Flower (Sonic Youth song)

"Flower"
Single by Sonic Youth
B-side	"Halloween"
Released	1985 (1985)
Format	12" vinyl
Genre	No wave, noise rock
Label	Homestead
Songwriter(s)	Robert Bertelli, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth singles chronology
"Death Valley '69" (1984) "Flower" (1985) "String Module Error: Match not found" (1985)
"Death Valley '69" (1984) "Flower" (1985) "Death Valley 69" (re-recorded version) (1985)

"Flower"
Single by Sonic Youth
B-side	"Satan Is Boring"
Released	1986 (1986)
Format	12" vinyl
Genre	No wave, noise rock
Label	Blast First
Songwriter(s)	Robert Bertelli, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth singles chronology
"String Module Error: Match not found" (1985) "Flower" (1986) "Starpower" (1986)
"Death Valley '69" (re-recorded version) (1985) "Flower" (1986) "Starpower" (1986)

Flower is a song by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released as a single in 1985 by record label Homestead, backed by "Halloween", and also released the following year by record label Blast First with "Satan Is Boring" as the B-side. It also appeared on re-releases of the band's 1985 album Bad Moon Rising.

Release

"Flower" was released as a single with "Halloween" as a B-side in 1985. The following year, it was released again with the B-side "Satan Is Boring", but this version was quickly withdrawn at the band's request.

"Flower" has been released as a bonus track on the CD reissue of the band's 1985 album Bad Moon Rising.

Track listing

With "Halloween"

With "Satan Is Boring"

External links

• "Flower"/"Halloween" at Discogs (list of releases)
• "Flower"/"Satan Is Boring" at Discogs (list of releases)
• Stereogum article mentioning the EP
• AllMusic article mentioning the EP