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Wikipedia article




"'Annie'" is a 1999 single by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace from the album 'Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch'. It was less successful than other singles from that album, such as Thief.

Plot



The song revolves around a character, Annie, who seems to be unpopular, weird, and perhaps insane. Raine Maida has stated that this song is about a girl contemplating murdering students at her school, similar to the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre, which occurred three weeks after this song was written.

Writing



"I don't talk about my lyrics much (to the band)," Maida says, "But the day I heard the news, I said: 'Guys, the song Annie is written exactly about this.' I felt the need to tell them because I didn't want them to think that morning I had been reading the paper, writing lyrics."[http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our_Lady_Peace/1999/09/18/748527.html "A time for Peace" - article at Canoe] Retrieved June 17, 2009

Origin



While many of the songs on 'Happiness...' were developed from ideas brought into the studio that remained unchanged throughout recording, "Annie" developed mainly from jam sessions over a long period of time. "It [Annie] took a long time," said Maida, "We had the verse for the longest time and it took weeks in the rehearsal hall just playing it as a band and finally the chorus happened. And it's all out, now it's a song. Jeremy started the beat to 'Annie' with Duncan doing the bass groove and you know what? right away you know this is something to work on."Anon. "Our Lady Peace" - 'Canadian Musician' Dec. - Nov. 1999. Retrieved November 30, 2009

See also



*Our Lady Peace

*Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch

*Raine Maida

References



Category:1999 singles

Category:Our Lady Peace songs

Category:Songs written by Raine Maida

Category:1999 songs

Category:Songs written by Jeremy Taggart

Category:Sony BMG singles


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