Fiona Apple - Oh Well (unreleased version)

[@lilianlbrandao]

This version is so much more emotional and organic. I wish we had this in HQ

[@melodiczombie]

"what wasted unconditional love/on somebody who doesnt believe in the stuff" that line gets me everytime and the emotion in it, just damn.

[@cleanpalette]

I love how her songs play on metaphors. "I spent all I had to get it back, and now it seems I've been outbidded." "Devastated at the rate you fell below me." His love/he symbolizes an item at an auction. She did everything in her power to get him back, but to no avail. There was a higher "bidder," who is the girl her man cheated on her with.

[@yasmine_simone]

The way she sang "what wasted unconditionally love" gives me chills every time. 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️

[@uphillracer]

Yeah me too! It’s so wrrraaaaaa

[@paulnick19]

Me toooooo

[@santiagopintosoto5066]

that just make me really sad

[@cls3201]

Destroys me 😫😭😭😭😭

[@jefhow5912]

one of the most underrated geniuses of our time... until you mention Fiona Apple, then they say "yeah!? what happened to her?" Nothing.. you stopped listening.

[@monclou]

Jef amen

[@beulahboi]

Yes, One of the most prolific song writers of our generation. IF not of ANY generation.

[@rebeccavaughan-carter7341]

I agree !

[@amandaneuwirth6985]

I leant this version out to a boy who broke my heart almost 10 years ago. It fills my heart full to hear these again. This so informed my 23 year old self at the time. Her honesty is unparalleled.

[@kruks]

Well said, but I don't entirely blame the public. There was three years between Tidal and When the Pawn... (which is an extremely slow follow up to a triple platinum debut album), six more years until Extraordinary Machine, seven more years until The Idler Wheel, and it will have been eight more years after that when Fetch the Bolt Cutters is released. You can argue that we've benefited from her slow pace as she's made nothing but outstanding albums, but you also can't deny that us devoted fans have remarkable patience.

[@michaelglanowski7635]

Superior version. The way she sings the word "Cold" @ 2:51 so shakily, sounds like she really is shivering cold! It's like the man's cold actions caused her a literal emotional reaction of shivering because of it. This is absent in the released version. Anyone else ever notice this? I love the way Fiona sneaks in subtle details like this!

[@tylerreid1389]

This is one of the greatest songs of all time. Empirically.

[@MimichoRaider]

Ive heard this song when it was leaked around 2002 or 2003. I was shocked by this song. I had never heard a song like this one before. It touched my soul deeply and became my favourite song from all time. It's 2019 and i still couldnt find a song that topped it. It's the song of my lífe. If perfection exits, it's called Oh Well by Fiona Apple, produced by the genious Jon Brión.

[@stskotty]

If not for Fiona Apple and this song 99% of of those leaving comments would never have known the word or meaning of 'STENTORIAN' and 101.9% would never have heard or known there was a term for 'HYPNIC JERK', one of my personal favorites of everything I discovered since I began the "Learning language, Linguistics, Locutions and idioms with Fiona".

[@toftheglider]

I don't think any song has ever gripped my guts like this one

[@iantuition]

YES. The vocal that made Jon Brion cry upon hearing it. Nothing could be better...

[@sorcerer1975]

this song was the first track i ever heared from the bootleg version, i was freakin BLOWN away .... gorgeous !

[@sknywhtboy88]

Holy shit, I forgot ALL about this song, I haven't heard it since like 2006 and I heard it today. I can't believe I forgot it, it's one of the most beautiful songs I ever heard.

[@shereyll17]

This is BY FAR the most honest expression of heartbreak I have ever heard...it's beautiful!!! I love Fiona!!!

[@avwhite]

*sigh* this song just never ever gets old. It's so beautiful.

[@sorcerer1975]

I totally agree with you. her voice in this song makes my heart break for her.

[@kevinpatrick499]

gives me chills ... Fiona always moves me ...

[@laurayarbrough8096]

o.O oh well..

[@nikkiguerrero9718]

When I was looking in calm affection You were searching out my imperfections

[@BenWhoFleck]

I got unconditional love for this song.

[@daltoncollins4398]

Her shaking voice 😭

[@GotNextVideo]

They're from a leaked version that hit the internet about a year before the version we got. Sony decided the album wasn't "commercial" and made her re-record it with a different producer. It was never officially released but if you search for "Extaordinary Machine Jon Brion version" you should be able to turn something up.

[@jess00821]

I think this is my favorite Fiona song. Beautiful, amazing song.

[@Themis2027]

My heart breaks Everytime I hear this song, it's etched in my life like a broken reflection of someone I wanted to love.

[@HarmoniousPolarity]

The Amount of Emotion Expressed In This Song Shoots The Stars ..... I Will Forever Be a Fan and I Might Add That is One Pissed Off Piano!!!!

[@avwhite]

I listen to this version 10 times a day...literally. I wish they could of mixed this vocal with the finished instrumental. She was probably exasperate when she re-recorded it it couldn't capture that feeling at the time.

