Who Will Save Your Soul

"Who Will Save Your Soul"
Standard commercial artwork (U.S. CD single pictured)
Single by Jewel
from the album Pieces of You
B-side	"Near You Always" "Pieces Of you" "Emily"
Released	June 4, 1996
Recorded	1994
Genre	Folk rock
Length	4:02 (radio version)
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Jewel Kilcher
Producer(s)	Ben Keith
Jewel singles chronology
"Who Will Save Your Soul" (1996) "You Were Meant for Me" (1996)
Pieces of You track listing "Who Will Save Your Soul" (1) "Pieces of You" (2)

"Who Will Save Your Soul" is a song written by Jewel, and was the first song released from her first album Pieces of You (1995).

About the record

Jewel explained her creative process for "Who Will Save Your Soul" in an interview.

"When I was about sixteen years old I took a train from Michigan to San Diego and then into Tijuana and hitchhiked around Mexico. It seemed like everybody else was looking for somebody to save them. I wrote it during that trip, but I had no idea it would ever be on a record."

The original version of "Who Will Save Your Soul" was never released on Pieces Of You: during the process of picking songs, it was decided that it would be re-recorded. The radio version is missing a verse and samples more of a pop/folk sound than the folk acoustic sound the album primarily consists of.

A commercial single of Who Will Save Your Soul was released in the United States in 1996. It became her first hit single, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

The music video was directed by Geoff Moore. The video features Jewel singing the song interspersed with the goings-on in a bathroom. It was nominated for MTV Video Music Award in Best female video category.

Track listing

US Promo

1. Radio Version
2. Interview

US CD Single

1. Who Will Save Your Soul (radio version)
2. Near You Always

European Single

1. Who Will Save Your Soul (radio version)
2. Pieces Of you
3. Emily

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1996) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[1] 27 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[2] 14 Scotland (Scottish Singles Chart) 44 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 52 US Billboard Hot 100[4] 11 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] 29 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[6] 3 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[7] 5 US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[8] 14 US Radio Songs (Billboard)[9] 4

End of year charts End of year chart (1996) Position US Billboard Hot 100[10] 25

Awards

Year	Award-giving body	Award	Result
1996	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Female Video	Nominated
1996	MTV Video Music Awards	Best New Artist	Nominated
1997	Grammy Awards	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Nominated

References

1. "Australian-charts.com – Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
2. "Charts.org.nz – Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
3. "Jewel: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
4. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
5. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
6. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
7. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
8. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
9. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Radio Songs for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
10. "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.