Straight to You

Straight to You is a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appearing on their 1992 album Henry's Dream. It released as a single in 1992 by Mute Records.

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1992	NME	United Kingdom	Singles of the Year^[1]	12
1992	Select		Singles of the Year^[2]	47
2014	NME		500 Greatest Songs of All Time^[3]	218

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Nick Cave.

UK 7" single (MUTE 140)

"Straight to You" – 4:34
"Jack the Ripper" – 2:47

UK CD single (CD MUTE 140)

"Straight to You" – 4:34
"Jack the Ripper" – 3:44
"Blue Bird" – 2:46

Personnel

Adapted from the Straight to You liner notes.^[4]

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Blixa Bargeld – guitar, backing vocals
Martyn P. Casey – bass guitar, backing vocals
Nick Cave – lead vocals, drums, mixing
Mick Harvey – guitar, piano, organ, mixing
Thomas Wydler – percussion

Production and additional personnel

David Briggs – production
Tony Cohen – engineering, mixing
Anton Corbijn – photography, art direction
Chuck Johnson – engineering

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[5]	68
Australian Singles Chart^[6]	96

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1992	Mute	CD, LP	MUTE 140

References

↑ "NME Singles 1992". NME. 1992. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "Select End of Year Lists: 1992 Singles". Select. 1992. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "NME 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". NME. February 8, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ Straight to You (booklet). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. London, United Kingdom: Mute Records. 1992.
↑ "Straight to You/Jack the Ripper". officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
↑ "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Straight to You". australian-charts.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

External links

"Straight to You" at Discogs (list of releases)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Barry Adamson Martyn P. Casey Nick Cave Warren Ellis Conway Savage Jim Sclavunos 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

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" with Shane MacGowan "Do You Love Me?" "Loverman" "Red Right Hand" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" with Kylie Minogue "Henry Lee" with PJ Harvey "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" "Bring It On" "He Wants You" / "Babe I'm On Fire" "Rock of Gibraltar" "Nature Boy" "Breathless" / "There She Goes, My Beautiful World" "Get Ready for Love" "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 White Lunar Lawless West of Memphis

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