Where the Wild Roses Grow

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"Where the Wild Roses Grow"
Single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
from the album Murder Ballads
B-side
Released2 October 1995 (1995-10-02)[1]
Length3:57
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Nick Cave
Producer(s)
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" at YouTube

"Where the Wild Roses Grow" is a 1995 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue. It was taken from their ninth studio album Murder Ballads and went to number 11 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Switzerland, number 12 in Germany, number 37 in France, number 9 in the Netherlands, Scotland and Denmark, number 2 in Australia, number 6 in Ireland and number 3 in Sweden, Norway and Belgium. The song did not feature on Minogue's studio albums but featured on her greatest hits albums.

Formats and track listings[change | change source]

  • Australian CD and cassette single; UK CD single (D1188; C 1188; CDMUTE 185)[2][3][4]
  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)[5][6]
  1. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (Cave) – 3:58
  2. "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane" (Cave) – 3:34

References[change | change source]

  1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 30 September 1995. p. 61.
  2. Where the Wild Roses Grow (Australian CD single liner notes). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue. Liberation Records. 1995. D1188.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Where the Wild Roses Grow (Australian cassette single sleeve). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue. Liberation Records. 1995. C 1188.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Where the Wild Roses Grow (UK CD single liner notes). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue. Mute Records. 1995. CDMUTE 185.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Where the Wild Roses Grow (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue. Mute Records. 1995. MUTE 185.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Where the Wild Roses Grow (UK cassette single sleeve). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue. Mute Records. 1995. CMUTE 185.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)