Past the Mission

"Past the Mission" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the third single from her second studio album Under the Pink. It was released in May 1994 by EastWest Records in the UK, and in September 1994 by Atlantic Records in North America. The single was only released as a cassette single in the US but received two CD releases in the UK in addition to the cassette release, which featured several live tracks as B-sides.

Background

Regarding the origins of the song, Amos commented:

Trent Reznor, founder of the industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails, sings background vocals on this track.

Despite the massive successes of the album's lead singles, "Past the Mission" failed to chart on the U.S. Hot 100. An alternate mix of "Past the Mission" appears on Amos' compilation box set A Piano: The Collection (2006).

Music video

The video begins with Tori, holding hands with two young girls, walking along a dirt road. As the three begin walking through a town, women join them in their march until there's a large parade as the men look on. The women are eventually confronted by a male priest, who blocks their pathway. One by one the woman move to the ground, laying flat as the priest walks around them. The priest is joined by the rest of the men, who all walk away as the women stand up and continue their march, eventually finding themselves in the open field we saw at the beginning of the video. The video ends with a young boy running to catch up with the ever advancing parade of women.

The Mission

The Mission may refer to:

Film and theater

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The Mission (Captain Jack album)

The Mission is Captain Jack's first album, released in 1996. It features female singer Liza da Costa. Four singles were released from the album: "Drill Instructor", "Little Boy", "Soldier Soldier", and "Captain Jack".

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The Mission (band)

The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States) are a gothic rock band formed in 1986 by former members of The Sisters of Mercy.

Initially known as The Sisterhood, the band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams (both from the Sisters of Mercy), soon adding drummer Mick Brown (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry) and guitarist Simon Hinkler (Artery and Pulp). Aside from Hussey, the line-up has changed several times during the years and the band has been on hiatus twice.

The band's catalogue consists of nine main albums (God's Own Medicine, Children, Carved in Sand, Masque, Neverland, Blue, Aura, God is a Bullet and The Brightest Light) with several complementing albums, compilations and other miscellaneous releases also in existence.

History

Incarnation

After an aborted recording session with Andrew Eldritch in the summer of 1985, Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams left the Sisters of Mercy. Based in Leeds, the duo continued to work on various musical ideas and recorded them over the autumn. Dismissing the use of a drum-machine, Adams and Hussey asked Mick Brown (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry) to help out with the sessions. By the end of the year, he had joined the band on a permanent basis. With Hussey as both the frontman and principal songwriter, the trio required second guitarist to facilitate a live set-up. They eventually recruited Simon Hinkler (Artery) who also contributed keyboards and thus completed the four-piece. The name 'The Sisterhood' was chosen with a nod to past and rehearsals for the first shows started in January 1986. The new name quickly became a point of discussion in the English music-press, giving the four-piece significant amount of publicity. As 'The Sisterhood' the band made their live-debut on January 20, 1986 at the Alice in Wonderland, London.