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"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a song by American rock band Deep Blue Something, released in 1995 on their album Home. It was the band's biggest and most enduring hit.[1] It moved quickly up to the top of the charts.[2]
Inspriation and compostion
Sung from the point of view of a man who is on the verge of breaking up with his girlfriend, on the basis that the two have nothing in common. Desperate to find something, the singer remembers that they both like the Audrey Hepburn film Breakfast at Tiffany's, and argues that this should serve as enough motivation for them to work out their problems.
The film Roman Holiday inspired the lyrics of the song but the author, Todd David Pipes, thought that one of Hepburn's other films would make a better song title.[3]
Charting
In 1996, the song reached number five in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom.
Todd Pipes recalled to Q magazine that promoting "Breakfast at Tiffany's got to be pretty tiresome. He said: "As the song had Breakfast in the title, radio stations thought it would be genius to have us on at breakfast time. We'd be up till 3am and they'd wonder why we were pissed off playing at 6am." [4]
Critical reception
The song's critical reception at the time of release, was (at best) mixed.[2]
2010 SNL skit
In 2010, the song appeared in a Saturday Night Live skit, with four friends (played by Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader and Ryan Phillippe) talking during the verses and singing the choruses.[1] When the skit was uploaded to YouTube, the site was "inundated with fans chatting up their love for the song in the wake of the SNL bit."[1]
Music video
The music video features the band members arriving to a breakfast table and being served by butlers, beside the curb in front of Tiffany's in Midtown Manhattan, NYC.
References
- ^ a b c Pete Freedman, "Saturday Night Live Remembers Deep Blue Something," Dallas Observer, April 22 2010. Found at Dallas Observer website. Accessed July 21, 2010.
- ^ a b Brian Wahlert, "Deep Blue Something disappoints with off-key harmonies, vocals," The Threasher (Rice University (1996). Found at The Threasher online archives at Rice University website. Accessed July 21, 2010.
- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (Edition 18), Guinness World Records Limited
- ^ ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
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