[@RAprel2008]

well the first realease of this album WAS this version.. then somewhere along the lines the second version came out, she wasnt fully satisfied.. then a third version of the album was released... all three are nothing less than her usual amazing pain drawing, love bearing masterpeices!!!

[@edwargo]

It took me a few listens to get into the 2003 release but now I prefer it. Just 'feels' more Fiona to me. This is one of my most favorite songs...

[@sorcerer1975]

God I live this lady !

[@shiznicks74]

What happens when two musical geniuses (Fiona Apple and Jon Brion) are in the studio at the same time? This masterpiece. This song fucking wrecks me.

[@vanessaaishacoleman]

Thank you to whoever uploaded this version! I forgot how we got this version instead of the othe back in the day I guess it was leaked

[@sorcerer1975]

@camoisano omg the shaky vocals are so moving ... maybe while she was recording this, she was really emotional, and it helped her vocals come out sounding so fragile ... one of fiona's very very bests ...

[@Phazonin]

My peace and quiet was stolen from me... that's mine. dunno why it says so much to me either. she just has this way with words that makes it so easy to relate.

[@MyjaBaDija]

This is going on repeat..over and over and over again.. speaking mountains to me

[@aerotrooper]

Yep. At 3:07. Some moments can't be recaptured I guess.

[@noamont9936]

literally goosebumps

[@uphillracer]

I love this version! The drums, the oomph, the grit!

[@elijahtaylor527]

staggering genius

[@KevinVSmith-hr9py]

you speak the truth!

[@claudiocardoneOK]

All the unreleased versions are better than the released ones for me. Jon Brion is a genius...

[@beulahboi]

[@aannngeel]

unreleased album beats the official one. i am certain.

[@kruks]

I prefer the production for the most part in the official release, and she subdues her vibrato quite a bit as well, usually to good benefits. In fact, a lot of songs don't change at all. The biggest casualty is this song, which loses its emotional punch in the official release. I miss this version every single time I listen to the official album.

[@pampoovey6722]

@@kruks Oh Well goes from a song of passionate despair to a rote number. I think she was much more expressive on the Brion recordings. The vibrato is part of the point. She was so passionate. Compare and contrast the line "What wasted unconditional love".

[@kruks]

@@pampoovey6722 - That's exactly what I was getting at - the emotional punch of that line - it gives me goosebumps. I completely agree.

[@DiViNCi]

@blue loon @cruxcapacitor Exactly.. it’s like you can hear blood welling up in her throat.. sooo cathartic! And then the release of the horn line directly after..

[@JavierCarrilloMilla]

is so much better

[@omegalavender]

...i have never been in this situation; but i understand what she's saying & i understand why she sung it to sounds like this. this version is better than the album version because her vocals are more hard & i'm downloading it... O.O

[@horticulturalist7818]

This song reminds me of my mom. We used to listen to this album a lot. Now when i hear it i can only think about what she did to me.

[@Phazonin]

@iantuition i'm gonna be honest, fiona's voice is the only one that has brought me this close to tears once at largo. I wasn't even sad, buy she overwhelmed me with emotion

[@Colunga210]

YES! this si the version I fell in love with.

[@mellowyel1453465]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting the unreleased versions of these songs. The record company absolutely butchered these songs so that the album could actually come out.

[@amandasiqueira8294]

The Best !! it's one of the most beautiful songs I ever heard. I love her

[@mmxmmxm]

She'll never top this.

[@wakingribbons]

i know what you mean. to this day, "Pale Spetember" is my favorite song of all time. ...and I'm a HUGE Tori Amos fan! lol I love Fiona Because of her honesty. I've loved her music from day one.

[@DemantoidGreen]

Pale September is mesmerizing. Such a gorgeous song.

[@groovegoon88]

Sounds like a lot of us fall in love with the wrong people, I have several times. Fiona does her best writing when shs is the the most messed up, I know it brings out the warrior in me. Oh well!

[@android042005]

thank you pandora for introducing me to this song

[@jaleelshaw]

wow... her voice is so shakey here... she seems like she's really feeling this...

[@Sagicorn24]

Jaleel Shaw she always is

[@jayden571]

@@Sagicorn24 dead ass

[@satsuinohadou83]

sin dudas esta versión del tema es mucho mejor y más profunda que la original

[@ciudadanovivanco1]

concuerdo!

[@righteoustuff]

What asks a fieldmouse of a hawk high up in the sky, and the hawk does not know the meek little mouse but circles overhead, and the meek little fieldmouse runs into her mousehouse, and the hawk drifts off with the wind high overhead, and the mousehouse is filled with joy and great stories and unconditional hugs.

[@vanessaaishacoleman]

Omg I have this on CD I just remembered

[@churrobilly]

THANK YOU WONDERFUL BEING!

[@Jessicaaa-1313]

I love this version!

[@jmm834]

Absolutely amazing!

[@amandakkaiser]

what wasted unconditional love on somebody who doesn't believe in this stuff. oh well

[@TheZomba1965]

Thank you Fiona.

[@CesarGentlemen]

So moving!

