Covers of Nick Cave Songs
Not listed in detail in this section but are the Witches' cover
of Shivers, and Shane MacGowan's cover of Lucy, which can be found
in the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds part,
because Nick is actually involved with these releases.
7" 2005 "The Paper Chase And Xiu Xiu Cover Nick Cave", 1000 copies.
God Is In The House The Paper Chase
Jack The Ripper Xiu Xiu
Stckfigure
LP/CD 2006 "Release The Bats - A Tribute To The Birthday Party", various artists
Pleasure Heads Must Burn Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
Friend Catcher Das Oath
Deep In The Woods T Cells
Sonny's Burning Cattle Decapitation
Blundertown Year Future
Nick The Stripper Ssion
Mutiny In Heaven Ex Models
Riddle House Les Georges Leningrad
Mr. Clarinet Rah Bras
Faint Heart Melt Banana
The Plague Chinese Stars
King Ink Celebration
Junkyard Kill Me Tomorrow
A Dead Song Get Hustle
Cry Numbers
Wild World Error
Marry Me (Lie Lie) Daughter
Release The Bats Some Girls
Three.One.G
CD 2008 "Eye For An Eye: A Tribute To Nick Cave", various artists
Wild World Mr Russia
Do You Love Me? My Ruin
I Let Love In Sheriff Scabs
The Mercy Seat The Red Paintings
Mr. Clarinet The Brides
Where The Wild Roses Grow Chiasm
The Curse Of Millhaven Ahab Rex
People Ain't No Good Miss Derringer
Hats On Wrong Nusch Nuschi
Stranger Than Kindness Lolita Storm
Your Funeral, My Trial Architect's Eye
The Weeping Song Sibyl Vane
Rock Of Gibraltar Metanemfrost
FTC Records
CD 2008 "Zombie Strong", by the Dutch Nick Cave cover band
The Cavemen (www.cavemen-muziek.nl) contains 7 Nick Cave covers (and a Tom Waits song).
Nature Boy
The Weeping Song
Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Christina The Astonishing
Today's Lesson
Red Right Hand
Supernaturally
- The Young Charlatans (with Rowland S. Howard) did the
original
Shivers
in May 1978. Released on Fast Forward #4 cassette, April 1981.
- The Screaming Jets have covered
Shivers on the "Tear Of Thought" album
from 1992.
- Marie Hoy and Friends have covered
Shivers on the Dogs In Space
soundtrack '87 (Atlantic 7 81789-4; Chase CLPX 14; Mercury, MERH 122).
- Big Band Combo (i.e. members of Bang and Hunters And Collectors) has
covered Shivers on Fast Forward Cassette #13.
- Love Position have covered
Shivers on their 1990 album "Billiepeebup",
rereleased in 1997 on Half A Cow (HAC 01).
- Spurs for Jesus have covered Shivers on the compilation album
"Cop It Sweet - An Antfarm Compilation" CD. Antfarm ANT002 (1997).
- Neigungsgruppe Sex, Gewalt & Gute Laune have
covered Shivers as "So Koit" (meaning "so cold") on the album "Goodnight Vienna"
on the Austrian label Trost Records, Trikont, in 2007.
- In the film "Love and Other Catastrophes" by Emma-Kate Cghran
from around 1996, one of the actors sings Shivers
- Trashmuseum from Germany
has covered
Mr. Clarinet on their 1986
album "I`d Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)" on the label
Das Buro (Desk 13).
- Atomopel from Germany have covered
Zoo Music Girl and
King Ink on their
1997 album "Bruxelles".
- The Spanish band Blackmoon Fire has covered
She's Hit
(EP Subterfuge Records).
- Snatch has covered
She's Hit on their album Bite Your Tongue,
released on Worry Bird, Canada, 1989.
- Hank El Diablo have covered
She's Hit on their album called
"Un-official Album", 1995.
- Bubonique has loosely covered
Release The Bats on their album
20 Golden Showers on Kitchenware Records, 1993. Funny.
- Precious Little has done a parody
Release The Frogs on a cassette
titled "Cults on C90", Melbourne, early 80s.
- Burma, a Perth goth band
has covered
Dead Joe on a cassette
called "AFM", recorded live at Club Original 26/3/93'.
