"Where the Wild Roses Grow"

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"Where the Wild Roses Grow" is a dark, murder ballad-style duet by Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue that became one of Cave’s most famous and commercially successful songs.

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song
albumArtist Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds NERFINISHED
albumReleaseYear 1996
artist Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED
Nick Cave NERFINISHED
award ARIA Award for Single of the Year nomination NERFINISHED
ARIA Award for Song of the Year nomination NERFINISHED
chartPosition Australian Singles Chart top 10
German Singles Chart top 10
UK Singles Chart top 20
composer Nick Cave NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Australia
criticalReception widely acclaimed
genre alternative rock
gothic rock
murder ballad
hasBside The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane NERFINISHED
The Willow Garden NERFINISHED
hasCoverArt single cover featuring Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue
hasLivePerformancesWith Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds NERFINISHED
hasMusicVideo true
inspiredBy traditional murder ballads
key C minor
language English
length 3:58
lyricist Nick Cave NERFINISHED
musicVideoDirector Rocky Schenck NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective duet between killer and victim
narrativeTheme murder
romantic obsession
notableFor high-profile collaboration between Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue
one of Nick Cave’s most commercially successful songs
partOfAlbum Murder Ballads NERFINISHED
performer Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED
Nick Cave NERFINISHED
producer Nick Cave NERFINISHED
Tony Cohen NERFINISHED
publisher Mute Song Ltd. NERFINISHED
recordingPeriod 1994–1995
recordLabel Liberation Records NERFINISHED
Mute Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1995-10-02
tempo slow
trackNumberOnAlbum 3
vocalType duet

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Nick Cave song "Where the Wild Roses Grow"