Lady Picture Show
1996 single by Stone Temple Pilots
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"Lady Picture Show" is a song by American alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It was the third single released from their third album, Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, and became their third consecutive number-one single on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Lady Picture Show" later appeared on the band's greatest hits album Thank You (2003).
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| Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||||
| from the album Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Studio | Westerly Ranch (Santa Ynez, California) | |||
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| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Composer | Robert DeLeo | |||
| Lyricist | Scott Weiland | |||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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| "Lady Picture Show" on YouTube | ||||
Lyrical content
Scott Weiland wrote in his autobiography, Not Dead and Not for Sale, that the song "is about the horrific gang rape of a dancer who winds up falling in love but can't let go of the pain."[3]
Music video
The music video was directed by Josh Taft. The video is presented as an old film peep show; rendered nearly completely in black-and-white. Throughout the video, the band can be seen playing in a white room, with objects such as bubbles and shiny diamonds. Various shots of exotic dancers are seen dancing around the screen as well, along with shots of the band members playing. During Dean DeLeo's guitar solo, the screen turns into the fuzzy color structure which was a trademark of the 1960s. The segment shows DeLeo playing in a colorful meadow, and it then fades back into black and white for the rest of the video.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1996–1997) | Peak position |
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| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 37 |
| Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[5] | 2 |
| US Radio Songs (Billboard)[6] | 53 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 6 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1996) | Position |
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| US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[9] | 96 |