Digging the Grave

"Digging the Grave"
Single by Faith No More
from the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
Released	February 28, 1995
Format	CD single, vinyl
Recorded	Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York
Genre	Alternative metal, post-punk
Length	3:04
Label	Slash
Writer(s)	Music: Mike Patton, Trey Spruance, Billy Gould Lyrics: Mike Patton
Producer	Andy Wallace, Faith No More
Faith No More singles chronology
"Another Body Murdered" (1993) "Digging the Grave" (1995) "Ricochet" (1995)
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime track listing "Ugly in the Morning" (8) "Digging the Grave" (9) "Take This Bottle" (10)

"Digging the Grave" is a song by Faith No More, released as the first single from their fifth studio album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. Like the rest of the singles released from the album, it failed to chart in the US. However, the song became the band's fourth-highest charting single in the UK.

Release

The song was released as a single on 28 February 1995, before the release of King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. That March, the band appeared on the British television program Top of the Pops to promote the single, later performing it on MTV Europe, Canal+'s Nulle Part Ailleurs and The Jon Stewart Show.^[1]. The single reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart^[2], and number 12 on the Australian ARIA Charts;^[3] becoming the 91st most-played song on Australian radio that year.^[4] It featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head in August 1995,^[5] and was included on the soundtrack of the 1996 Italian film Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo.^[6] A video for the song was recorded, directed by Marcus Raboy, who was credited as Alan Smithee.^[7]. The video featured Roddy Bottom, the band's keyboard player, on guitar; and was later included on the collection Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos.

Covers

• 36 Crazyfists covered the song for the Kerrang! compilation High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock and as a bonus track on their 2004 album Rest Inside the Flames.
• Sentenced covered "Digging the Grave" on the limited edition version of their 1998 album Frozen.^[8]

Track lists

Blue vinyl 12" single

1. "Digging the Grave"
2. "Ugly in the Morning"
3. "Absolute Zero"
4. "Get Out"

Standard edition/promo 12"

1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
2. "Ugly in the Morning" – 3:09
3. "Absolute Zero" – 4:09
4. "Cuckoo for Caca" – 3:43

Limited edition

1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
2. "I Started a Joke" (Bee Gees) – 3:00
3. "Greenfields" (The Brothers Four) – 3:46

Personnel

• Mike Patton – vocals
• Dean Menta – guitars on "I Started a Joke" and "Greenfields"
• Trey Spruance – guitars on all other tracks
• Billy Gould – bass
• Mike Bordin – drums
• Roddy Bottum – keyboards

Charts

Chart	Peak
UK Singles Chart[2]	16
ARIA Charts[3]	12
RIANZ Charts[9]	16
French Singles Chart[10]	23
Swedish Singles Chart[11]	39
Norwegian Singles Chart[12]	11

References

1. ^ Stefan Negele. "Faith No More TV Appearances". http://old.fnm.com/tv/. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "everyHit.com UK Top 40 chart archive". http://www.everyhit.co.uk/. Retrieved 23 March 2011.  NB: Direct linking to search results is unavailable, please search for artist "Faith No More" for results
3. ^ ^{a b} "australian-charts.com - Discography Faith No More". http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
4. ^ "1995 | history | triple j hottest 100 - 2008 | triple j". ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1995.htm. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
5. ^ "Close Encounters". Writers: Judge, Mike; Stillman, Joe. Directors: Judge, Mike; Kaplan; Yvette. Beavis and Butt-head. MTV. 9 August 1995. No. 132, season 5.
6. ^ Agatha Samborska, ed. "Faith No More Frequently Asked Questions". old.fnm.com. http://old.fnm.com/faq/#42. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 
7. ^ Alex S. Garda, ed. "mvdbase.com - Marcus Raboy Videography". http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Raboy&first=Marcus. Retrieved 26 March 2011. 
8. ^ "Frozen (Bonus Tracks) - Sentenced | AllMusic". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/frozen-bonus-tracks-r1239748. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
9. ^ "chartz.org.nz Discography Faith No More". http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
10. ^ "lescharts.com Discographie Faith No More". http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
11. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Faith No More - King for a Day Fool for a Lifetime". http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More&titel=King+For+A+Day+-+Fool+For+A+Lifetime&cat=a. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
12. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Faith No More - King for a Day Fool for a Lifetime". http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More&titel=King+For+A+Day+-+Fool+For+A+Lifetime&cat=a. Retrieved 23 March 2011.