Holes (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Holes


Artist = Mercury Rev
from Album = Deserter's Songs
B-side =
Released = July 7, 1999
Format = CD
Recorded = Tarbox Studios, NRS Studios, Six Hours Studios
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:10 (edit)
5:55 (album version)
Label = V2 Records
Writer = Jonathan Donahue, Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak
Producer = Dave Fridmann, Jonathan Donahue, Aaron Hurwitz
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Opus 40"
(1999)
This single = "Holes"
(1999)
Next single = "Goddess on a Hiway (re-issue)"
(1999)

"Holes" is the fourth single from Mercury Rev's fourth studio album, "Deserter's Songs". The single was released in Australia only as a limited edition tour EP on July 7, 1999, although promotional CD singles were distributed to UK radio stations in 2006 (to coincide with the release of the Mercury Rev collection ""). The tour single included a live cover of "Caroline Says Pt. II" (Lou Reed) and featured Robert Creeley reading his poem "I Dreamt" over a Mercury Rev soundtrack.

Track listing

Australian tour single:
# "Holes" (edit) - 4:10
# "Car Wash Hair" (Live) - 7:55
# "I Dreamt" - 1:30
# "Caroline Says Pt. II" (Live) - 3:33

2006 promo single:
# "Seagull" (unreleased outtake from "The Secret Migration") - 3:07
# "Holes" (album version) - 5:55