Interstate Love Song is a single by Stone Temple Pilots. It was released in September 9, 1994, the song is from the band’s second studio album Purple. Considered one of the band’s biggest hits, Interstate Love Song reached number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart (current Mainstream Rock) on September 17, 1994, replacing the band’s previous single Vasoline. The song stayed at number one for 15 weeks, a record at the time, and gave the Stone Temple Pilots 17 consecutive weeks at number one with both songs. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and in Iceland as well as number 20 in Canada. Interstate Love Song has been praised as one of the best songs of the 1990s and was featured on STP‘s greatest hits compilation Thank You in 2003. In 2009, it was named the 58th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.
Tracklist:
- Interstate Love Song
- Lounge Fly
- Vasoline (live)
- Interstate Love Song (live)
The music video of Interstate Love Song was directed by Kevin Kerslake, has a washed out color effect throughout the majority of the video and features a long nosed protagonist escaping from an unseen pursuer. The protagonist’s nose grows longer throughout the video (similar to Pinocchio), to symbolize the theme of lying in the song lyrics. At the beginning of the video, an early 1900s silent film esque clip of the protagonist is shown.
Stone Temple Pilots
Scott Weiland: lead vocals
Dean DeLeo: electric and acoustic guitars
Robert DeLeo: bass, backing vocals
Eric Kretz: drums, percussion
Scott Weiland (October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015).
