Skinflowers

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"Skinflowers"
The Young Gods Skinflowers.jpg
Single by The Young Gods
from the album T.V. Sky
ReleasedJanuary, 1992
RecordedCP Studio Brussels
Genre Industrial
Length5:08
Label PIAS
Songwriter(s) The Young Gods
Producer(s) Roli Mosimann
The Young Gods singles chronology
"Longue Route"
(1990)
"Skinflowers"
(1992)
"Gasoline Man"
(1992)

"Skinflowers" is a single by The Young Gods appearing on their 1992 album T.V. Sky . It later appeared on the soundtrack of the 1993 film Sliver .

Contents

Cover versions

Faith No More, who has cited The Young Gods as an influence, has performed the song live a few times. [1]

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
2004 Kerrang! United Kingdom "666 Songs You Must Own (Alternative Rock)"* [2]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

  1. "Skinflowers (Edited Version)" - 4:04
  2. "Skinflowers (Brain Forest Mix (The Orb Style))" - 7:26
  3. "Skinflowers (Courtney Speed Love Mix)" - 3:53
  4. "Skinflowers (Album Version)" (5:08)

Footnotes

  1. "Faith No More Cover songs" . Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  2. "Kerrang! - 666 Songs You Must Own (Alternative Rock)". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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