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"Violet" is a song by American alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist and guitarist Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson. The song was written in mid-1991, and was performed live between 1991 and 1992 during Hole's earlier tours, eventually appearing as the opening track on the band's second studio album ''Live Through This'' (1994). The song was released as the group's seventh single and the third from that album in January 1995 after Kristen Pfaff's death in June 1994. Courtney Love has stated several times that the song was written about her relationship with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan in 1990,〔〔Love, Courtney. Hole concert at Manchester Academy, Manchester, England, UK. July 5, 2010. ''"This song is about Billy Corgan. It wasn't really sexual, actually it was more romantic. We wrote songs about each other... like, every good song he ever wrote was about me, I swear to God. This is my one good song about Billy."'' ()〕 and the lyrics speak from the point of view of an angry narrator who has abandoned a romance. The song also explores themes of sexual exploitation and self-abasement.〔 "Violet" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks after the album's release in 1994, and is arguably one of Hole's most well-known and critically recognized songs.〔 It charted at number 116 on ''The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born'' list by ''Blender'' magazine in 2005.〔 ()〕 The cover artwork for the single features a Victorian mourning portrait of a deceased young girl which was taken from the historical archives of Stanley B. Burns. ==Origin and recording history== Erlandson and Love are known to have written "Violet" as early as October 1991 as the song was premiered live in Toronto, Canada on November 1, 1991〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://holelive.com/show.php?id=74 )〕 during the band's tour to promote their first album, ''Pretty on the Inside''. Early versions of the song were played several times between 1991 and 1992 at other live performances. The first known studio version of "Violet" was recorded on November 19, 1991 at Maida Vale Studios as part of Hole's first radio session with BBC DJ John Peel. In October 1993, the band recorded the album version of the song as part of the ''Live Through This'' sessions at Triclops Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. The recording from the 1991 Peel session was included on the band's 1995 EP ''Ask For It'', along with "Doll Parts", which was recorded during the same studio visit. On both ''Live Through This'' and the individual single, the songwriting is credited collectively to Hole, however according to BMI's website, "Violet" was written only by Eric Erlandson and Courtney Love.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=1935858&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID )〕 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「Violet (Hole song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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