"Flavor" is a song written and recorded by Tori Amos, originally appearing on her album '' Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' (2009) as a down-tempo song, and later released as the lead single from her album '' Gold Dust'' (2012) which features classical rearrangements of selected songs from her oeuvre. Amos stated she felt the song was overlooked on its original album and had to be re-worked and noticed on ''Gold Dust''.

Music video

The music video for "Flavor" was directed by Danielle Levitt and it features Amos walking the streets of

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and encountering many different people, including skaters, gospel women from Harlem, drag queens, and breakdancers.

Peter Rauhofer mixes

In 2012

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, known for his dance remixes of several well known hits from artists including

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, Madonna,

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, and

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, among others, was commissioned to remix the first single lifted from '' Gold Dust''. An EP containing four remixes was released in late 2012. "Flavor" reached #1 on the

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chart in February 2013. This remix was Rauhofer's last mainstream release before his death in 2013.

Track listing

# "Flavor" (Club Mix) – 7:35 # "Flavor" (Big Room Mix) – 9:00 # "Flavor" (Old Skool Dub Mix) – 7:07 # "Flavor" (Club Mix Radio Edit) – 4:00

Personnel

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

– vocals,

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piano,

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– arrangements

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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