(Nothing But) Flowers

"(Nothing But) Flowers"
Single by Talking Heads
from the album Naked
B-side"Ruby Dear (Bush Mix)"
ReleasedOctober 3, 1988[1]
Recorded1987
Genre
Length
  • 5:39 (album version)
  • 4:15 (single version)
  • 3:28 (radio edit)
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Talking Heads singles chronology
"Blind"
(1988) 		"(Nothing But) Flowers"
(1988) 		"Sax and Violins"
(1991)

"(Nothing But) Flowers" is a song by rock band Talking Heads. It appears on the band's final album Naked, released in 1988. It was released as the album's second single. In addition to the band, the song features Kirsty MacColl on backup vocals and Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths, on lead guitar. It peaked at number 79 in the UK Singles Chart. Filmmaker Kevin Smith used the song as the opening of Clerks 2 and was featured briefly in other film soundtracks to Meu Tio Matou um Cara (as covered by Caetano Veloso)[2][3] and the animated feature The Mitchells vs. the Machines.[4][5] The song is quoted at the start of Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho (1991).

  1. ^ Strickland, Andy (1 October 1988). "News: Releases". Record Mirror. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ "sweetsoundtrack.com".
  3. ^ "Meu Tio Matou Um Cara". IMMuB.
  4. ^ "imdb.com".
  5. ^ "hitc.com". 30 April 2021.