Blind Conformity BCP005, 1993.
- The Pain Teens have covered
Wild World on their album Stimulation
Festival on Trance Records 36173 10 4, USA 1992. They have used
the lyrics only.
- p-Frenz-C from
Seattle have covered Mutiny In Heaven
on their CD Dopamine Questo on Tragick Records (2001?).
- Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie have done a live version of
Knocking On Joe
(from London, T&C 20-6-89) on their album "Fish Heads and Tails".
1989 Capitolo Records inc. CAPS 2001, 1989 EMI Records LTD.
Also released in 1989 on the EP "Goodbye Mr Mackenzie" and on the
CD "Good Deeds And Dirty Rags". All releases on Capitol/EMI.
- Sikth have covered
Tupelo
on their 2002 album "How May I Help You?" and on their 2003 album
"The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait For Something Wild" on Gut Records.
- Maven feat. Marilyn Manson have covered
Hard On For Love, but I'm not sure on what release.
- Fever Ray with Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid have covered
Stranger Than Kindness on a limited 7" in 2009 on Rabid Records.
- After Darkness have covered
She Fell Away on their album Murnau, 1995, Schreck Release, SCHRECK281288.
- Grant Lee Phillips has covered
City Of Refuge
on the 2007 album "Nineteeneighties" on Zoe Records.
- The Black League have covered
City Of Refuge
on the 2001 CD/10" "The Doomsday Sun".
- Astream has covered
Deanna
on the 1999 album "Punkrock Rendez-Vous".
- Goethes Erben have covered a German version of
The Mercy Seat,
titled "Sitz Der Gnade", on the 1996 album "Live Im Planetarium, Jena".
In 1997 this was released on EP and CDsingle. It is also on their
video "Blau/Rebell".
- Stromkern has covered
The Mercy Seat on the CD "Flicker Like A Candle",
which also contains a remix of this song by Attrition, released in 1997
on CD on the German KODEX/SUSHIA LIGHT label, EFA CD 12 977.
- Melbourne artist New Waver does "The Office Seat",
(variation on
The Mercy Seat) on the cassette Industria 4 on the Eet Air Industries
label. 1996.
- Johnny Cash has covered
The Mercy Seat on the
album "American III: Solitary Man". American CK 69691, 2000.
- Anders Manga has covered
The Mercy Seat on the 2006
album "Welcome To The Horror Show".
- Sir Tralala has used the lyrics of
The Mercy Seat for the song "Have Mercy Seat"
on the 2004
album "Flying Objects, They Don't Have A Brain".
- Unter Null have covered
The Mercy Seat on their
album "Moving On", released in Japan on Deathwatch Asia, 2010.
- My Morning Jacket have covered
New Morning on their
"Does Xmas Fiasco Style" EP (2000).
- Susan Hedges has covered
New Morning her double CD "Crimson Love On Velvet Black",
Goldrush Gold CD 005/6 (2 CD, UK, 2001).
- Boo Hewerdine's cover of
The Ship Song is "probably one of the
biggest heaps of shit" Cave has heard in his life. On the 1992 album
"Ignorance", Ensign Records CCD 1930 3219302.
- Concrete Blonde do a cover of The Ship Song on CD-single "The French
Connection" (EMI 1992). Also on the US release "Ghost of a Texas
Ladies Man" CDS IRS X25G-1349 (1992), and on their b-sides
compilation "Still In Hollywood. Ugly.
- Denis Walter has covered The Ship Song, available on his 1993 CD
"What Kind Of Love" (Columbia 4747952) on CDsingle (Columbia 659768 1),
as well on a compilation CD with Juice magazine.
- Immaculate Fools have covered The Ship Song on their album Woodhouse,
1995, Cooking Vinyl, Cook CD 085.
- A Subtle Plague have covered The Ship Song on their album No Reprise,
1995. Rough Trade, RTD 157.3016.2.
- Swirl have covered The Ship Song on their EP The Last Unicorn,
on Half A Cow/Mercury, HAC 39, 1995.
- Gene has released The Ship Song as the b-side to the single
"Speak To Me Someone", 1997. (POLYDOR coscd 12 571 179-2)
- Heather Nova has covered The Ship Song
on the 1998 single "London Rain". Rough Trade RTD 129.3490.3 16.
