Where the Wild Roses Grow

Infobox Single
Name = Where the Wild Roses Grow


Artist = Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue
from Album = Murder Ballads
Released = October 1995: Worldwide
Format = CD single: Worldwide
Cassette single: Australia
Vinyl single: United Kingdom
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Rock – Alternative
Length = 3:57
Label = Mute
Writer = Nick Cave
Producer = Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Tony Cohen
Victor Van Vugt
Certification = Gold (IFPI in Germany)
Chronology = Nick Cave
Last single = "Red Right Hand"
(1994)
This single = "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
(1995)
Next single = "Henry Lee"
(1996)
Misc =Extra chronology
Artist = Kylie Minogue
Type = singles
Last single = "Where Is the Feeling?"
(1995)
This single = "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
(1995)
Next single = "Some Kind of Bliss"
(1997)"Where the Wild Roses Grow" is an alternative-rock song written by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ninth album "Murder Ballads" (1996), and features guest vocals by Australian pop-singer Kylie Minogue. The song was produced by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Tony Cohen and Victor Van Vugt and received a positive reception from music critics. The song was released as the first single in the fall of 1995 and became the band's most successful single worldwide reaching #3 in Norway, the top five in Australia, and the top twenty in the United Kingdom, Germany and New Zealand. It also received a limited promotional release in the US.

The song was certified Gold in 1996 in Germany, despite never reaching the top ten in that country. [ [http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?txtSuche=Kylie+Minogue&strAktion=suche&Abschicken=Suche+Gold-%2FPlatin-Verleihungen+und+Jazz-Award German Certification for "Where The Wild Roses Grow"] ] It charted again at the bottom of the German Top 100 in 2008 because of digital downloads.

Cave was inspired to write "Where the Wild Roses Grow" after listening to the traditional song, "The Willow Garden", a tale of a man courting a woman and killing her while they are out together.

Music video plot

Minogue, as Elisa Day, is admired, then horrifically murdered by Nick Cave's character. He calls her the Wild Rose. Cave's character is entranced by Elisa's beauty and hates the idea of it fading, so he kills her in order to preserve the memory of her beauty forever. He visits her home, and becomes obsessed with her. The next day, he brings her a beautiful red rose, then asks her if she'd like to see where such beauty could come from. On the final day, he takes Elisa to the river, where he gives her a farewell kiss, then kills her with a rock. He then places her in the river where the wild roses grow, puts a rose in her mouth, and closes her terrified eyes. The video was shot by director Rocky Shenck.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Where the Wild Roses Grow".

European 2-Track CD Single

# "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
# "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane"

International CD Maxi

# "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
# "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane"
# "The Willow Garden"

Vinyl Single

# "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
# "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane"

Charts

ample

Awards

* 1996 ARIA Awards: Single of the Year & Best Pop Release

Covers

* Covered in 2004 by Gregorian.

Other version

* Originally the part by Kylie Minogue was to be sung by the guitarist of The Bad Seeds, Blixa Bargeld. This version stayed unreleased until it saw the daylight on the compilation "B-Sides & Rarities".

References

*cite web | title= Mixkylie.co.uk| work= Track listings and formats| url=http://www.mixkylie.co.uk/discotitle.php?ref=145| accessdate=April 3| accessyear=2006

External links

* [http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.com] — official website.
* [http://www.kylie.com/ Kylie.com] — official website.

References