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"Where the Wild Roses Grow" is a murder ballad[2] by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and pop singer Kylie Minogue. It is the fifth song and lead single from the band's ninth studio album, Murder Ballads (1996), released on Mute Records. It was written by the band's frontman Nick Cave and produced by Tony Cohen and Victor Van Vugt.

For the film, see Where the Wild Roses Grow (film).

"Where the Wild Roses Grow"
Single cover
Single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
from the album Murder Ballads
B-side
  • "The Ballad of Robert
  • Moore & Betty Coltrane"
  • "The Willow Garden"
Released2 October 1995 (1995-10-02)[1]
Length3:57
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Nick Cave
Producer(s)
  • Tony Cohen
  • Victor Van Vugt
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds singles chronology
"Red Right Hand"
(1994)		 "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
(1995)		 "Henry Lee"
(1996)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Where Is the Feeling?"
(1995)		 "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
(1995)		 "Some Kind of Bliss"
(1997)
Music video
"Where the Wild Roses Grow" on YouTube

The song received a positive reception from music critics and became the band's most successful single worldwide reaching No. 3 in Norway, the top five in Australia, and the top twenty in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and New Zealand. It also received a limited promotional release in the United States. The song was certified Gold in Germany in 1996 for 250,000 copies sold,[3] despite never reaching the top ten in that country. It charted again at the bottom of the German Top 100 in 2008 because of digital downloads after it was used in a soap opera. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" was also certified Gold in Australia for selling 50,000 copies.

Cave was inspired to write "Where the Wild Roses Grow" after listening to the traditional song, "Down in the Willow Garden", a tale of a man courting a woman and killing her while they are out together. Cave arranged this tale as second of two B-sides, "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane" / "The Willow Garden", released on the CD-Maxi single version.

Although the song does not feature on a Minogue studio album, it can be found on her compilations Hits+, Greatest Hits 1987–1999, Ultimate Kylie, The Abbey Road Sessions and Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection. Minogue performed a chorus of the song during her Showgirl and Homecoming tours.

It reached number 8 in Triple J's Hottest 100 1995. In 2012, NME listed the song in their 100 Best Songs of the 1990s list at number 35,[4] while in 2014, NME placed it at number 378 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.[2]


Background


Cave described writing the song:

"Where The Wild Roses Grow" was written very much with Kylie in mind. I'd wanted to write a song for Kylie for many years. I had a quiet obsession with her for about six years. I wrote several songs for her, none of which I felt was appropriate to give her. It was only when I wrote this song, which is a dialogue between a killer and his victim, that I thought finally I'd written the right song for Kylie to sing. I sent the song to her and she replied the next day.[5]

— Nick Cave, quoted in Molly Meldrum presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia (2007)

A CD of the track—which had Blixa Bargeld singing Minogue's lines—was sent to Minogue's parents' house (as she was staying there at the time) prior to her recording the song.[6]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue first performed the song publicly on 4 August 1995 in Cork, Republic of Ireland.[7]


Song information


According to the sheet music edition published by SheetMusicNow.com, "Where The Wild Roses Grow" is written in the compound time signature of 6/8 and is set in the key signature of G minor, at a tempo of 56 beats per minute.[8]


Critical reception


James Masterton for Dotmusic described "Where the Wild Roses Grow" as "a gorgeous, mellow 1940s-sounding ballad."[9] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Written especially for Minogue, the diminutive singer forms an unlikely but stunning combination with Cave. A brooding and haunting song that finds Cave in a sombre, Leonard Cohen-type of mood against Minogue's declaring diction. The tension gradually builds up as each tells their own version of a tale of murder."[10] A reviewer from Music Week rated it four out of five, adding, "Nick croons while Kylie purrs in this folksy foretaste of the album of murder ballads".[11]


Music video


The painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais inspired scenes within the music video.
The painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais inspired scenes within the music video.

The video for this song, commissioned by Emma Davies for Mute Records, shot by director Rocky Schenck and produced by Nick Verden for Atlas Films, shows Kylie Minogue in character, apparently having been murdered by Nick Cave's character. We see her in ghost-like form and also in a river in a pose reminiscent of Millais' painting Ophelia (1851–52). The video ends with Cave's character putting a rose in Minogue's mouth and closing her eyelids.[12]


Live performances


Cave and Minogue performed the song together live on stage in London on 3 June 2018 when Kylie made a surprise appearance during the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds set at All Points East festival.[13]

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:

Minogue appeared as a surprise guest at Coldplay's Enmore Theatre show in Sydney, Australia on 19 June 2014, where they performed the song as a duet.[14] Cave and Minogue performed the song at the Glastonbury Festival 2019.[15]

Sample of "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
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Other version


A guide track with the Bad Seeds guitarist, Blixa Bargeld, singing Kylie Minogue's vocal part was released on the compilation B-Sides & Rarities.


Awards



Formats and track listings


UK 7-inch single (MUTE 185)

  1. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (Cave) – 3:58
  2. "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane" (Cave) – 3:34

UK cassette single (CMUTE 185)

  1. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (Cave) – 3:58
  2. "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane" (Cave) – 3:34

European CD single (CDMUTE 185)

  1. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (Cave) – 3:58
  2. "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane" (Cave) – 3:34
  3. "The Willow Garden" (Traditional) – 3:57

Australian CD single (D1188)

  1. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (Cave) – 3:58
  2. "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane" (Cave) – 3:34
  3. "The Willow Garden" (Traditional) – 3:57

Charts and certifications



References


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  2. Barker, Emily (31 January 2014). "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time – 400-301". NME. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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  4. "100 Best Songs of the 1990s (40-31)". NME. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  5. Jenkins, Jeff; Meldrum, Ian (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  6. Hann, Michael (26 April 2018). "Kylie on how ageing, breast cancer and Nick Cave all influenced her greatest hits". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. Maes, Maurice. "Nick Cave Songs – 1996". Home.vianetworks.nl. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
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  9. Masterton, James (8 October 1995). "Week Ending October 14th 1995". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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На других языках

[de] Where the Wild Roses Grow

Where the Wild Roses Grow ist ein Lied der australischen Band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds im Duett mit Kylie Minogue aus dem Jahr 1995. Es erzählt von einem Mann, der seine Geliebte umbringt, und allgemein vom Vergehen der Schönheit („all beauty must die“).
- [en] Where the Wild Roses Grow

[es] Where the Wild Roses Grow

Where the wild roses grow ("Donde crecen las rosas salvajes") es una canción rock–alternativo compuesta por Nick Cave para Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Está incluida en el noveno álbum de la banda, Murder Ballads (1996). La canción es interpretada en parte junto con la cantante australiana Kylie Minogue.

[ru] Where the Wild Roses Grow

«Where the Wild Roses Grow» — песня-дуэт рок-группы Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds и певицы Кайли Миноуг.


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