- Leatherface have covered The Ship Song
on the 2000 album "Horsebox", released on Better Youth Org.
- Frankie Stubbs has covered The Ship Song
on a self-titled 2001 10" on the label Sounds of Subterannea.
- Tippy Young has covered The Ship Song
on a self-titled cassette in 1999 on label Tramway (TRAM01).
- Singing Loins have covered The Ship Song
on their album "The Complete & Utter Singing Loins", released by Damaged Goods in 2004.
- Pájaro De Mal Agüero from Chile have covered The Ship Song (as "Primera Noche")
on the album "PDMA Box Set", released by La Maldita Familia in 2007.
- Paulo Braganca, a Portuguese singer has covered
Sorrow's Child on
his album "AMAI", Warner Bros. 9362-46334-2.
- Code Blue have covered
Sorrow's Child on
the album "Snailing", 2000, Mudramedien / Downbeat Records.
- The Brickbats,
have covered
Lament on their cassette EP
"Party Seriously", 1997.
- Paterson's Curse, a female band from Australia, have
covered The Weeping Song on their self-tiled 1997 album (PCWW01).
- Flowing Tears from Germany have
covered The Weeping Song on their 2007 live
album "Invanity" on Ascendance Records.
- Pain Of Progress have released two versions of
The Weeping Song on their 2002 maxi-CD "Weeping Song".
Label: Fear Section, Fear 001.
-
Chamber
has covered
The Weeping Song
on the 2004 CD "L'Orchestre De Chambre Noir".
-
Khalil Gudaz, Fazila Hijeb and Ramen Nawa
have covered
The Weeping Song
on the 2005 CD "This Is The Place For A Song", Australia.
- C Hack have covered
Papa Won't Leave You, Henry on their 2004 album
"Gift Of Music".
- Ron Hawkins from Canada has covered
Brother, My Cup Is Empty on his 1996 album
"Hey Valerie", released on Shake the Record Label.
- Helldorado has covered
Jack The Ripper on the 2002 album
"Lost Highway".
- Howard New has released
Straight To You as a single in May 1997.
- The Good Sons have covered
Straight To You on their mail
order album (1000 copies) The Kings Highway. 1997? Also released on
Glitterhouse Promo Compilation CD; Out Of The Blue Volume 4, GRCD 415.
- Emm Gryner has covered
Straight To You on her album
"Girl Versions", Dead Daisy Records, DDR 005, 2001.
- The Walkabouts have covered
The Loom Of The Land on their 1993
covers album Satisfied Mind on Subpop records, SPCD 116/294, as well
as on a cd called "Fingerprints Vol 2: Arge Kulturgelände Nonntal",
which contains a live version. Arge Kulturgelände Nonntal,
Cat.nr: CD C061188. Other live versions appear on the mailorder
only CD "To Hell And Back", spring '94, Garage Club, London (1000 copies),
and one on "2 Meter sessies Vol. 5", Radio Records 477702-2.
Finally, the 2000 Chris and Carla live album "Ljubljana"
(out on Glitterhouse) contains yet another version.
- Paul Kelly has done
God's Hotel on his album "Wanted Man."
Vanguard 1570 79479 4. (1994.) Also released as single, and on the
1996 live album "Live at the Continental and the Espy".
- Paul Kelly has done
Nobody's Baby Now on his CD EP "Won't You Come Around",
released by EMI in 2003.
- Horse Stories have done
Nobody's Baby Now on the 7" "Amber Lights" released in 2002.
- Headless Heroes have done
Nobody's Baby Now on the album "The Silence Of Love" released in 2008.
- Frank Bennett has done a "Frank Sinatra" version of
Red Right Hand
on his 1996 album "5 O'Clock Shadow" (Mercury 534343-2).
- Vixy And Tony have done a cover of
Red Right Hand
on their 2008 album "Thirteen".
- Pete Yorn has covered
Red Right Hand
on the 2004 "Hellboy" soundtrack.
- Giant Sand have covered
Red Right Hand
on the 2002 album "Cover Magazine" on Thrill Jockey.
- Harrisons have covered
Red Right Hand
on a 7"/CDsingle "Dear Constable" on the Melodic label.
