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Wikipedia article




"'The Ship Song'" is a song written by Nick Cave (lyrics and music), originally performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 1990 'The Good Son' album. It was released by Mute Records as the first single from the album on 12 March 1990, as a CD single, 7" vinyl and a 12" vinyl release. The song reached #84 on the UK Singles Charts.

The video for the song was directed by John Hillcoat.

In May 2001 "The Ship Song" was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.

Cover versions



There have been numerous cover versions of the song performed by artists, including Camille O'Sullivan, Leatherface, Frankie Stubbs, Gene, Swirl, Boo Hewerdine, Concrete Blonde, Denis Walter, Immaculate Fools, Heather Nova and Lissie.

The Sydney Opera House, with agency The Monkeys, achieved the collaboration of Neil Finn, Kev Carmody, Sarah Blasko, John Bell, Martha Wainwright, Katie Noonan, Paul Kelly, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, The Temper Trap, Angus and Julia Stone, and Daniel Johns, with Opera Australia, the Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, to perform and record a reinterpretation of "The Ship Song" over some months in 2010-2011. Titled "The Ship Song Project", the recording was to promote the Sydney Opera House.

Track listing



The track listing for the single is:

# "The Ship Song" (Nick Cave) - 5:14

# "The Train Song" (Nick Cave) - 3:27

Personnel



* Blixa Bargeld — guitar, backing vocals

* Nick Cave — vocals, piano, hammond organ

* Kid Congo Powers — guitar

* Mick Harvey — bass, guitar, vibraphone, backing vocals

* Thomas Wydler — drums

Credits



* Bill McGee — string arrangement

* Designlayout — artwork

* Polly Borland — photography

* Victor Van Vugt — engineer

* The Bad seeds — producer

Releases



See also



*Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds discography

References



Category:APRA Award winners

Category:Nick Cave songs

Category:1990 singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Flood (producer)

Category:Songs written by Nick Cave

Category:1990 songs

Category:Mute Records singles

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