| A Certain Slant of Light | |
| Cover: | The Tea Party A Certain Slant of Light.jpg |
| Caption: | Commercial CD single, Australia |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Tea Party |
| Album: | Splendor Solis |
| A-Side: | "A Certain Slant of Light (edit)", "Winter Solstice", "Save Me" |
| B-Side: | Watching what the Rain Blows in |
| Released: | April 1994 |
| Recorded: | White Crow Audio (Burlington, Vermont) |
| Label: | EMI Music Canada |
| Producer: | Jeff Martin |
| Prev Title: | Save Me |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | In This Time |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"A Certain Slant of Light" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a single in Australia, where it peaked at #60 on the ARIA singles chart in May 1994,[1] and as a promotional single in Canada.[2] The music video was shot in the Sydney suburbs of Kurnell and Kings Cross, was directed by Floria Sigismondi, and features some of The Tea Party's Australian tour management personnel.[3]
"A Certain Slant of Light" is a standard three-piece rock composition with lyrics referencing drug addiction. Its title is derived from the title of a poem by Emily Dickinson, "There's a certain Slant of light".
The music video for this single is notable as Floria Sigismondi's directorial debut.
| Peak position | ||
| Australia (ARIA)[4] | 60 |
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