Possum Kingdom (song)

"Possum Kingdom"
Single by Toadies
from the album Rubberneck
Released August 1, 1995
Format CD single
Genre Grunge
Length 5:09
Label Interscope
Writer(s) Todd Lewis
Producer(s) Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf
Toadies singles chronology
"Mister Love"
(1994)
"Possum Kingdom"
(1995)
"Away"
(1995)

"Possum Kingdom" is a song by rock band Toadies released as the second single from their 1994 album, Rubberneck.

The song's origins lie in folklore from the band's native state of Texas. Possum Kingdom Lake is a lake in North Texas near Fort Worth.[1] In the documentary "Dark Secrets: The Stories of Rubberneck", Lewis further elaborates that he intended "Possum Kingdom" to be a continuation of the story told in the song "I Burn". While he envisioned "I Burn" to be a story about cult members immolating themselves in order to ascend to a higher plane, "Possum Kingdom" was about one of the immolated people becoming "just smoke, and ...he goes to Possum Kingdom [Lake] and tries to find somebody to join him." [2]

Most of the song alternates between a 4/4, a 7/4 and an 8/4 time signature.

Music video

The music video for "Possum Kingdom" was directed by Thomas Mignone and begins with a body bag being dragged from a lake, then pans to the lead singer, Vaden Todd Lewis, singing in a dark room. It then pans to a shot of the band performing in a small venue with several dozen dancing fans. The individual who dragged the body bag from the river then opens it and begins violently hacking away at it. The video ends by revealing the individual is actually an ice sculptor that is creating the image of a beautiful woman. A drop of water is seen streaming down her face. Filming was done in Dallas, TX.

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 3
U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 Airplay 40[3]
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 9
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 4

In other media

References

  1. Todd Lewis, Lead Singer of the Toadies, 1995 interview appearing in Rip Magazine according to SongFacts accessed online at http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4014
  2. Todd Lewis, Lead singer of the Toadies, 2014 interview appearing in the documentary video "Dark Secrets: The Stories of Rubberneck", directed by Clark Vogeler. Accessed online at http://thetoadies.com/?p=1196
  3. "Toadies - Chart History, Billboard". Retrieved 2 April 2015.

External links

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