- Arctic Monkeys have covered
Red Right Hand
on a 7" titled "Crying Lightning" on the Domino label in 2009.
- Ed Kuepper has covered
Do You Love Me? on his mail-order CD
"Exotic Mail Order Moods", 1995, Hot Records, Mail-2. Get it!
Also released on the 1999 covers album "Reflections Of Ol'
Goldeneye", Hot Records, HOT 1072.
- My Ruin from Los Angeles have covered
Do You Love Me? on their 2000 album
"A Prayer Under Pressure Of Violent Anguish".
- Metallica have covered
Loverman on their 1998 cover
album Garage Inc. Electra 538 351-2.
- Martin L. Gore has covered
Loverman on his
album Counterfeit2 (CDSTUMM214).
- Teodross Avery, Jazz sax player, has done a version of "Lover Man" on
his album "My Generation" on Impulse records. This song is incorrectly
credited to Nick Cave. It is the old jazz song of that title. 1996.
- Thine has covered
Song Of Joy
on the 1998 compilation album "X" on Peaceville Records, CDVILE 77.
- Magic Dirt have covered
Stagger Lee
on their self-titled CD-EP from 2007 on Emergency Music 001 EP.
- The Shirehorses (Mark Radcliffe
and Lard) have released parodies of
Where The Wild Roses Grow and
Henry Lee (Franny Lee) on
their album "The worst album in the world...ever...Ever!" 1997, EastWest.
-
The Serenades
have covered
Where The Wild Roses Grow
on their
cover-album 'Time To Say Goodbye', Ar-Express, 1997; 74321462052.
-
Hilde Midhaug and Robin Pettersen
have covered
Where The Wild Roses Grow
on the Norwegian album "Stjerner I Sikte", released in Norway in spring 1997
by Norsk Grammofon (EKGCD-53 or on MC: EKGK-53).
-
Miguel Wiels
orchestrates
Where The Wild Roses Grow
on the CD "True Romance", released
in 1996 by ARCADE (Nr. 8900121).
-
Chamber
has covered
Where The Wild Roses Grow
on the 2004 CD "L'Orchestre De Chambre Noir".
- On the MC "Bands Of The Year", released in summer 1997 by Inger
Rosengren in Denmark (Catalogue.nr. IRMC-3), a Danish school orchestra
does Where The Wild Roses Grow.
-
Czech folk singer Pavel Bobek has
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow. He has recorded this song -
"Divoka Ruze" in Czech - together with Marie Rottrova for his album
"Jsem Pouhy Znamy", released in 2000.
-
Swiss singer Michael von der Heide has
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow.
He sings Kylie's part while Nick's part is sung by Kuno Lauener, singer of
the swiss band Zuri West. The verses are translated into swiss-german
while the chorus is still in english. 2000.
-
The German band Gregorian has
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow on their
album "The Dark Side" from 2004.
-
Inertia have
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow on their
album "Kloned" on the label Cryonica Music in 2010.
-
Severine Doré & Kris De Bruyne from Belgium have
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow, in Dutch,
entitled "Wildrozenpark" on their album "Eén moment" from 2003.
-
Siw Malmkvist With Thorsten Flinck from Sweden
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow, in 2004.
-
Fusspilz 11
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow
as "Wo Die Wilden Rosen Blühen" on their 2005 album "Elektro-Polizei".
-
Michael von der Heide has
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow
on the albums "Tourist" (2000) and "2 Pièces" (2005).
-
The Chicks On Speed have
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow
on the 2001 album "Kreidler Sessions".
-
Pavel Bobek has
covered Where The Wild Roses Grow
entitled "Divoka Ruze" on their album "Jsem Pouhy Znamy" from 2000.
- Jim Sclavunos' The Vanity Set have covered
Sheep May Safely Graze
on the 2005 7" "The Big Bang".
- The Greek singer Dionisis
Savopoulos sings a Greek version of
Into My Arms
on his album "Xenodoxio" on the Lyra label in 1998.
- Sarah Jane Morris sings
Into My Arms
on her album "August" on the Irma label (Italy) in 2001.
- Petra Jean Phillipsons sings
Into My Arms
on her 2005 album "Notes On Love" on the Gronland label.
