Flower (Sonic Youth song)
| "Flower" | ||||
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| Single by Sonic Youth | ||||
| B-side | "Satan Is Boring" (original 12"), "Halloween" (second 12"), "Rewolf (Special Natas Mix)" (7") | |||
| Released | 1985 (original 12"), January 1986 (7", second 12") | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | No wave, noise rock | |||
| Length | 5:11 | |||
| Label | Blast First (UK), Homestead (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Bert, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo | |||
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"Flower" is a song by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was originally released as a 12" single (listed as "Flower (Use the Word)") in 1985 by UK record label Blast First, with "Satan Is Boring" as the B-side. This version was quickly withdrawn at the band's request. In January 1986, Blast First and the band's American label, Homestead Records, both released "Flower" as a 12" backed by "Halloween"; the first run of the UK edition was on yellow/orange vinyl. Blast First also issued the song as a 7" single in edited form, retitled "Flower (Anti-Fuckword Radio Edit)", with a backwards version, "Rewolf (Special Natas Mix)", on the flipside.
"Flower", "Halloween" and "Satan Is Boring" were all later included on the Geffen Records CD reissue of Sonic Youth's 1985 album Bad Moon Rising.