
Professional Widow
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Professional Widow".
Sep 15, 2026
Why Armand Van Helden Could Make Any Song a Dancefloor Hit
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12:13speaker_1HOST
And the irony is, in many cases, his aggressive dismantled version became vastly more famous than the original artist's version.
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12:19speaker_0HOST
The absolute textbook example of this has to be his remix of Tori Amos' professional widow, spanning 1996 and 1997.
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12:28speaker_1HOST
Oh yeah, that's the one.
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12:29speaker_0HOST
Tori Amos is known for these intense, emotionally complex, piano-driven alternative rock songs.
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12:34speaker_0HOST
The idea of playing that at 2:00 a.m. in a sweaty London nightclub sounds absurd.
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12:38speaker_1HOST
It does sound absurd on paper, but his remix of Professional Widow went on to become a massive number one hit in the UK.
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12:45speaker_0HOST
A number one hit from a remix.
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12:47speaker_1HOST
Yeah.
Lynsey Moore Interview | Love Bug, 90s UK Garage & Club Culture | The Unspoken Word Podcast S2 EP3
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47:55ShaneHOST
Mm-hmm
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47:55Lynsey MooreGUEST
... did Tori Amos, Professional Widow.
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47:57ShaneHOST
Of course, yep.
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47:58Lynsey MooreGUEST
And they gave me a song, and they said, "Oh, we want you to sing it."
Electro-Shock Blues: Eels with Colin Jackson-Brown
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25:25Matt LathamHOST
So this seems a bit of an outlier.
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25:28Matt LathamHOST
My limited knowledge of Tori Amos' side is that I might be thinking of the Professional Widow remix.
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25:37Matt LathamHOST
That was 96.
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25:38Matt LathamHOST
96.
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25:39Matt LathamHOST
I'm thinking the Professional Widow remix, which probably isn't the best representation of her.
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25:41Matt LathamHOST
It's not a representation of her at all, no.
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25:43Matt LathamHOST
But what...