jeannie's Diner," which Nick-at-Nite would use to promote its airings of the show. The album also featured another DNA remix of one of her songs, "Rusted Pipe." Track listings; CD maxi # "Tom's Diner" (7" A) (3:47) # "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega (2:39) # "Tom's Diner" (a cappella) by Suzanne Vega (2:08) # "Tom's Diner" (12" A) (5:20); 7" single # "Tom's Diner" (3:47) # "Tom's Diner" (a cappella) by Suzanne Vega (2:08) ; 12" maxi # "Tom's Diner" (remix) # "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega # "Tom's Diner" (a cappella) by Suzanne Vega Samples"Tom's Diner" lyrics were sampled (along with Vega's "Luka") by the rap duo Felt on their song "Suzanne Vega" from their album . The lyrics have also been sampled for B-Real's song "Don't Ya Dare Laugh", off his 2009 Smoke N Mirrors album.Lil' Kim recorded her own version of the song called "Right Now" featured on her second album The Notorious K.I.M. released in 2000. The song has also been re-invented posthumously by 2Pac, for his song "Dopefiend's Diner" on Best of 2Pac. More recently, hip-hop artist Drake has used the sample on a track titled "Juice". The track appeared on promotional mixtapes in 2009. Underground rapper Steve Spag (from Windsor, ON) released a remix titled "Racin' For Answers" and was the single off his March 2010 album "Ready Or Not". Miami based hip-hop group Git Fresh also used it for their single "She Be Like". Rapper Yo Gotti used the beat in his song "Standing in the Kitchen." The "Do do do do do do do do" part of the song was sampled in Weird Al's polka medley "Polka Your Eyes Out." ChartsPeak positions{|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1990) !Peakposition |- |Australian ARIA Singles Chart |align="center"|8 |- |Austrian Singles Chart |align="center"|2 |- |French SNEP Singles Chart |align="center"|1 |- |Irish Singles Chart |align="center"|2 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|5 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play |align="center"|13 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks |align="center"|7 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot R&B;/Hip Hop Songs |align="center"|10 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales |align="center"|5 |- |U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay |align="center"|17 |- |} End of year charts{|class="wikitable sortable" !End of year chart (1990) !Position |- |Austrian Singles Chart |align="center"|17 |- |Dutch Top 40 |align="center"|23 |- !align="left"|End of year chart (1991) !align="center"|Position |- |U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|53 |- |}Chart successions|-Other coversJazz musician Ivo Perelman recorded "Tom's Diner" on his CD The Children of Ibeji (1991) as an Albert Ayler-ish improvisation, with Guilherme Franco featured on electric berimbau.Italian pop/hip-hop duo Karmah released a new version of "Tom's Diner" on their album "Be Good To Me." Erin McCarley covers "Tom's Diner" at live shows, while her keyboardist beatboxes the score. The House Band "Bingo Players" covered the song in their 2010 song "Tom's Diner" Alex Kidd & Kidd Kaos, two hard dance DJs released a remix of "Tom's Diner", entitled "Alex Kidd Vs Kidd Kaos - Tom's Diner". ReferencesExternal linksCategory:Suzanne Vega songs Category:1981 songs Category:1990 singles Category:A cappella songs Category:Number-one singles in Austria Category:Number-one singles in Germany Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland Category:Songs about New York This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
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For more info - www.eagle-rock.com Suzanne Vega broke through with her eponymous debut album in 1985 in both Europe and America. The album featured the hits Marlene On The Wall and Left Of Center. She hit even greater heights with her second album Solitude Standing which contained the hits Luka and Tom's Diner. In many ways she opened the way for the rush of female singer-songwriters that followed in the late eighties and early nineties. She continues to have hit albums and to play to packed houses on both sides of the Atlantic. This DVD captures Suzanne Vega making her second appearance at the Montreux Festival in 2004. Accompanied by a full band (her first appearance was as a duo) she plays many of her most popular tracks including 99.9ºF, Marlene On The Wall, When Heroes Go Down, Left Of Center, Solitude Standing, Blood Makes Noise, Luka and Tom's Diner. The full DVD "Live at Montreux" is available on Eagle Vision, out now.
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I did this before hearing the "reprise" version, and I can't say how it would have effected my choice of chords. The G chord I didn't use can be found in my "alternate" version, along with the C#7 chord. Use this URL to hear this in high quality: www.youtube.com Find me on Facebook: www.facebook.com (Mention that you found me on YouTube.)
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