Digging the Grave


"Digging the Grave" is a song by Faith No More, released as the first single from their fifth studio album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, in 1995. Like the rest of the singles released from the album, it failed to chart in the US. However, the song became the band's fourth-highest charting single in the United Kingdom.

Release

The song was released as a single on February 28, 1995, before the release of King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. That March, the band appeared on the British television program Top of the Pops to promote the single, later performing it on MTV Europe, Canal+'s Nulle Part Ailleurs and The Jon Stewart Show. The single reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 12 on the Australian ARIA Charts; becoming the 91st most-played song on Australian radio that year. The song was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head and the soundtrack of the 1996 Italian film Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo. In addition, "Digging the Grave" along with fellow King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime track "Ugly in the Morning" both appeared in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode "Being Frank".
A video for the song was recorded, directed by Marcus Raboy, who was credited as Alan Smithee. The video featured Dean Menta on guitar, even though Trey Spruance played on the actual recording; Roddy Bottum, the band's keyboard player, also appears as a guitarist. The video was later included on the collection .

Covers

Blue vinyl 12" single
  1. "Digging the Grave"
  2. "Ugly in the Morning"
  3. "Absolute Zero"
  4. "Get Out"
Standard edition/promo 12"
  1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
  2. "Ugly in the Morning" – 3:09
  3. "Absolute Zero" – 4:09
  4. "Cuckoo for Caca" – 3:43
Limited edition
  1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
  2. "I Started a Joke" – 3:00
  3. "Greenfields" – 3:46
Limited Australian edition
  1. "Digging the Grave" – 3:05
  2. "Ugly in the Morning" – 3:09
  3. "Absolute Zero" – 4:09
  4. "I Started a Joke" – 3:00
  5. "Greenfields" – 3:46

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