Murder Ballads

NICK CAVE And KYLIE MINOGUE – Single ‘WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW’ Came Out 30 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past

2 October 2025

NICK CAVE and KYLIE MINOGUE released single
Where The Wild Roses Grow on 2 October 1995,
today 30 years ago.

#11 in the UK and #2 in Australia.

It featured on Murder Ballads.
Cave and The Seeds 9th LP.

Cave was inspired to write the song after listening to the traditional song
Down In The Willow Garden, a tale of a man courting a woman and killing
her while they are out together.

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‘MURDER BALLADS’ By NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Came Out 25 Years Ago Today

Posted on by JL

2 February 2021

Artist: NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
Album: MURDER BALLADS – 9th LP
Released: 2 February 1996 – 25 years ago today

AllMusic/Stephen Thomas Erlewine: “In some ways, Murder Ballads is the record
Nick Cave was waiting to make his entire career. Death and violence have always haunted
his music, even when he wasn’t explicitly singing about the subject. He sings about nothing but death in the most gruesome, shocking fashion. Divided between originals and covers, the record is awash in both morbid humor and sobering horror, as the Bad Seeds provide an appropriate backdrop for the carnage, alternating between blues, country, and lounge-jazz.” Score: 4/5.

Turn Up The Volume says: Agatha Christie translated to music.

Singles/clips: Where The Wild Roses Grow / Henry Lee

– WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW –
(With Kylie Minogue)

– HENRY LEE –
(With PJ Harvey)

Full album…

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NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS: All Albums