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Plush (song)
"Plush" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It is the ninth track and second single from the band's debut studio album, Core (1992), released on Atlantic Records. The song is one of the most iconic from the grunge and alternative rock movements of the early 1990s, and is currently the band's second most popular song on Spotify, with over 350 million streams.
The single of "Plush" was released on August 23, 1993, and "changed everything" for the band, according to Robert DeLeo, who wrote the song with Scott Weiland and Eric Kretz. It became the first alternative song to top the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks, that listing's No. 1 song of 1993, and charted in Canada, Europe and Oceania. Two music videos were directed by Josh Taft. The first was released in 1993 to heavy rotation on MTV, earning the band a MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist award. The second is found on the Thank You bonus DVD.
On release, "Plush" saw mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with many finding the song derivative of other grunge and alternative bands, particularly Pearl Jam. While winning in the category of "Best Hard Rock Performance" at the 1994 Grammy Awards, it took until the 21st century for most reviews to come around to the song. "Plush" is now regarded as one of the best and most influential songs of the 1990s, and along with its band, is an icon of the decade's pop culture.
"Plush" is a slow and steady grunge, alternative rock and hard rock song, combining a country riff and ragtime chords from Robert DeLeo's guitar exercises, with "metal stylings." According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is written in the key of G major, and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 116 beats per minute. Weiland's vocal range spans two octaves, from E4 to G5.
Written in a hot tub at the Oakwood Apartments, "Plush" is loosely based on a newspaper article lead singer Scott Weiland had read. In the early 90s, a girl had been found dead after being kidnapped in the band's hometown of San Diego. Weiland added, during an episode of VH1 Storytellers, that:
"A girl was kidnapped and then later found tragically murdered back in the early part of the Nineties. So it gave me fuel to write the words to this song. However, this song is not about that, really; it's sort of a metaphor for a lost, obsessive relationship."
A third meaning of the song, Weiland and drummer Eric Kretz thinking about the future of themselves and their significant others, was mentioned by Dean DeLeo during a 2017 interview with MusicRadar for the 25th anniversary of Core. The name "Plush", considered for an album title by the band, was chosen by Weiland, who was trying to get textures in with words and his thoughts, according to Kretz, also interviewed for the album's 25th anniversary.
Stone Temple Pilots knew that "Plush" was probably going to get attention, as did Atlantic Records, who suggested the song be the album's lead single. While the band respected the label for giving them full creative control, they also understood their main goal was to turn a profit. As a result, the band instead released the song as Core's second single, not wanting to be a one-hit wonder. For the same reason, the song was buried at track nine on the album, with Robert DeLeo adding:
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Plush (song)
"Plush" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It is the ninth track and second single from the band's debut studio album, Core (1992), released on Atlantic Records. The song is one of the most iconic from the grunge and alternative rock movements of the early 1990s, and is currently the band's second most popular song on Spotify, with over 350 million streams.
The single of "Plush" was released on August 23, 1993, and "changed everything" for the band, according to Robert DeLeo, who wrote the song with Scott Weiland and Eric Kretz. It became the first alternative song to top the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks, that listing's No. 1 song of 1993, and charted in Canada, Europe and Oceania. Two music videos were directed by Josh Taft. The first was released in 1993 to heavy rotation on MTV, earning the band a MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist award. The second is found on the Thank You bonus DVD.
On release, "Plush" saw mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with many finding the song derivative of other grunge and alternative bands, particularly Pearl Jam. While winning in the category of "Best Hard Rock Performance" at the 1994 Grammy Awards, it took until the 21st century for most reviews to come around to the song. "Plush" is now regarded as one of the best and most influential songs of the 1990s, and along with its band, is an icon of the decade's pop culture.
"Plush" is a slow and steady grunge, alternative rock and hard rock song, combining a country riff and ragtime chords from Robert DeLeo's guitar exercises, with "metal stylings." According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is written in the key of G major, and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 116 beats per minute. Weiland's vocal range spans two octaves, from E4 to G5.
Written in a hot tub at the Oakwood Apartments, "Plush" is loosely based on a newspaper article lead singer Scott Weiland had read. In the early 90s, a girl had been found dead after being kidnapped in the band's hometown of San Diego. Weiland added, during an episode of VH1 Storytellers, that:
"A girl was kidnapped and then later found tragically murdered back in the early part of the Nineties. So it gave me fuel to write the words to this song. However, this song is not about that, really; it's sort of a metaphor for a lost, obsessive relationship."
A third meaning of the song, Weiland and drummer Eric Kretz thinking about the future of themselves and their significant others, was mentioned by Dean DeLeo during a 2017 interview with MusicRadar for the 25th anniversary of Core. The name "Plush", considered for an album title by the band, was chosen by Weiland, who was trying to get textures in with words and his thoughts, according to Kretz, also interviewed for the album's 25th anniversary.
Stone Temple Pilots knew that "Plush" was probably going to get attention, as did Atlantic Records, who suggested the song be the album's lead single. While the band respected the label for giving them full creative control, they also understood their main goal was to turn a profit. As a result, the band instead released the song as Core's second single, not wanting to be a one-hit wonder. For the same reason, the song was buried at track nine on the album, with Robert DeLeo adding: