Black Fingernails, Red Wine (song)

For the album of the same name, see Black Fingernails, Red Wine.

"Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
Single by Eskimo Joe
from the album Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Released	15 May 2006 (2006-05-15)
Studio	The Grove
Length	4:09
Label	Warner, Mushroom
Songwriter(s)	Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
Producer(s)	Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe singles chronology
"Older Than You" (2004) "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" (2006) "Sarah" (2006)

"Black Fingernails, Red Wine" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Eskimo Joe, released in May 2006 as the lead single their third studio album of the same name. The song became their first song to peak inside the Australian Singles Chart top 10, peaking at number six. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, the song won Single of the Year and was ranked number two on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006. At the 2007 West Australian Music Industry Awards, the song won Most Popular Single/EP. ^[1]

Music videos

Two music videos were made for this song. One showed the band members in a car, kidnapping people in the middle of the night. At the end of the video, the kidnapped people were revealed to be Eskimo Joe themselves. When Kavyen Temperley was a guest on The Glass House , he offered that this symbolised that Eskimo Joe had changed, and the kidnapped band were the old Eskimo Joe. The second video shows the band playing in an old building. Due to the criminal theme of the first video, it received an MA15+ classification in Australia, restricting it to night-time airplay. The second promo clip was made to enable the song to be played by daytime music shows.

Track listings

All tracks are written by Eskimo Joe

CD single ^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Fingernails, Red Wine"	4:05
2.	"Japanese Waitress"	2:58
3.	"Don't Get Me Wrong"	4:48
4.	"From the Sea" (performed live on Rove Live on 8 June 2004)	3:25

Limited-edition CD single ^[3]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Fingernails, Red Wine"	4:05
2.	"Trying to Sleep"	2:56
3.	Untitled (CDROM feature: Create Your Own Ringtone)

7-inch single ^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Fingernails, Red Wine"	4:05
2.	"Trying to Sleep"	2:56

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [5] 6 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 13

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Rank Australia (ARIA) [7] 18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Catalogue	Ref.
Australia	15 May 2006	CD	Warner Mushroom	5101137632	[9]
	June 2006	7-inch vinyl		5101137630
	7 September 2006	Limited-edition CD		5101138732

References

1. 2007 West Australian Music Industry Award Winners Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Australian CD single liner notes). Eskimo Joe. Warner Music Australasia, Mushroom Records. 2006. 5101137632.
3. Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Australian limited CD single liner notes). Eskimo Joe. Warner Music Australasia, Mushroom Records. 2006. 5101138732.
4. Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Australian 7-inch single sleeve). Eskimo Joe. Warner Music Australasia, Mushroom Records. 2006. 5101137630.
5. "Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails Red Wine". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
6. "Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails Red Wine". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
7. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2006". ARIA . Retrieved 13 March 2021.
8. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 16 December 2014.
9. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 15th May 2006" (PDF). ARIA. 15 May 2006. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2023.