A Sorta Fairytale

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A Sorta Fairytale is a successful single from Tori Amos' Scarlet's Walk album.

[edit] Music video

The music video features Amos, as a head attached to a disembodied leg, falling in love with another head attached to a disembodied arm (played by a then relatively unknown Adrien Brody). The two creatures show signs of romantic interest in one another, until the arm accidentally hurts the leg's feelings by laughing at her crooked toes. The leg then flees by jumping onto a passing skateboard, and ends up alone on a deserted beach. The arm finds her and they consummate their love with a deep kiss. The act of kissing causes the arm and leg to suddenly start swelling up and growing their extra body parts -- they finally become complete, "whole" humans by realizing their love.

[edit] Charts

A Sorta Fairytale has been one of Amos' most successful radio singles. It reached #11 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 Chart, and was successful on Triple A Charts, as well. The video was popular with VH1, peaking at #11 for two weeks on their video countdown in 2002. This song helped Scarlet's Walk go gold, selling over 500,000 copies.