Where the Wild Roses Grow

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"Where The Wild Roses Grow" was written very much with Kylie in mind. I'd wanted to write a song for Kylie for many years. I had a quiet obsession with her for about six years. I wrote several songs for her, none of which I felt was appropriate to give her. It was only when I wrote this song, which is a dialogue between a killer and his victim, that I thought finally I'd written the right song for Kylie to sing. I sent the song to her and she replied the next day. [5]

— Nick Cave, quoted in Molly Meldrum presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia (2007)

A CD of the track—which had Blixa Bargeld singing Minogue's lines—was sent to Minogue's parents' house (as she was staying there at the time) prior to her recording the song. [6] This Bargeld duet track was featured on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds B Sides and Rarities on disc 2, track 12, released in 2005.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue first performed the song publicly on 4 August 1995 in Cork, Republic of Ireland. [7]

Composition

According to the sheet music edition published by SheetMusicNow.com, "Where The Wild Roses Grow" is written in the compound time signature of 6/8 and is set in the key signature of G minor at a tempo of 56 beats per minute. [8]

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "This is not a joke. Not since Debbie Gibson contributed backing vocals on the Circle Jerks's cover of the Soft Boys' "I Wanna Destroy You" has there been such an odd collaboration of musical talent. Australia's queen of bubble-gum pop meets the underground art rock of Nick Cave on this moody track. Forget "Loco-Motion": Minogue carries her own as Cave catapults his vocals into a moody pit of musical melancholy and lyrical despair. Brilliant." [9] Another editor, Paul Verna, complimented it as a "ghostly beautiful duet". [10] James Masterton for Dotmusic described the song as "a gorgeous, mellow 1940s-sounding ballad." [11] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Written especially for Minogue, the diminutive singer forms an unlikely but stunning combination with Cave. It is a brooding and haunting song that finds Cave in a sombre, Leonard Cohen-type mood against Minogue's declaring diction. The tension gradually builds up as each tells their version of a tale of murder." [12] A reviewer from Music Week rated it four out of five, adding, "Nick croons while Kylie purrs in this folksy foretaste of the album of murder ballads". [13]

Music video

The painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais inspired scenes within the music video. John Everett Millais - Ophelia - Google Art Project.jpg
The painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais inspired scenes within the music video.

The music video for "Where the Wild Roses Grow", commissioned by Emma Davies for Mute Records, shot by director Rocky Schenck and produced by Nick Verden for Atlas Films, shows Kylie Minogue in character, apparently having been murdered by Nick Cave's character. We see her in ghost-like form and also in a river in a pose reminiscent of Millais' painting Ophelia (1851–52). The video ends with Cave's character putting a rose in Minogue's mouth and closing her eyelids. [14]

Live performances

Cave and Minogue performed the song together live on stage in London on 3 June 2018 when Kylie made a surprise appearance during the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds set at All Points East festival. [15]

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:

Minogue appeared as a surprise guest at Coldplay's Enmore Theatre show in Sydney, Australia, on 19 June 2014, where they performed the song as a duet. [16] Cave and Minogue performed the song at the Glastonbury Festival 2019. [17]

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds did live performances of this song featuring a duet between Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld from the mid to late 90s. Many of the occasions were captured on video by fans and can be seen on video media websites.

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Other version

A guide track with the Bad Seeds guitarist, Blixa Bargeld, singing Kylie Minogue's vocal part was released on the compilation B-Sides & Rarities .

Awards

Formats and track listings

  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
  1. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (Cave) – 3:58
  2. "The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane" (Cave) – 3:34

Charts

"Where the Wild Roses Grow"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow.png
Single cover
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
Label Mute
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)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [54] Gold35,000^
Germany (BVMI) [55] Gold250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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