From out of Nowhere

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“From out of Nowhere”
“From out of Nowhere” cover
"Burning Splashes" picture sleeve
Single by Faith No More
from the album The Real Thing
Released Original:
Flag of the United Kingdom August 30, 1989 (1989-08-30)
Flag of Australia September 30, 1990

Reissue:
Flag of Europe May 2, 1990
Format CD
Cassette
Vinyl
Recorded December 1988
Studio D in Sausalito, California
Genre Alternative metal
Funk metal
Length 3:22
Label Slash
Writer(s) Music:
Billy Gould
Roddy Bottum

Lyrics:
Mike Patton
Producer Matt Wallace
Faith No More singles chronology
"Anne's Song"
(1988)		 "From out of Nowhere"
(1990)		 "Epic"
(1991)
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"
Alternate cover
"Rising Sun" picture sleeve
"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 and reached #23 on the UK singles chart. However, it never became as popular as "Epic", which peaked at #25 in the same charts. The band has been quoted saying regarding the video that "[They] didn't know what we were doing".[1]

Contents

[edit] Music video

The music video was purposely tongue-in-cheek. It seems to be a subtle parody of glam metal bands at the time.

There are two very different versions of this video.[2] When you play both versions next to each other you will find that some shots are different. Some of the videos found on the internet are the 'second version' videos.

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.[1][3]

[edit] Track lists

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
Burning Splashes
  1. "From out of Nowhere" – 3:23
  2. "The Cowboy Song" – 5:12
  3. "The Grade" – 2:03
Reissue
  1. "From out of Nowhere" (Extended Remix)
  2. "Woodpecker from Mars" (Live †)
  3. "The Real Thing" (Live †)
  4. "Epic" (Live †)

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

[edit] Uses

[edit] Covers

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b The first version of the video, retrieved on February 14, 2008
  2. ^ Q15 on the FNM.com website, retrieved on February 14, 2008
  3. ^ The second version of the video, retrieved on February 14, 2008
  4. ^ everyhit.co.uk, an archive containing all UK top 40 charts, retrieved on February 14, 2008
  5. ^ chartstats.com, page on FNM, retrieved on February 14, 2008
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