Deanna (song)

"Deanna"
Single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
from the album Tender Prey
B-side"The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass"
Released5 September 1988
GenreGarage rock[1]
Length3:45
LabelMute
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 is the second single from their 1988 album Tender Prey.[4] An acoustic version of the song opens the 2005 compilation B-sides & Rarities and includes phrases from the Edwin Hawkins Singers' song Oh Happy Day on which the song was based.[5]

  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. ^ Freeman, John. "An Eye For An Eye: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Tender Prey Revisited". The Quietus.