- Embrace has released a cover of
Into My Arms in 2009.
- Mates Of State have released a cover of
Love Letter on their album "The Covers Mix Tape" 2010.
- Lloyd Cole sings
People Ain't No Good
on his 2003 album "Music In A Foreign Language" on the One Little Indian Us label.
- Kathryn Williams sings
People Ain't No Good
on her 2005 7" "Beachy Head" Caw Records Catalog#: CAW 010V.
- The Dutch singer Herman
Brood has done a version of
Right Now I'm A-Roaming
on his album "Ciao Monkey" in 2000, with the alternate
title "When I Get Home". Also released on the 2001 "My Way" single,
released shortly after his death.
- Lisa Miller
does a live version of Are You The One
That I've Been Waiting For? on the 1999 compilation album "RRRewind In The Chapel",
released by Melbourne's RRR Radio station.
- Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little does a cover of
Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?
on his 1999 album "The Message".
- Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family do a cover of
Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?
on the 2007 album "She Painted Pictures".
- Former Bad Seed Mick Harvey does a cover of
Come Into My Sleep
on his 2005 album "One Man's Treasure" (Mute, CDSTUMM249) and a live version of the same song
on the 2008 album "Three Sisters - Live at Bush Hall" (Mute, CDLTT001).
- Camille does a cover of
Little Water Song
on the 2002 album "A Little Yearning" on Cat-O-Stripes Records.
- Bic Runga does a cover of
And No More Shall We Part
on the 2003 album "Live In Concert: With The Christchurch Symphony"
as well as on the 2004 CD "Beautiful Collision".
- André Herman Düne does a cover of
As I Sat Sadly By Her Side
on the 2005 album "Kreuzberg Cafe".
- Bad Seed Conway Savage has done a cover of
Bring It On in 2004 on the album "Wrong Man's Hands".
- Cat Power has done a cover of
Breathless
on the 2008 album "Jukebox" on Matador Records.
- Gladiator Russell Crowe has done a cover of
Breathless in 2005 - but on which release?
Numerous bands have by now done Nick Cave covers.
You can e.g spend a lifetime listening to living room covers published on
YouTube. That's one of the reasons why this list is subjectively selected.
Ho Ho Rowland Howard & Hugo Race, Melb. 21/12/88
Deep In The Woods Rowland S. Howard, live Melbourne 6/9/94
The Ship Song Ed Kuepper, APRA awards (1990?)
The Ship Song Pearl Jam, Denver, Red Rocks 20/6/95
The Ship Song Eddie Vedder, Encinitas, Ca 26/6/99
The Ship Song Neil Finn, GLR 10/10/98
The Ship Song Many artists including Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Marth Wainwright in the 2011 Sydney Opera House "Ship Song" project.
The Weeping Song Crowded House, various live
The Good Son Midnight Oil, Sydney 13&14/8/96
Foi Na Cruz Vaya Con Dios, Athens, 1996
Straight To You Howard New, Amsterdam Arena 7/9/96
Nobody's Baby Now Paul Kelly, Live At The Wireless, Sydney 14/7/97
Where The Wild Roses Grow Lois Lane & Tr. Kecks, Amsterdam 11/1/96, TV
Where The Wild Roses Grow Afghan Whigs, Stockholm 26/3/96
Where The Wild Roses Grow Dave Graney et al. APRA awards 11/96.
Where The Wild Roses Grow Kylie Minogue and Sir Les Patterson 26/6/99 London
Come Into My Sleep Mick Harvey, London, 10/5/98 and other occasions
Into My Arms Kylie Minogue, Sydney, APRA awards 11/5/98
Into My Arms Veda Hille, Liss Ard 5/9/98
Into My Arms Mercury Rev, Wolverhampton 11/1/99 (and other dates)
Into My Arms Tea Party, Toronto 8/6/99
Into My Arms Katell Keineg, May 2005, at Wedding of Shane MacGowan's sister
Right Now I'm Roaming U2, live Arnhem, 31/07/01 and two times more (as "When I Get Home" the Herman Brood version)
Even more covers: two tribute tapes by members of the "goodson" Nick Cave
mailing list.
Kicking Against Nick's, fall 1995.
What Can We Give You?, fall 1997.
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