And there’s a song or an emotion that speaks to us when we’re put in touch with that one colour
You think it would be easy to put this list together. It’s not. Especially since hues of all varieties have special meanings to each one of us. And there’s a song or an emotion that speaks to us when we’re put in touch with that one colour. We’re sharing with you a list of songs that correspond to each colour that makes a rainbow. Each is a hit in its own right. We’ll tell you a bit about each one...
Violet by Hole
- Hole’s Courtney Love co-wrote this with the band’s guitarist Erik Erlandson.
- The music video features scenes of Courtney Love as a stripper, probably alluding to her time as one, aged 16, in Japan.
- The song has dark overtones and a careful reading would suggest a story of non-consent (rape)?
- It starts out with the sky being amethyst (which is a softer colour than violet), then moves on to equate violet with being violent later on.
Wit A Indigo by DIASPORA
- The song features the voice talents of Willow Smith’s music collective Diaspora, which is made up of Crystal Mec, Willow Smith and Tru.
- The colour in the title is ommonly believed to reference ‘indigo children’, a concept first brought up in the ’70s and a term for children with unconventional personalities.
- Through the lyrics, Willow (Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s daughter and Jaden’s sister) shows she is in line with the new-age concepts and philosophy she and her brother believe in and is a heads-up to those who look at them ‘with scrunched up nose’.
- The music video, bathed in a possibly indigo filter, was shot in Venice Beach, California at a meeting for MSFTSrep — short for MSFTS Republic — a creative collective started by Jaden Smith and his friends.
Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65
- Featured on the Italian band’s album Europop.
- Till date, it remains the group’s most successful single and even got a Grammy nomination.
- Tells a story about a fictional alien named Zorotl and Sayok6. Lead singer Jeffrey Jey said it was inspired by how a person picked his/her own lifestyle.
- ‘I’m blue’ means exactly what you think it does. ‘Da Ba Dee’, too. It’s intentionally completely gibberish.
Green Light by Lorde
- She teased her latest song on Twitter, saying it would be “different, and kinda unexpected. Complex and funny and sad and joyous and it’ll make you DANCE.”
- It’s the lead single from her sophomore album, Melodrama.
- On YouTube, the song’s video hit 19 million views in a week.
- Obviously, the song is inspired by Lorde’s first heartbreak. She meant for it to be “intense”, but by her own admission to Beat 1’s Zane Lowe, it “came out joyous-sounding”.
Yellow by Coldplay
- Chris Martin has mentioned that the colour in the title means nothing, when he appeared on the Howard Stern show.
- He further told Stern that through the years depending on the attitude and manner of whoever interviews him, he would make up some story about a song or album titles just to move on to the next question.
- He told Stern, “I like you, Howard, so that’s the first time I’ve ever told anyone the truth behind Yellow. Or is that another story?
- The song appears on the band’s debut album, Parachutes. It remains one of their most enduring hits.
Orange by 7!!
- The Japanese band (pronounced seven oops) was formed in 2004 and consists of bandmembers Nanae (vocals), Michiru (vocals and guitar), Maiko (drums) and Keita (bass guitar).
- All the members are capable of writing and composing songs, which they have for several animes.
- Orange is a single that was released in 2015, which also appears on their latest album, Setsuna Emotion. The track for the video currently has 2.8 mn views on YouTube.
- The title track was used as the second ending theme for the anime Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie In April).
Red by Taylor Swift
- Track appears on her fourth studio album of the same name.
- On the October 1, 2012 episode of ABC’s Good Morning America, she explained its meaning, “I wrote this song about the fact that some things are just hard to forget because the emotions involved with them were so intense and, to me, intense emotion is red.”
- She told Billboard that writing the song was a “turning point” for the album.
- The song went platinum in the US and gold in Japan and Australia
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