Deanna (song)

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"Deanna"
Single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
from the album Tender Prey
Released5 September 1988
GenreGarage rock[1]
Length3:36
LabelMute Records
Songwriter(s)Nick Cave, Mick Harvey
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds singles chronology
"The Mercy Seat"
(1988) 		"Deanna"
(1988) 		"The Ship Song"
(1990)

"Deanna" is a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.[2][3] It was the second single from The Bad Seeds' 1988 album Tender Prey.[4]

Inspiration[]

Biographer Ian Johnston claimed that Deanna was a woman Cave had recently had a "passionate, intense relationship with".[5] Cave later said the song was, "seen as a particularly brutal act of betrayal, and thirty years on I still haven’t been fully forgiven. I console myself with the thought that I was unflinching in my duties as a songwriter, even though it broke a heart (or two) in the process."[6]

"The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass"[]

The B-side of "Deanna" was an original composition by Cave called "The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass", recorded for but not released on Tender Prey.[7] It remained unreleased on an album until 2005, with the release of B-Sides & Rarities.

Reception[]

AllMusic called the song, "a garage rock-style rave-up that lyrically is everything Natural Born Killers tried to be, but failed at -- killing sprees, Cadillacs, and carrying out the work of the Lord, however atypically".[8] Stereogum noted, "the irresistible, danceable sway of the organ and drumbeat distract - if only momentarily - from such lines as 'I cum a death’s head into your frock'".[9]

The Quietus wrote, "The rousing garage pop of "Deanna" would quickly become one of Cave's best-known songs (it was almost 'radio friendly') and a live favourite. The track was based on a version of Edwin Hawkins' "Oh Happy Day". The lyrics were particularly memorable."[10]

Track listing[]

  1. "Deanna"
  2. "The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass"

Charts[]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[11] 4

References[]

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Tender Prey – Nick Cave / Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. ^ Murfett, Andrew (8 January 2009). "Basking in eclectic glow of Cave light". The Age. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Nick Cave dedicates career-spanning Glastonbury set to Farrah Fawcett". New Musical Express. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  4. ^ Diver, Mike (18 March 2010). "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Tender Prey / The Good Son / Henry's Dream Review". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  5. ^ Ian Johnston (2017). Bad Seed. Little, Brown and Company. p. 237. ISBN 978-0349107783.
  6. ^ "ISSUE #59". The Red Hand Files.
  7. ^ Johnston, Ian (2020-03-05). Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-0-349-14435-1.
  8. ^ Ned Raggett. "Tender Prey". AllMusic.
  9. ^ Dan Lawrence. "Tender Prey (1988)". Stereogum.
  10. ^ John Freeman. "An Eye For An Eye: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Tender Prey Revisited". The Quietus.
  11. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.




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