Loverman


"Loverman" is the second single from the album Let Love In (Nick Cave and [the Bad Seeds album)|Let Love In] by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The song was also performed by American heavy metal band Metallica on their 1998 cover album Garage Inc. and Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on his 2003 solo album Counterfeit².

Details

Cave said, "'Loverman' was a song we almost didn't do because it seemed like a very weak idea at the time of recording. It was supposed to be just a throwaway song about desire. I was squirming about how banal it was. I changed the whole atmosphere, so the guy who's the telling the story is weak and dysfunctional. I put in the bits where I spell out loverman. It was a great surprise to everyone."

Track listing

CD / 12"

  1. "Loverman" – 4:55
  2. "B Side" – 19:20
The back cover states: "'B Side' is a selection of largely improvised, ad-libbed pieces of music recorded direct to DAT by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds over the last couple of years."

7"

  1. "Loverman" – 4:55
  2. " Till the End of the World" – 4:40
The B-side to the 7" single is taken from the soundtrack to the Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World. The German film director Uli M Schueppel made a documentary film, The Song, about the recording of " Till the End of the World".