1996 Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul (US:#11 UK:#52)
“Who Will Save Your Soul“ is a song written by Jewel, and was the first song released from her first album Pieces of You (1995).
Jewel explained her creative process for “Who Will Save Your Soul” in an interview.
- “When I was about sixteen years old I took a train from Michigan to San Diego and then into Tijuana and hitchhiked around Mexico. It seemed like everybody else was looking for somebody to save them. I wrote it during that trip, but I had no idea it would ever be on a record.”
The original version of “Who Will Save Your Soul” was never released on Pieces Of You: during the process of picking songs, it was decided that it would be re-recorded. The radio version is missing a verse and samples more of a pop/folk sound than the folk acoustic sound the album primarily consists of.
A commercial single of Who Will Save Your Soul was released in the United States in 1996. It became her first hit single, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Album
Pieces Of You is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on February 28, 1995, by Atlantic Records. It was produced by Ben Keith, who has also produced works for artists such as Neil Young and Patsy Cline. Featuring acoustic guitar-based songs written when Jewel was a teenager, the album is composed of […]
Musicians
| Bass | Tim Drummond |
| Drums | Oscar Butterworth |
| Guitar | Jewel Kilcher |
| Keyboards | Spooner Oldham |
| Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
| Vocals | Jewel Kilcher |
Produced By
Ben Keith
Songwriters
Jewel Kilcher
Charts
US:#11
UK:#52