Little Sister (song)
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| Single by Queens of the Stone Age | ||
| from the album Lullabies to Paralyze | ||
| Released | March 7, 2005 | |
| Genre | Stoner metal Hard rock |
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| Length | 2:54 | |
| Label | Interscope Records | |
| Writer(s) | Joey Castillo Joshua Homme Troy Van Leeuwen |
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| Producer(s) | Joe Barresi Joshua Homme |
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| Queens of the Stone Age singles chronology | ||
| First It Giveth (2003) |
Little Sister (2005) |
In My Head (2005) |
"Little Sister" is the first single released by the rock group Queens of the Stone Age on their fourth album Lullabies to Paralyze. The song was recorded in one take.
The song had been in the works for quite a while and a b-side was recorded with Dave Grohl in 2002 for the album Songs for the Deaf, but was scrapped as Josh was unhappy with it; This b-side was later distributed on a bootleg recording compilation around early 2003. According to Josh Homme, the song was inspired by the "sort of sexual twist" of Doc Pomus's song, which is probably best known as recorded by Elvis Presley.
When this song was performed on Saturday Night Live on May 15, 2005, actor/comedian Will Ferrell, who hosted the show, came onstage and played the cowbell as fictional Blue Öyster Cult member Gene Frenkle. This was a reprise of a role that Ferrell played in a famous 2000 sketch in which actor Christopher Walken demands "More cowbell!" during the studio recording of that band's famous song (Don't Fear) The Reaper, much to the chagrin of the rest of the band.
A picture of Queens of the Stone Age playing "Little Sister" with Ferrell can be found here: [1]
The song has been compared with the 1982 song "Revolutionary Spirit", by the Liverpool band, The Wild Swans. At a point the songs become nearly identical except for the lyrics. No comment has ever been given attributing the song as an inspirations.
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| Queens of the Stone Age |
| Joshua Homme | Joey Castillo | Troy Van Leeuwen | Alain Johannes |
| Dave Grohl | Nick Oliveri | Natasha Shneider | Dave Catching | Mark Lanegan | Alfredo Hernandez | Gene Trautmann | Brendon McNichol |
| Queens of the Stone Age discography |
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| Albums and EPs: Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age | Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R | Songs for the Deaf | Stone Age Complications | Lullabies to Paralyze |
| Singles: "If Only" | "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" | "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" | "No One Knows" | "Go With the Flow" | "First It Giveth" | "Little Sister" | "In My Head" | "Burn the Witch" |
| DVDs: Over the Years and Through the Woods |
| Related articles |
| Kyuss | The Desert Sessions | Eagles of Death Metal | Mondo Generator | Screaming Trees |
| Categories |
| Queens of the Stone Age Albums | Queens of the Stone Age Songs |
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