Release
The single, first released in 1988, features only the Nothing's Shocking version and not the original one. The B-side, "Standing in the Shower... Thinking", was also taken from the album. The single was re-released on April 18, 2009, to help promote the Jane's Addiction box set, A Cabinet of Curiosities , released the same month. The packaging was generally the same but contained several inserts promoting the box set and the band's albums. [4]
Music videos
There are two different music videos for this song. The second video, directed by Perry Farrell, [5] with live footage directed by Modi Frank, [5] exists in three different versions: the original, the original censored for MTV, and Modi Frank's director's cut. [6] Footage for this video was shot at the Scream in Hollywood, on August 19, 1988. Banned from MTV because of nudity, a censored version, which puts black bars and shapes over Perry Farrell and Casey Niccoli's genitals, was created. MTV agreed to air it on Headbangers Ball and 120 Minutes . [7] As a means to make the official, unedited version available to fans, Jane's Addiction released the "videomentary" Soul Kiss on Valentine's Day 1989. [7] In addition to the "Mountain Song" video, the VHS also features footage of the band performing comedic sketches and footage of the band performing a song called "City", which would not appear on an album until the 1997's compilation album, Kettle Whistle. [8]
The first video for the song was created without the band's knowledge, involvement or input, by Andrew Doucette, in September 1988, from existing performance footage provided to him by Warner Bros. Records. As the band disliked it, it was shelved and the second video was made. [9] The first video also features some of the footage shot at the Scream. It is this video that was primarily shown in Europe and Australia. Excerpts of the video were included in an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head . [3]
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