Where The Wild Roses Grow - Wikipedia

1995 single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue 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"
Released	2 October 1995 (1995-10-02)[1]
Studio	Atlantis, Sing Sing, Metropolis (Melbourne, Australia) Wessex (London, England)[2]
Length	3:57
Label	Mute
Songwriter	Nick Cave
Producers	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

"Where the Wild Roses Grow" is a murder ballad[3] by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and pop singer Kylie Minogue. Released in October 1995 by Mute Records, it is the fifth song and lead single from the band's ninth studio album, Murder Ballads (1996). It was written by the band's frontman, Nick Cave and produced by Tony Cohen and Victor Van Vugt. The accompanying music video was directed by Rocky Schenck.

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,[4] 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 the 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: The Greatest Hits and Showgirl: The Homecoming tours.

It reached number eight in Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1995. In 2012, NME listed the song in their 100 Best Songs of the 1990s list at number 35,[5] while in 2014, NME placed it at number 378 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.[3]

Background

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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.[6]

— 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.[7] This Bargeld duet track was featured on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds B Sides and Rarities on disc 2, track 12, released in 2005.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue first performed the song publicly on 4 August 1995 in Cork, Ireland.[8]

Composition

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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.[9]

Critical reception

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Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "This is not a joke. Not since Debbie Gibson contributed backing vocals on the Circle Jerks's cover of the Soft Boys' 'I Wanna Destroy You' has there been such an odd collaboration of musical talent. Australia's queen of bubble-gum pop meets the underground art rock of Nick Cave on this moody track. Forget 'Loco-Motion': Minogue carries her own as Cave catapults his vocals into a moody pit of musical melancholy and lyrical despair. Brilliant."[10] Another Billboard editor, Paul Verna, complimented it as a "ghostly beautiful duet".[11] James Masterton for Dotmusic described the song as "a gorgeous, mellow 1940s-sounding ballad."[12] Simon Price from Melody Maker named it Single of the Week, writing, "Cave and Kylie isn't actually that strange. After all, Minogue, who, judging by her vocals, may possibly own a copy of this year's Mercury Awards winner, has nothing to lose. [...] You know exactly what this sounds like. Morricone, Leone, Peckinpah, blah blah. Cut to the final reel, though, and even I'm shocked. Down by the river, "He" kneels above "Her" with a rock in his fist, and calmy batters her brains out, whispering ...all beauty must die..."[13]

Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Written especially for Minogue, the diminutive singer forms an unlikely but stunning combination with Cave. It is a brooding and haunting song that finds Cave in a sombre, Leonard Cohen-type mood against Minogue's declaring diction. The tension gradually builds up as each tells their version of a tale of murder."[14] A reviewer from Music Week gave it a score of four out of five, adding, "Nick croons while Kylie purrs in this folksy foretaste of the album of murder ballads".[15] Sylvia Patterson from NME declared it as a "riverside melodrama duet of violin wobbles and breathy husks". She wrote, "Croaky, in a very real sense. A tense, ghostly, Grimm's fairytale wherein the midget fights gamely to keep her voice tied to the whispering reeds while the nutter secures his to the coal bunker at the core of the earth. And, possibly because they're both undeniably unhinged, it's... quite good."[16] In December 1995, NME ranked "Where the Wild Roses Grow" number 27 in their list of "NME Writers' Top 50 Singles of 1995".[17] Gina Morris from Select noted, "A meeting of cool and populist, should be huge."[18] Siân Pattenden from Smash Hits gave the song two out of five, writing, "This is a dull, lifeless (ha, ha) record with a dreamy chorus and boring end. She was better off duetting with Jason. At least he didn't kill her at the song's end."[19]

In her show on German ARD national public television, German comedian Carolin Kebekus criticized the song as inappropriately romanticizing femicide.[20]

Music video

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The music video for "Where the Wild Roses Grow", commissioned by Emma Davies for Mute Records, shot by American photographer and music video 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.[21]

Live performances

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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.[22]

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:

• Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour (performed as a medley with "Red Blooded Woman")
• Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour (performed as a medley with "Red Blooded Woman")
• For You, for Me (performed as a medley with "Red Blooded Woman")
• Golden Tour (where Kylie presents a member of the audience with a single red rose)
• Tension Tour (where Kylie also presents a member of the audience with a rose)

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.[23] Cave and Minogue performed the song at the Glastonbury Festival 2019.[24]

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds did live performances of this song featuring a duet between Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld from the mid to late 90s. Many of the occasions were captured on video by fans and can be seen on video media websites.

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Other version

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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

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• 1996 ARIA Awards: 'Single of the Year', 'Song of the Year' & 'Best Pop Release'.[25]

Formats and track listings

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• Australian CD and cassette single; UK CD single (D1188; C 1188; CDMUTE 185)[26][27][28]

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

• UK 7-inch and cassette single (MUTE 185; CMUTE 185)[29][30]

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

Charts

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Weekly charts [edit] Chart (1995–1996) Peakposition Australia (ARIA)[31] 2 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[32] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[33] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[34] 8 Denmark (IFPI)[35] 9 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[36] 8 Europe (European Hit Radio)[37] 25 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[38] 5 France (SNEP)[39] 37 Germany (GfK)[40] 12 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[41] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[42] 6 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[43] 9 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[44] 9 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[45] 11 Norway (VG-lista)[46] 3 Scotland Singles (OCC)[47] 9 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[48] 3 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[49] 11 UK Singles (OCC)[50] 11 UK Indie (Music Week)[51] 1

Year-end charts [edit] Chart (1995) Rank Australia (ARIA)[52] 41 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[53] 27 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[54] 61 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[55] 59 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[56] 94 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[57] 76 Sweden (Topplistan)[58] 13 Chart (1996) Rank Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[59] 24 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[60] 64 Germany (Media Control)[61] 65 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[62] 61

