Tori Amos shares cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Growin’ Up” from expanded ‘Strange Little Girls’ reissue

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Tori Amos‘ 2001 covers album Strange Little Girls, where she reinterprets songs by men to give them a female perspective, including Slayer’s “Raining Blood,” Eminem’s “97 Bonnie and Clyde,” The Beatles’ “Happiness is a Warm Gun,” and more, is getting an expanded reissue. It’s due out on February 20 via Rhino, and it has the two tracks that were released as b-sides at the time, her renditions of David Bowie’s “After All” and Alice Cooper’s “Only Women Bleed,” as well as two previously unheard b-sides, covers of Bruce Sprinsteen’s “Growin’ Up” and Elvis Costello’s “Hoover Factory.” “Growin’ Up,” which has her regular collaborator Matt Chamberlain joining her on drums, is out now, and you can hear it below.

Tori is also preparing to release a new album in 2026, In Times of Dragons, which she’s described as “a metaphorical story about the fight for Democracy over Tyranny, reflecting the current abhorrent non accidental burning down of democracy in real time by the ‘Dictator believing Lizard Demons’ in their usurpation of America.” More details, release date included, are still to come, but she has announced a spring tour of Europe and the UK, and you can see those dates below.

TORI AMOS – STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS EXPANDED REISSUE TRACKLIST
Side 1:
1. New Age [Originally By The Velvet Underground]
2. ’97 Bonnie & Clyde [Originally By Eminem]
3. Strange Little Girl [Originally By The Stranglers]
4. Enjoy The Silence [Originally By Depeche Mode]
Side 2:
5. I’m Not In Love [Originally By 10cc]
6. Rattlesnakes [Originally By Lloyd Cole & The Commotions]
7. Time [Originally By Tom Waits]
8. Heart Of Gold [Originally By Neil Young]
Side 3:
9. I Don’t Like Mondays [Originally By The Boomtown Rats]
10. Happiness Is A Warm Gun [Originally By The Beatles]
11. Raining Blood [Originally By Slayer]
12. Real Men [Originally By Joe Jackson]
Side 4:
13. Growing Up [Previously Unreleased Originally By Bruce Springsteen]
14. Hoover Factory [Previously Unreleased Originally By Elvis Costello]
15. After All [B-Side Originally By David Bowie]
16. Only Women Bleed [B-Side Originally By Alice Cooper]