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"Carnival" is a 1995 song written and produced by singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and was the lead single from her debut solo album ''Tigerlily''. The single was released to U.S. airwaves in the summer of 1995 and went straight to the number 10 spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, thus becoming her highest-charting solo single. The single received a radio edit cutting the song down from the six-minute LP version. In the lyrics, the protagonist compares the many colorful sights and sounds of day-to-day life in New York City to a carnival. The video for the song, directed by Melodie McDaniel, shows scenes of Merchant walking the streets of New York City taking street photographs with a Leica M3. ==Uses== *In 2000, the song was used in the ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' episode "Antony and Cleopatra." *Prior to her execution in 2002, this song was requested by serial killer Aileen Wuornos to be played at her funeral. In 2003, the song was used in Nick Broomfield's documentary ''Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer''. The song also serves as a entrance theme to a fictional Wuornos in American Horror Story. *In 2010, the song was used in the film "The Halves". *The song appeared in the ''Hindsight'' episode "Tragic Kingdom" *The song appeared in an American Horror Story: Hotel episode on 10/28/2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carnival (Natalie Merchant song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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