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==Remix== "Professional Widow" was remixed by the American DJ [[Armand van Helden]]. In Europe, the remix became more widely known than the original song.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=2023-08-17 |title=Tori Amos's 20 greatest songs β ranked! |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/17/tori-amos-20-greatest-songs-ranked |access-date=2023-08-17 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Van Helden said that Amos was contractually entitled to approve all remixes, and called to thank him when his became popular in Europe.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 14, 1996 |title=The Remix Hits of 1996 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-12-14.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-12-14.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |page=36 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref> In a 1998 interview with ''[[Music & Media]]'', Amos said: "It did kick my ass a bit [...] I know what van Helden took and what he did and I think he did some very clever things [...] I loved the fact that he didn't try and retain that at all, he went completely to the other pole."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Amos Adds Rhythm to Her Blues|last=Stratton|first=Sally|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=13|page=12|date=March 28, 1998}}</ref>
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