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13-620: The album's first track, " Fade into You ", became the band's first and only single to make the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 44, and also charted at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart . Los Angeles Times critic Steve Hochman raved that So Tonight That I Might See "may be the culmination" of the Paisley Underground scene from which Mazzy Star originated, deeming the album "far more narcotic and hypnotic than anything

26-404: A "dud". In a retrospective review for AllMusic , Ned Raggett said that " So Tonight That I Might See remains the group's undisputed high point, mixing in plenty of variety among its tracks without losing sight of what made the group so special to begin with." In 2010, Pitchfork listed "Fade into You" as the 19th-best track of the 1990s, while So Tonight That I Might See was ranked second on

39-607: A cover of the song in 2020. The American rock band Sponge released a cover of the song in 2024. Black and white Black-and-white ( B&W or B/W ) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey . It is also known as greyscale in technical settings. The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. However, there are exceptions to this rule, including black-and-white fine art photography , as well as many film motion pictures and art film (s). Early photographs in

52-536: Is a song by American alternative rock band Mazzy Star from their second studio album, So Tonight That I Might See (1993). The song was written by lyricist Hope Sandoval and composer David Roback , who also served as producer . The song reached number three on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1994 and is Mazzy Star's only single to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 , peaking at number 44. The song also charted at number 48 on

65-505: Is located just off of Route 66. Conversely, the old building seen in the video has decayed significantly and is partially collapsed, though it can still be found off of Interstate 40. The second music video was directed by Merlyn Rosenberg and first aired in February 1994. Known as the Black and White version for its monochromic content throughout, the intentionally grainy, distorted footage shows

78-483: The UK Singles Chart and number three in Iceland. In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked "Fade into You" at number 468 on its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ". Pitchfork included the song at number 19 on their list of the "Top 200 Tracks of the 90s". Australian alternative music radio station Triple J ranked the song the 32nd greatest of 1994 . Two music videos were made for "Fade into You". The first

91-713: The band performing in a darkened Burlesque -era ballroom , and is interspersed with footage of Sandoval and Roback at various sites around San Francisco , including the All Seasons Hotel (now the Crescent Hotel) and neighboring Stockton Street tunnel , coupled with genuine footage of the same sites shot in the 1930s. Only the latter music video was broadcast internationally. All songs were written and composed by Hope Sandoval and David Roback except where noted. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. In 2013, Vulture named "Fade into You"

104-456: The late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries were often developed in black and white, as an alternative to sepia due to limitations in film available at the time. Black and white was also prevalent in early television broadcasts, which were displayed by changing the intensity of monochrome phosphurs on the inside of the screen, before the introduction of colour from the 1950s onwards. Black and white continues to be used in certain sections of

117-458: The modern arts field, either stylistically or to invoke the perception of a historic work or setting. Since the late 1960s, few mainstream films have been shot in black-and-white. The reasons are frequently commercial, as it is difficult to sell a film for television broadcasting if the film is not in color. 1961 was the last year in which the majority of Hollywood films were released in black and white. In computing terminology, black-and-white

130-595: The most overused song in film and television, giving examples such as Gilmore Girls , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , The Following and Starship Troopers . The song was used in several films and television shows, such as American Horror Story: Hotel , Showtime 's Yellowjackets , Netflix 's Virgin River , Hulu 's Dopesick and Amazon Prime Video 's Catherine Called Birdy . Used in Season 3 Episode 2 of That '90s Show The Irish rock band Inhaler released

143-449: The website's 2018 list of the best dream pop albums, and 116th on its 2022 list of the best albums of the 1990s. All tracks are written by Hope Sandoval and David Roback , except where noted Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Mazzy Star Additional personnel Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Fade into You " Fade into You "

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156-527: The whole techno - trance universe has digitally blipped up to date." In NME , Keith Cameron called it "an even more lustrous, becalmed work" than Mazzy Star's 1990 debut She Hangs Brightly , and the magazine later ranked it as the 44th-best album of 1993. Lorraine Ali was more critical in Rolling Stone , writing that the album's initially intriguing qualities grow "increasingly monotonous", while Robert Christgau of The Village Voice dismissed it as

169-531: Was directed by Kevin Kerslake and premiered on MTV in late October 1993, several weeks after the album's release. The video features the band performing in front of a projection screen depicting white clouds in a black sky, and is interlaced with slow-motion footage of the band in various locales in the Mojave Desert . The tree that can be seen in the video behind Sandoval could still be seen standing in 2024, and

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