From Out of Nowhere (song)

"From Out of Nowhere"

"Burning Splashes" picture sleeve
Single by Faith No More
from the album The Real Thing
Released August 30, 1989 (1989-08-30)
Format CD, cassette, vinyl
Recorded December 1988, Studio D in Sausalito, California
Genre
Length 3:22
Label Slash
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Matt Wallace
Faith No More singles chronology
"Anne's Song"
(1988)		 "From Out of Nowhere"
(1990)		 "Epic"
(1990)
The Real Thing track listing
  1. "From Out of Nowhere"
  2. "Epic"
  3. "Falling to Pieces"
  4. "Surprise! You're Dead!"
  5. "Zombie Eaters"
  6. "The Real Thing"
  7. "Underwater Love"
  8. "The Morning After"
  9. "Woodpecker from Mars"
  10. "War Pigs"
  11. "Edge of the World"
Alternative cover
"Rising Sun" picture sleeve

"From Out of Nowhere" was the first track off Faith No More's third studio album The Real Thing. It was also the first single to be released off it and to feature Mike Patton on vocals. It was first released on August 30, 1989 but didn't reach the UK singles chart It was re-released on April 2, 1990, after the success of "Epic" and it reached #23 on the UK singles chart. However, it never became as popular as "Epic", which peaked at #25 in the same charts, despite the former song peaking higher.

The band has been quoted saying regarding the video that "[They] didn't know what [they] were doing".[4]

Music video

There are two very different versions of this video.[5] The first version features Mike Patton in camouflage shorts, a black undershirt, and sunglasses. Words come across a few times during the video on the screen. And there are a few shots of exteriors at the beginning and end. In the second version Patton is wearing spandex shorts and a black and blue coat. Billy Gould is using a different bass, and there are many more exterior shots, as well as more words going across the screen. Only a few shots are kept from the first version, being some of the shots of Mike Bordin. This latter version was used on the video releases.[4][6]

Track lists

Burning Splashes
  1. "From Out of Nowhere" – 3:23
  2. "The Cowboy Song" – 5:12
  3. "The Grade" – 2:03
Rising Sun
  1. "From Out of Nowhere" – 3:23
  2. "Edge of the World" – 4:10
  3. "From Out of Nowhere" (Live at Brixton) – 3:24
Reissue
  1. "From Out of Nowhere" (Extended Remix)
  2. "Woodpecker from Mars" (Live †)
  3. "The Real Thing" (Live †)
  4. "Epic" (Live †)

† Recorded in Norwich, February 6, 1990. Broadcast by The BBC Radio 1 "Rockshow", March 2, 1990. The profanity is obscured and the songs fade out.

Release history

Country Date Version
United Kingdom August 30, 1989 Original
Japan September 30, 1990
Europe May 2, 1990 Reissue

Uses

Covers

Chart performance

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hopkins, Ben (February 7, 2014). "Faith No More: The Complete Guide". Clash. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ Lowell, Travis (20 June 2001). "Faith No More: The Real Thing Review". Toxic Universe. Archived from the original on February 22, 2006. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  3. ↑ Shepherd, Sam (June 1, 2009). "Faith No More – The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection". musicOMH. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. 1 2 The first version of the video on YouTube, retrieved on March 24, 2011
  5. ↑ Q15 on the FNM.com website, retrieved on March 24, 2011
  6. ↑ The second version of the video, retrieved on February 14, 2008
  7. ↑ "Madden NFL 2005: Soundtrack Revealed - Xbox". News.teamxbox.com. 2004-07-01. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  8. ↑ everyhit.co.uk, an archive containing all UK top 40 charts, retrieved on February 14, 2008
  9. ↑ chartstats.com, page on FNM, retrieved on February 14, 2008
  10. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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