Last Cup of Sorrow

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“Last Cup of Sorrow”
“Last Cup of Sorrow” cover
Single by Faith No More
from the album Album of the Year
Released August 5, 1997
Format CD single,
Vinyl
Recorded Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre Alternative Metal
Length 4:12
Label Slash Records
Writer(s) Mike Patton
Billy Gould
Producer Roli Mosimann
Billy Gould
Faith No More singles chronology
"Ashes to Ashes"
(1997)		 "Last Cup of Sorrow"
(1997)		 "Stripsearch"
(1997)
Album of the Year track listing
"Stripsearch"
(Track 2)		 "Last Cup of Sorrow"
(Track 3)		 "Naked in Front of the Computer"
(Track 4)

"Last Cup of Sorrow" is the third track from Faith No More's sixth and final studio album Album of the Year. It was released as a single on August 5, 1997. It placed No. 14 on Mainstream Rock Tracks, No.62 on Australia Top 50, and No. 51 on UK Top 100.

When asked about the song, Billy Gould replied:

“ Mike can do a lot of wild things with his voice, for one. But, yeah, he sang through an old Telefunken tube mic and we compressed the living shit out of it. „

—Billy Gould[1]

Contents

[edit] Music Video

Its video is based on Hitchcock's Vertigo.[2] It features the lead singer, Mike Patton dressed in the same outfit as James Stewart's character, trailing a blonde played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, respectively dressed the same as Vertigo 's female lead Madeleine. Many scenes are recreated from the film, such as the opening rooftop sequence, Madeleine's plunge into San Francisco bay, Mike Patton moving up and down a stepladder, the belltower sequence complete with the famous Hitchcock Zoom and the psychedelic dream sequence. The emphasis is mainly on parody, key moments including drummer Puffy Bordin sweeping Mike Patton's head in the dream sequence with a broom (presumedly a reference to Vertigo's scene where Midge is describing to Scottie that music can clear the cobwebs out of your head like a broom), bassist Billy Gould cross dressing, Judy Barton being a black wigged sado-masochist, and Leigh fainting when she sees a shadowy figure in the tower, which ends up being drummer Puffy Bordin, who by the end of the video starts casually eating a bagel.

[edit] Track lists

"Blue Vertigo" cover

  1. "Last Cup of Sorrow" (7" Edit) – 3:15
  2. "Pristina (Billy Gould Mix)" – 4:18
  3. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Roli Mosimann Mix)" – 6:26
  4. "Ashes to Ashes (Dillinja Mix)" – 5:30

"Orange Vertigo" cover

  1. "Last Cup of Sorrow" – 4:12
  2. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Bonehead Mix)" – 4:54
  3. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Main Mix)" – 4:41
  4. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Crazy Mix)" – 4:41

Japanese track listing

  1. "Last Cup of Sorrow" (7" Edit) – 3:15
  2. "Pristina (Billy Gould Mix)" – 4:18
  3. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Roli Mosimann Mix)" – 6:26
  4. "Ashes to Ashes (Dillinja Mix)" – 5:30
  5. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Bonehead Mix)" – 4:54
  6. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Main Mix)" – 4:41
  7. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Crazy Mix)" – 4:41

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak[3]
Mainstream Rock[4] 14
UK Singles 51
ARIA Charts 66
RIANZ Charts 32

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ [1], "Faith No More - The Making of Album of the Year" (Keyboard Magazine, September 1997)
  2. ^ Q48 on the FNM website
  3. ^ See the Discography
  4. ^ billboard.com FNM US chart history
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