Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (song)

"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" is a song written by Nick Cave and was released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as a single on February 18, 2008. The song, like much of the band's recent work, was produced by Nick Launay. The song has been available on the band's official website since Christmas Day, 2007, and the video has been viewable on the website since early January. In a journal available at the Nick Cave Exhibition, it is revealed that an earlier version was instead about a man who was dead, who when he was saying "I don't know what it is but there's definitely something going on upstairs" referring to continuing brain activity.

The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 24 February 2008 at number 66. It also appeared as number 35 on Triple J Hottest 100 for 2008.

Track listing

All songs by Nick Cave.

7" (MUTE377)

"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" – 3:38
"Accidents Will Happen" – 4:21

CD (CDMUTE377)

"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" – 3:38
"Accidents Will Happen" – 4:21
"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" (video)

Video

The video for the song was directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard and features Cave strutting towards the camera, singing the song, whilst images of New York pass by him. During the chorus, the images of New York are replaced by the members of the Bad Seeds dancing to the song. The video is available on the band's website.

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position^[1]
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	73
UK Singles Chart	66

External links

References

↑ "Everyhit.com". everyhit.com. Retrieved 2008-06-10.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Barry Adamson Martyn P. Casey Nick Cave Warren Ellis Conway Savage Jim Sclavunos George Vjestica Thomas Wydler Blixa Bargeld Mick Harvey James Johnston Anita Lane Kid Congo Powers Hugo Race Roland Wolf

Studio albums	From Her to Eternity The Firstborn Is Dead Kicking Against the Pricks Your Funeral... My Trial Tender Prey The Good Son Henry's Dream Let Love In Murder Ballads The Boatman's Call No More Shall We Part Nocturama Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Push the Sky Away Skeleton Tree

Live albums	Live Seeds Abattoir Blues Tour Live at the Royal Albert Hall Live from KCRW

Compilations	The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities

Singles	"In the Ghetto" "Tupelo" "The Singer" "The Mercy Seat" "Deanna" "The Ship Song" "The Weeping Song" "Straight to You" "I Had a Dream, Joe" "What a Wonderful World" "Do You Love Me?" "Loverman" "Red Right Hand" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Henry Lee" "Into My Arms" "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For" "As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" "Love Letter" "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" "More News from Nowhere" "Midnight Man" "We No Who U R" "Jubilee Street"

Other songs	"From Her to Eternity" "The Carny"

Cave and Ellis	The Proposition The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Road Lawless West of Memphis

Grinderman	Grinderman Grinderman 2 "Get It On" "No Pussy Blues" "(I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free" "Heathen Child" "Worm Tamer" "Palaces of Montezuma" "Evil" Grinderman discography

Related articles	Discography Bad Seeds members 20,000 Days on Earth One More Time With Feeling And the Ass Saw the Angel The Birthday Party Dirty Three Ghosts… of the Civil Dead Original Seeds Tuff Monks

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