Who Will Save Your Soul

"Who Will Save Your Soul"
Standard commercial artwork (U.S. CD single pictured)
Single by Jewel
from the album Pieces of You
B-side "Near You Always" "Pieces of You" "Emily"
Released June 4, 1996
Recorded 1994
Genre Folk rock
Length 4:02 (radio version)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Jewel Kilcher
Producer(s) Ben Keith
Jewel singles chronology
"Who Will Save Your Soul"
(1996)		 "You Were Meant for Me"
(1996)

"Who Will Save Your Soul"
(1996)		 "You Were Meant for Me"
(1996)

"Who Will Save Your Soul" is a song written by Jewel. It was the first song released from her first album Pieces of You (1995).

Background

Jewel explained her creative process for "Who Will Save Your Soul" in an interview.

"When I was about sixteen years old I took a train from Michigan to San Diego and then into Tijuana and hitchhiked around Mexico. It seemed like everybody else was looking for somebody to save them. I wrote it during that trip, but I had no idea it would ever be on a record."

The original version of "Who Will Save Your Soul" was never released on Pieces Of You: during the process of picking songs, it was decided that it would be re-recorded. The radio version is missing a verse and samples more of a pop/folk sound than the folk acoustic sound the album primarily consists of.

A commercial single of Who Will Save Your Soul was released in the United States in 1996. It became her first hit single, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

The music video was directed by Geoff Moore. The video features Jewel singing the song interspersed with the goings-on in a bathroom. It was nominated for MTV Video Music Award in Best female video and Best New Artist Video category.

Track listing

US Promo

  1. Radio Version
  2. Interview

US CD Single

  1. "Who Will Save Your Soul" (radio version)
  2. "Near You Always"

European Single

  1. "Who Will Save Your Soul" (radio version)
  2. "Pieces of You"
  3. "Emily"

Charts

Awards

YearAward-giving bodyAwardResult
1996MTV Video Music AwardsBest Female VideoNominated
1996MTV Video Music AwardsBest New ArtistNominated
1997Grammy AwardsBest Female Pop Vocal PerformanceNominated

References

  1. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. ↑ "Charts.nz – Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Jewel: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  4. ↑ "Jewel Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  5. ↑ "Jewel Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  6. ↑ "Jewel Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  7. ↑ "Jewel Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  8. ↑ "Jewel Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  9. ↑ "Jewel Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  10. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1996". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.


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