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[63]	Gold	35,000^
Germany (BVMI)[64]	Gold	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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External links

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• Critical analysis of video - Rachael Zeleny Archived 24 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Martyn P. Casey Nick Cave Warren Ellis Jim Sclavunos George Vjestica Thomas Wydler Barry Adamson Blixa Bargeld Mick Harvey James Johnston Anita Lane Kid Congo Powers Hugo Race Conway Savage Roland Wolf
Studio albums	From Her to Eternity The Firstborn Is Dead Kicking Against the Pricks Your Funeral... My Trial Tender Prey The Good Son Henry's Dream Let Love In Murder Ballads The Boatman's Call No More Shall We Part Nocturama Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Push the Sky Away Skeleton Tree Ghosteen Wild God
Live albums	Live Seeds Abattoir Blues Tour Live at the Royal Albert Hall Live from KCRW Idiot Prayer Live God
Compilations	The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities Part II
Extended plays	Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen
Singles	"In the Ghetto" "Tupelo" "The Singer" "The Mercy Seat" "Deanna" "The Ship Song" "The Weeping Song" "Straight to You" "I Had a Dream, Joe" "What a Wonderful World" "Do You Love Me?" "Loverman" "Red Right Hand" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Henry Lee" "Into My Arms" "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For" "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" "Love Letter" "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" "More News from Nowhere" "We No Who U R" "Jubilee Street"
Other songs	"From Her to Eternity" "The Carny"
Cave and Ellis	The Proposition The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Road West of Memphis Lawless Far from Men Hell or High Water Wind River Carnage
Grinderman	Grinderman Grinderman 2 "Get It On" "No Pussy Blues" "(I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free" "Heathen Child" "Worm Tamer" "Palaces of Montezuma" Grinderman discography
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v t e Kylie Minogue songs
Singles discography Songs recorded
1980s singles	"The Loco-Motion" "I Should Be So Lucky" "Got to Be Certain" "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" "Especially for You" "It's No Secret" "Turn It into Love" "Hand on Your Heart" "Wouldn't Change a Thing" "Never Too Late"
1990s singles	"Tears on My Pillow" "Better the Devil You Know" "Step Back in Time" "What Do I Have to Do" "Shocked" "Word Is Out" "If You Were with Me Now" "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "Finer Feelings" "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" "Celebration" "Confide in Me" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Where Is the Feeling?" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Some Kind of Bliss" "Did It Again" "Breathe" "Cowboy Style"
2000s singles	"Spinning Around" "On a Night Like This" "Kids" "Please Stay" "Your Disco Needs You" "Can't Get You Out of My Head" "In Your Eyes" "Love at First Sight" "Come into My World" "Slow" "Red Blooded Woman" "Chocolate" "I Believe in You" "Giving You Up" "2 Hearts" "Wow" "In My Arms" "All I See" "The One"
2010s singles	"All the Lovers" "Get Outta My Way" "Better than Today" "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" "Timebomb" "Flower" "Limpido" "Into the Blue" "I Was Gonna Cancel" "Crystallize" "Only You" "100 Degrees" "Every Day's Like Christmas" "At Christmas" "Wonderful Christmastime" "Dancing" "Stop Me from Falling" "Golden" "A Lifetime to Repair" "Music's Too Sad Without You" "Sincerely Yours" "New York City"
2020s singles	"Say Something" "Magic" "Real Groove" "A Second to Midnight" "Kiss of Life" "Padam Padam" "Tension" "Hold on to Now" "Dance Alone" "Midnight Ride" "My Oh My" "Edge of Saturday Night" "Lights Camera Action" "Someone for Me" "XMAS"
Featured singles	"GBI (German Bold Italic)" "Higher" "Right Here, Right Now" "The Other Boys" "Really Don't Like U" "On oublie le reste" "Starstruck"
Promotional singles	"I Guess I Like It Like That" "Too Far" "Butterfly" "Sometime Samurai" "Whistle" "Skirt" "Sexercize" "Beautiful" "This Wheel's on Fire" "I Love It" "10 Out of 10"
Other songs	"Love Is on the Line" "Santa Baby" "Speakerphone" "Any Which Way" "Aphrodite" "Boys & Girls" "Love Made Me Do It" "Miss a Thing" "Supernova" "Marry the Night" "Visiting Hours" "Things We Do for Love"

v t e ARIA Award for Single of the Year
1980s	"You're the Voice" by John Farnham (1987) "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil (1988) "Under the Milky Way" by The Church (1989)
1990s	"Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley (1990) "I Don't Wanna Be with Nobody But You" by Absent Friends (1991) "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi (1992) "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews (1993) "The Honeymoon Is Over" by The Cruel Sea (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue (1996) "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "The Day You Come" by Powderfinger (1999)
2000s	"Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "My Happiness" by Powderfinger (2001) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "Catch My Disease" by Ben Lee (2005) "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" by Eskimo Joe (2006) "Straight Lines" by Silverchair (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun (2009)
2010s	"Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone (2010) "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2011) "Brother" by Matt Corby (2012) "Resolution" by Matt Corby (2013) "She Looks So Perfect" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2014) "Start Again" by Conrad Sewell (2015) "Youth" by Troye Sivan (2016) "Stranger" by Peking Duk (2017) "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2018) "Choir" by Guy Sebastian (2019)
2020s	"Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2020) "Booster Seat" by Spacey Jane (2021) "Cloudy Day" by Tones and I (2022) "Rush" by Troye Sivan (2023) "The Worst Person Alive" by G Flip (2023)

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