Bull in the Heather

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"Bull in the Heather"
"Bull in the Heather" cover
Single by Sonic Youth
from the album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
B-side(s) "Razor Blade," "Doctor's Orders (T.-Vox version)"
Released April 1994
Format 7", 10", CD single
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:04
Label Geffen Records
Writer(s) Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth singles chronology

"Drunken Butterfly"
(1993)

"Bull in the Heather"
(1994)

"The Diamond Sea"
(1995)

"Bull in the Heather" was the first and only single from Sonic Youth's 1994 album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.

Contents

[edit] Tracklisting

  1. "Bull in the Heather" (LP Version) - 3:04
  2. "Razor Blade" - 1:06
  3. "Doctor's Orders" (T.-vox version) - 4:20

The version of "Doctor's Orders" on this single is different from the album version, featuring Thurston Moore on vocals instead of Kim Gordon.

[edit] Music Video

The music video for Bull In The Heather features former Bikini Kill and Le Tigre singer Kathleen Hanna dancing, throwing Thurston Moore about by his guitar and kissing Kim Gordon, while wearing speedos over her tights. The video is directed by Tamra Davis.

[edit] Singles chart

Year Single Chart Peak
1994 "Bull in the Heather" Modern Rock Tracks No. 13
1994 "Bull in the Heather" UK Singles Chart No. 24

[edit] Trivia

  • Bull In The Heather was named after a racehorse from a bumper sticker given to Thurston and Kim from Bob Nastanovich of Pavement.
  • In the video, Kim Gordon is five months pregnant.
  • The scenes of the guitarists jumping around on a bed were recreated from a photo Kim Gordon gave to Tamra Davis of Thurston when he was younger.
  • During a scene, Kathleen Hanna gave Thurston Moore a bloodied lip.
Sonic Youth
Kim Gordon | Thurston Moore | Lee Ranaldo | Steve Shelley
Jim Sclavunos | Richard Edson | Bob Bert | Jim O'Rourke | Coco Hayley Gordon Moore
Discography
Albums Sonic Youth | Confusion Is Sex| Sonic Death | Bad Moon Rising | EVOL | Sister | The Whitey Album | Daydream Nation | Goo | Dirty | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Washing Machine | Made in USA | A Thousand Leaves | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | Murray Street | Sonic Nurse | Rather Ripped | The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities
Extended plays Kill Yr Idols | TV Shit | Silver Session for Jason Knuth | In the Fishtank
SYR series SYR1: Anagrama | SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom | SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo | SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century | SYR5 | SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui
Singles Death Valley '69 | Flower/Halloween | Flower/Satan Is Boring | Starpower | Into the Groove(y) | Teen Age Riot | Kool Thing | Disappearer | Dirty Boots | 100% | Youth Against Fascism | Sugar Kane | Drunken Butterfly | Bull in the Heather | Superstar | The Diamond Sea | Little Trouble Girl | Sunday
Video releases 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990-2002
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