Hot Knife
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"Hot Knife" is a minimalist, rhythmically driven closing track by Fiona Apple from her critically acclaimed album "The Idler Wheel..."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album |
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
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The Idler Wheel... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Fiona Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | 21st-century popular music ⓘ |
| composer | Fiona Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative pop
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art pop ⓘ minimalist music ⓘ |
| hasChorus | repeated line "If I'm butter, then he's a hot knife" ⓘ |
| hasMetaphor | comparison of attraction to butter melting on a hot knife ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
desire
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romantic obsession ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Hot Knife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | studio recording ⓘ |
| includedIn | 2012 studio album The Idler Wheel... ⓘ |
| instrumentation | minimal instrumentation emphasizing vocals and percussion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lengthApproximate | 4 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Fiona Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| musicalCharacteristic |
minimalist arrangement
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prominent vocal layering ⓘ repetitive rhythmic patterns ⓘ rhythmically driven ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense rhythmic focus
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percussive vocal style ⓘ use of overlapping vocal lines ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fiona Apple song catalog
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discography of Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| percussion | prominent tom and snare patterns ⓘ |
| performer | Fiona Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnAlbum | closing track ⓘ |
| producer |
Charley Drayton
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Fiona Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Clean Slate Records
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Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2010s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| tempoCharacteristic | up-tempo ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Fiona Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
call-and-response layering
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multi-tracked harmonies ⓘ |
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