Sprout and the Bean

"Sprout and the Bean"
Single by Joanna Newsom
from the album The Milk-Eyed Mender
B-side"What We Have Known"
ReleasedNovember 2, 2004
GenreIndie folk
Length10:50
LabelDrag City
Songwriter(s)Joanna Newsom
Producer(s)Noah Georgeson
Joanna Newsom singles chronology
"Sprout and the Bean"
(2004) 		"What We Have Known"
(2011)

"Sprout and the Bean" is a single by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, released on Drag City on November 2, 2004.[1] It was released as the only single from the 2004 album The Milk-Eyed Mender.[2] It includes "What We Have Known", a re-recording of the track originally appearing on the 2003 EP Yarn and Glue, and later released as a 12-inch vinyl single in 2011.[3]

In 2009, Pitchfork named "Sprout and the Bean" the 229th best song of the 2000s.[4] In 2020, Paste named it the 12th best Joanna Newsom song.[5] The song was used in the film The Strangers,[6] a Victoria's Secret bra commercial,[7][8] and a Melbourne ad campaign.[9]

  1. ^ "Joanna Newsom - Sprout and the Bean". Drag City. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Fisette, Jeremy J. (March 21, 2024). "Seamless Dreams: Joanna Newsom's The Milk-Eyed Mender at 20". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  3. ^ Hudson, Alex (June 22, 2011). "Joanna Newsom Releases Rarity on New 12-Inch". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 200-101". Pitchfork. August 18, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "The 15 Best Joanna Newsom Songs". Paste. February 24, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  6. ^ Murphy, Tom (March 31, 2016). "Joanna Newsom's "The Sprout and the Bean" Created the Perfect Horror-Movie Moment". Westword. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  7. ^ Lapatine, Scott (April 8, 2009). "Joanna Newsom Soundtracks Push-Up Bra Commercial". Stereogum. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  8. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 8, 2009). "Joanna Newsom Soundtracks a Victoria's Secret Bra Commercial". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "Melbourne launches $12 million tourism campaign aimed at interstate travellers". Nine News. November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2024.