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((Short description|1994 single by Tori Amos))
((More citations needed|date=July 2023))
((Use mdy dates|date=January 2023))
((Infobox song
| name       = Past the Mission
| cover      = Tori Amos Past the Mission UK US cover.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Standard cover art for most editions
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Tori Amos]]
| album      = [[Under the Pink]]
| B-side     = Black Swan
| released   = May 16, 1994
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| length     = 4:05
| label      =
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* [[East West Records|EastWest]]
| writer     = Tori Amos
| producer   = Tori Amos
| prev_title = [[Pretty Good Year]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[Caught a Lite Sneeze]]
| next_year  = 1996
))

"'''Past the Mission'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician [[Tori Amos]]. It was released as the third single from her second studio album, ''[[Under the Pink]]'', in Europe, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "Past the Mission" was issued in May 1994 by [[East West Records|EastWest Records]] in the UK, in July 1994 in Australia, and in September 1994 by [[Atlantic Records]] in the US. Two different CD singles containing live [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]s were released in the UK, and the second of these was released in continental Europe and Australia. In the US, the single was only released commercially on cassette, although a promotional CD single was produced.

==Background==
Regarding the origins of the song, Amos commented: ((cquote|
"Past the Mission" refers to a personal experience with sexual violence, which I had a song about on ''Little Earthquakes'' also. So, the remark 'I once knew a hot girl' is painful. Where’s she gone? On this record there are songs about the healing from that experience, like "Baker Baker" ('Make me whole again'), "Past the Mission", "Yes, Anastasia". The idea is to rescue myself from the role of a victim. That I have a choice left. Though I can't change what has happened, I can choose how to react. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life being bitter and locked up. That’s also the thought behind the phrase 'past the mission/I smell the roses'.<ref>St Louis Dispatch - July 15, 1994</ref>))

[[Trent Reznor]], founder of the industrial rock group [[Nine Inch Nails]], sings background vocals on this track. An alternate mix of "Past the Mission" appears on Amos's compilation box set ''[[A Piano: The Collection]]'' (2006).

==Chart performance==
"Past the Mission" reached the top 40 in both the UK and Ireland,<ref name=uk/><ref name=ire/> but it failed to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]] and peaked outside the top 100 in Australia.<ref>http://www.hereinmyhead.com/collect/under/ptmuk.html -- hereinmyhead.com</ref><ref name=aus/>

==Music video==
The video begins with Tori holding hands with two young women, walking along a dirt road. As the three begin walking through a town, other women join them in their march until there is a large parade as the men look on. The women are eventually confronted by a male priest, who blocks their pathway. One by one the women move to the ground, laying flat as the priest walks around and steps over them.  The priest is then joined by the rest of the men, who all walk away as the women stand up and continue their march, eventually finding themselves in the open field seen at the beginning of the video. The video ends with a young boy running to catch up with the ever advancing parade of women.

==Track listings==
The UK CD single set was sold in two parts. The non-limited part (CD 2) comes in a slim jewel case and the disc features a photo-negative image of Amos playing a piano. The limited edition (CD 1) comes in a triple gatefold digipak case with two slots to house each CD in the set. In place of the second disc there is a cardboard cutout that looks like the CD. The owner can replace the cutout with the actual CD from the other half of the set. The second CD was also released in Germany and looks nearly identical excepting that the image on the disc is a positive image, not photo-negative.

'''UK limited-edition CD single'''
# "Upside Down" (live) – 5:57
# "Past the Mission" (live) – 4:21
# "Icicle" (live) – 7:50
# "Flying Dutchman" (live) – 6:31

'''UK CD single 2; German and Australian CD'''
# "Past the Mission" (LP edition) – 4:05
# "Winter" (live) – 6:37
# "The Waitress" (live) – 3:29
# "Here. In My Head" (live) – 6:05

'''UK 7-inch single; UK, German, and Australian cassette single'''
# "Past the Mission" (LP edition) 
# "Past the Mission" (live in Chicago March 1994)

'''US cassette single'''
# "Past the Mission" – 4:05
# "Black Swan" – 4:04

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1994)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name=aus>((cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/9AQCjII.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17|via=[[Imgur]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020821/http://i.imgur.com/9AQCjII.jpg|archive-date=November 29, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2016))</ref>
|116
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>((cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=24|page=12|date=June 11, 1994))</ref>
|68
|-
((single chart|Ireland2|25|song=Past the Mission|rowheader=true|access-date=January 24, 2023|refname=ire))
|-
((single chart|UK|31|date=19940604|rowheader=true|access-date=January 24, 2023|refname=uk))
|}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|((abbr|Ref.|Reference))
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom
|May 16, 1994
|((hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD1|cassette))
|rowspan="3"|[[East West Records|EastWest]]
|((citation needed|date=January 2023))
|-
|May 23, 1994
|CD2
|<ref>((cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/EMYFlOg.jpg|title=Tori Amos Past the Mission (UK promotional display flat)|via=Imgur|access-date=March 13, 2016))</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|July 4, 1994
|((hlist|CD|cassette))
|<ref>((cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/VvQNL8Y.jpg|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from: 04/07/1994 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 229 – Week Ending 3rd July 1994)|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=April 9, 2016))</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|September 27, 1994
|Cassette
|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
|((citation needed|date=January 2023))
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Tori Amos))
((Authority control))

((DEFAULTSORT:Past The Mission))
[[Category:Tori Amos songs]]
[[Category:1993 songs]]
[[Category:1994 singles]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
[[Category:East West Records singles]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Jake Scott (director)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tori Amos]]

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