| "Awful" | ||||
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| Single by Hole | ||||
| from the album Celebrity Skin | ||||
| Released | 1999[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hole | |||
| Producer(s) | Michael Beinhorn | |||
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| "Awful" on YouTube | ||||
"Awful" is a single by American alternative rock band Hole from the band's third studio album, Celebrity Skin. Released in April 1999 by Geffen Records as a CD single, the song's lyrics explore how the media and modern pop culture corrupt young girls and how they should rebel against this. The line "swing low, sweet cherry" in the song is an allusion to the African American spiritual hymn, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".
- ^ "Awful: Australian Tour". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.