Into Dust

"Into Dust" is a song by alternative rock duo Mazzy Star that appears as the ninth track on their second album So Tonight That I Might See. The song's arrangement is sparse and features only acoustic guitar and violin as accompaniment to the vocals.

Although never released as an official single, the song has charted on two separate occasions on the UK Singles Chart. Fifteen years after the release of the album, the song charted at #71 in August 2009^[1] following its appearance on a commercial for Virgin Media.^[2] Two years later, the song spent a further four weeks on the chart, reaching a new peak of #47, when it was used on the "Dust to Dust" trailer for Gears of War 3.^[1] In September 2011, "Into Dust" made its début appearance on the Irish Singles Chart, where it reached a peak of #40.^[3]

Charting positions

Covers versions

• A cover by Ashtar Command appeared on The O.C. soundtrack album Music from the OC: Mix 6. This version originally appeared in "The Chrismukk-huh?" (Season 4, Episode 6).

In popular culture

In film

• The song featured in the 1996 film Foxfire, starring Angelina Jolie.
• It was used in the 2004 film In My Father's Den.
• It also featured in the 2007 film Rails & Ties, starring Kevin Bacon.

In television

• "Into Dust" appeared in two different episodes of the first season of The O.C. It featured extensively as the outro song in both the "Pilot" (Episode 1) and "The Escape" (Episode 7).
• It was used in the Charmed episode "A Knight to Remember".
• It featured in the series House, in the third season episode "Informed Consent".
• The track was used in an episode of Canterbury's Law titled "Baggage".
• "Into Dust" was in the Moonlight episode "Fever".
• In September 2009, it was used on one of the final episodes of Hollyoaks Later and later in a February 2010 episode of Hollyoaks.

In games

• The track was used in the trailer "Dust to Dust" for Gears of War 3.

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