[@gaylefranklin]

Oh what a cold and common old way to go (dont know why that speaks to me so much...but damn, it does)

[@elijahtaylor527]

Oh... my... God...

[@sicoch]

Quit being so literal...I think this is one of the most passionate and beautiful songs that she has written. Who cares if it is an oxy moron? That is art...it shouldnt always make sense.

[@v1nc3nz000]

this could have definitely been a single

[@reasonformirrors]

She understands me too well.

[@btharealest]

its a song about her lovely! i have found mt lovery!

[@KawaiiKasai]

"Won't you go away...before the image that you burned me in tries to teach you a lesson."

[@scoobooyt]

Unpopular opinion; I like the Mike Elizondo released version better than the Jon Brion version. Don't get me wrong, they're both very good, but these sound like demos (I know it wasn't finished) and the final version sounds set in stone and firm. I don't know. I love both of them though. Fiona's so amazing

[@jeromedixon6929]

Though I still like the jon Brion version more in this state, if this version was actually finished, and mixed and mastered, this would have been absolutely incredible.

[@abusepotential7071]

I prefer the Jon Brion version, but I also understand why even Fiona herself might have preferred the album mix. A lot of these songs are more raw on this version -- it seems like she was dealing very honestly with the feelings she was describing here, and some of her singing sounds like she was in pain. The album versions are much more polished and dispassionate, like she had a bit more time to get distance from the songs.

[@kruks]

@@abusepotential7071 - Agreed completely. Most of the songs benefit from her more controlled singing, but this song loses so much emotion from the rerecorded version.

[@CHARELLESNO]

OOOooh! well.... I should have never believed that stuff

[@btharealest]

Damn good song babe!

[@rocknrollsinger]

It was on the actual release, albeit re-recorded.

[@alyrababy]

ohhh thanks, i was kinda thinking that, but i didnt know how to interpretate my english is not too goood

[@sorcerer1975]

the original version of extraordinay machine is way so much better than the relased version ... it makes me sad : (

[@leyshjonoe]

I swear she and Sarah Blasko have been stalking me, writing songs about my life and then travelling to the past and releasing them.

[@avwhite]

It's the percussion. This version's cymbals are being played slightly different. Also the album version is more percussion focused and it doesn't clang as much. Although it's a cleaner instrumental to me, I prefer the vocal of this one.

[@takara1013]

It's slower, she is also singing a tiny bit lower. This version is raw, the one on the album is more polished. Both great.

[@s3theone1]

the mastering its also different the keyboards is more listened alsgo the wind instruments.. and also slower

[@mabiniss2]

@koradueno ?

[@alyrababy]

yes, this one is slower. and there's something about the piano

[@aska0222]

Why always her unreleased version is better than released version ??

[@singlehopcrystal]

Fiona's the fn best.

[@floatingtrains]

same.

[@alyrababy]

does someone know what does she meant/refer in the part: What wasted unconditional love On somebody Who doesn't believe in the stuff ? what stuff does she reffer to?

[@MimichoRaider]

The stuff is herself. She gave him all she had, love, etc .., but he didnt believed in that (stuff, her )

[@bruisescarr]

@alyrababy love

[@cls3201]

" you're no good at confession...."

[@noamont9936]

MY FUCKING GOD

[@edwargo]

oh yeah and... Matty Chamberlain for the win.

[@cardigans98]

this isnt the unreleased version, the unreleased one has a bit of drum play and fiona has a lesser angsty voice like this one.

[@GabrielDuke2011]

where can i get these unreleased versions????

[@SalMichael]

oh well...

[@sorcerer1975]

because sony SUCKS and didn't let her release what she wanted ... the original and BEST version of this album as a whole ....

[@sorcerer1975]

she means she wasted unconditional love on somone who doesent believe in unconditional and/or love in general ...

[@Yetaxa]

The released version didn't actually change that much, unlike some of the others, so I don't know how people can say that this is absolutely better I honestly think it's just confirmation bias at this point The fact that all of these unreleased versions sound like demos doesn't help

[@santiagopintosoto5066]

yo

[@righteoustuff]

Old Miss Mousehouse Minnie was waving her fists from the

[@donttakeitpersonal1]

This is the probably the only track that was better under Jon Brion. The commercial version was very hollow and nonchalant compared to this one.

[@camoisano]

sure this version has more raw emotion, but i can't get over her shaky voice, it's too distracting.

[@alyrababy]

yes the voice is filler with feeling...like if she was singing from the very deepest part of her guts lol

[@KalleBalleBoll]

"...somebody who doesnt belive in the stars" ...ha ha BS. She wasnt the princess of him. Thats all!

[@Tsumami__]

In the stuff, dumbass.

[@keithsmith2168]

Bass a little too heavy in this one kiddo.. Lighten the bass and turn up your mic just a bit and it'll sound better....

[@melissadana7829]

Kiddo? I can't believe you're speaking to a grown woman this way, let alone an artist of her caliber. WTF is WRONG with you???

[@mabiniss2]

I prefer Fiona's more jazzy songs. Sorry, I don't like this song. Maybe not yet.....