Evidence (Faith No More song)

"Evidence"
The "Orange Drooker" cover
Single by Faith No More
from the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
Released	May 8, 1995
Recorded	Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre	Soul[1] funk[2] R&B[3] jazz[4]
Length	4:53
Label	Slash
Writer(s)	Billy Gould Mike Bordin Trey Spruance Mike Patton
Producer(s)	Andy Wallace Faith No More
Faith No More singles chronology
"Ricochet" (1995) "Evidence" (1995) "Ashes to Ashes" (1997)
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime track listing "Ricochet" (2) "Evidence" (3) "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" (4) Alternative cover The "Pale Blue Drooker" cover "Screaming Woman" covers The "Negative of Screaming Woman" cover The "Screaming Woman" cover

"Evidence" is a song by Faith No More, released as the third and final single from their fifth studio album, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. Like the other releases from the album, it failed to chart in the US; however, the song had moderate success in the UK and Australia. The song is heavily jazz-influenced and vocals were also recorded in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish—the latter of which was included on the album as a bonus track.^[5] In concerts, singer Mike Patton typically performs the lyrics according to the country in which the show is taking place.^[6][7][8]

Release

"Evidence" was the third single released from King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime—and with the eventual cancellation of planned releases for "Take This Bottle" and "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies", would be the album's last single, It was released on 8 May 1995, and in the UK on 17 July that year. The band made an appearance the previous April on the Australian variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday to perform the song,^[9] which eventually peaked at number 32 in the UK^[10] and number 27 in Australia;^[11] becoming the 29th most-played song on Australian radio that year.^[12] A video was made for the song, directed by Walter A. Stern.^[13]

Track lists

Orange Drooker

1. "Evidence" – 4:53
2. "King for a Day" – 6:36
3. "I Wanna Fuck Myself" (GG Allin) – 2:54
4. "Spanish Eyes" (Kaempfert/Singleton/Snyder) – 2:59

Pale Blue Drooker

Free "Live Poster"

1. "Evidence" – 4:53
2. "Midlife Crisis" (Live) ^* – 3:26
3. "Epic" (Live) ^* – 4:49
4. "We Care a Lot" (Live) ^* – 4:05

Negative of Screaming Woman

Artwork taken from scenes of the "Evidence" video.

1. "Evidence" – 3:56
2. "Das Schutzenfest" – 3:03
3. Interview^†

Screaming Woman

Free poster of "Screaming Woman"

1. "Evidence"
2. "Easy" (Live) ^‡
3. "Digging The Grave" (Live) ^§
4. "From out of Nowhere" (Live) ^§

*Live at The Forum, London, March 13, 1995
†The interview is shorter version of the EVANS 9 promotional CD version
‡Live from San Francisco, California, United States, April 24, 1995
§Live at The Palladium, Los Angeles, California, United States, April 27, 1995

Personnel

• Mike Patton – vocals
• Billy Gould – bass
• Mike Bordin – drums
• Roddy Bottum – keyboard
• Dean Menta – guitars (all tracks except "Evidence" and "King for a Day")
• Trey Spruance – guitars on "Evidence and "King for a Day"
• Eric Drooker – illustrations

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[14]	27
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[15]	5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16]	42
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[17]	38
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18]	32

References

1. Hopkins, Ben (February 7, 2014). "Faith No More: The Complete Guide". Clash. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
2. Prato, Greg. "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime – Faith No More". Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
3. Allen, Jeremy (September 10, 2014). "Faith No More: 10 of the best". The Guardian. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
4. "Music review: Faith No More, O2 Academy, Glasgow". The Herald. June 15, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
5. fnm.com Discography
6. "Evidence with Spanish lyrics, performed in Chile". YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
7. "Evidence with Italian lyrics, performed in Italy". YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
8. "Evidence with Portuguese lyrics, performed in Brazil". YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
9. Stefan Negele. "Faith No More TV Appearances". Retrieved 24 March 2011.
10. "everyHit.com UK Top 40 chart archive". Retrieved 23 March 2011. NB: Direct linking to search results is unavailable, please search for artist "Faith No More" for results
11. "australian-charts.com - Discography Faith No More". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
12. "1995 | history | triple j hottest 100 - 2008 | triple j". ABC. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
13. Alex S. Garda (ed.). "mvdbase.com - Faith No more Videography". Retrieved 26 March 2011.
14. "Australian-charts.com – Faith No More – Evidence". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
15. Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin: levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. Otava Publishing Company Ltd, 2003. ISBN 951-1-21053-X
16. "Dutchcharts.nl – Faith No More – Evidence" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
17. "Charts.org.nz – Faith No More – Evidence". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
18. "Faith No More: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 26, 2016.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics