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Brick (song)

1997 single by Ben Folds Five

"Brick" is a song by American alternative rock group Ben Folds Five. It was released in November 1997 as a single from their album Whatever and Ever Amen and later on Ben Folds Live.^[2] The verses were written by Ben Folds about his high school girlfriend getting an abortion, and the chorus was written by the band's drummer, Darren Jessee. "Brick" was one of Ben Folds Five's biggest hits, gaining much mainstream radio play in the US, the UK, and Australia.

Background

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On the album Ben Folds Live, Folds explained:

"People ask me what this song's about... I was asked about it a lot, and I didn't really wanna make a big hairy deal out of it, because I just wanted the song to speak for itself. But the song is about when I was in high school, me and my girlfriend had to get an abortion, and it was a very sad thing. And, I didn't really want to write this song from any kind of political standpoint, or make a statement. I just wanted to reflect what it feels like. So, anyone who's gone through that before, then you'll know what the song's about."^[3]

Folds wrote the song on guitar rather than piano, and performed it as such on tour with The Bens in 2003.^[4]

Fan response

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One reason why “Brick” by Ben Folds Five is such an elite song to me — it really tells a story. From that very first verse — six am day after Christmas/I throw some clothes on in the dark/the smell of cold/car seat is freezing/the world is sleeping/I am numb. The minute the piano comes in, six am day after Christmas — that shit is sad. This is going to be a sad song. There is no sadder day than the day after Christmas.

The video for “Brick” was in heavy rotation in the “Pop Up Video” sets, which is truly one of the things from the ‘90s I miss the most. I want to read the same mundane or obvious fact about a song for the third time through. (For example, they loved that the band was called “Ben Folds Five” but there were only three members!) One fact about this song I only learned later, though, was that the main line in the chorus (she’s a brick and I’m drowning slowly) was written by the drummer, and was something they already had and were looking to fit into a song somewhere. So when Ben Folds decided at the last minute to write an autobiographical song about this experience he’d had — of going with his high school girlfriend to get an abortion — that line ended up fitting in perfectly. Surprised Pop Up Video wasn’t more on top