Digging the Grave

"Digging the Grave"
Single by Faith No More
from the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
Released February 28, 1995
Format CD single, vinyl
Recorded Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York
Genre Alternative metal, grunge[1]
Length 3:04
Label Slash
Writer(s)

Music: Mike Patton, Mike Bordin, Billy Gould

Lyrics: Mike Patton
Producer(s) Andy Wallace, Faith No More
Faith No More singles chronology
"Another Body Murdered"
(1993)		 "Digging the Grave"
(1995)		 "Ricochet"
(1995)
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime track listing
"Ugly in the Morning"
(8)		 "Digging the Grave"
(9)		 "Take This Bottle"
(10)

"Digging the Grave" is a song by Faith No More, released as the first single from their fifth studio album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. Like the rest of the singles released from the album, it failed to chart in the US. However, the song became the band's fourth-highest charting single in the UK.

Release

The song was released as a single on 28 February 1995, before the release of King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. That March, the band appeared on the British television program Top of the Pops to promote the single, later performing it on MTV Europe, Canal+'s Nulle Part Ailleurs and The Jon Stewart Show.[2] The single reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart,[3] and number 12 on the Australian ARIA Charts;[4] becoming the 91st most-played song on Australian radio that year.[5] It featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head in August 1995,[6] and was included on the soundtrack of the 1996 Italian film Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo.[7] A video for the song was recorded, directed by Marcus Raboy, who was credited as Alan Smithee.[8] The video featured Roddy Bottom, the band's keyboard player, on guitar; and was later included on the collection Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos.

Covers

Track lists

Blue vinyl 12" single

  1. "Digging the Grave"
  2. "Ugly in the Morning"
  3. "Absolute Zero"
  4. "Get Out"

Standard edition/promo 12"

  1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
  2. "Ugly in the Morning" – 3:09
  3. "Absolute Zero" – 4:09
  4. "Cuckoo for Caca" – 3:43

Limited edition

  1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
  2. "I Started a Joke" (Bee Gees) – 3:00
  3. "Greenfields" (The Brothers Four) – 3:46

Limited Australian edition

  1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
  2. "Ugly in the Morning" – 3:09
  3. "Absolute Zero" – 4:09
  4. "I Started a Joke" (Bee Gees) – 3:00
  5. "Greenfields" (The Brothers Four) – 3:46

Personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
UK Singles Chart[3] 16
ARIA Charts[4] 12
RIANZ Charts[10] 16
French Singles Chart[11] 23
Swedish Singles Chart[12] 39
Norwegian Singles Chart[13] 11

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080420122034/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/faithnomore/albums/album/233079/review/5945567/king_for_a_dayfool_for_a_lifetime
  2. ↑ Stefan Negele. "Faith No More TV Appearances". Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "everyHit.com UK Top 40 chart archive". Retrieved 23 March 2011. NB: Direct linking to search results is unavailable, please search for artist "Faith No More" for results
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "australian-charts.com - Discography Faith No More". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "1995 | history | triple j hottest 100 - 2008 | triple j". ABC. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Writers: Judge, Mike; Stillman, Joe. Directors: Judge, Mike; Kaplan; Yvette (9 August 1995). "Close Encounters". Beavis and Butt-head. Season 5. Episode 132. MTV.
  7. ↑ Agatha Samborska (ed.). "Faith No More Frequently Asked Questions". old.fnm.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Alex S. Garda (ed.). "mvdbase.com - Marcus Raboy Videography". Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "Frozen (Bonus Tracks) - Sentenced | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "chartz.org.nz Discography Faith No More". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "lescharts.com Discographie Faith No More". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "swedishcharts.com - Faith No More - King for a Day Fool for a Lifetime". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  13. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com - Faith No More - King for a Day Fool for a Lifetime". Retrieved 23 March 2011.