Red Right Hand

"Red Right Hand"
Single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
from the album Let Love In
B-side
  • "That's What Jazz Is to Me"
  • "Where the Action Is"
Released24 October 1994 (1994-10-24)
RecordedSeptember – December 1993
Genre
Length6:10 (album version)
4:46 (single edit)
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tony Cohen
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds singles chronology
"Loverman"
(1994)		 "Red Right Hand"
(1994)		 "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
(1995)
Let Love In track listing
  1. "Do You Love Me?"
  2. "Nobody's Baby Now"
  3. "Loverman"
  4. "Jangling Jack"
  5. "Red Right Hand"
  6. "I Let Love In"
  7. "Thirsty Dog"
  8. "Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore"
  9. "Lay Me Low"
  10. "Do You Love Me? Pt 2"

"Red Right Hand" is a song by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released as a single from their eighth studio album, Let Love In (1994), on 24 October 1994 by Mute Records. A condensed version was included in the single, while the longer version was included with the album. The title comes from John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), in which it refers to the vengeful hand of God.

The song has become one of Nick Cave's signature songs, being performed at most of his concerts; only "The Mercy Seat" has appeared in more of his live sets since 1984. It has since become best known for its use in the Scream film series and later as the theme song to the British period crime drama TV series Peaky Blinders, which resulted in the song receiving a re-release single in 2014. It has been covered by ex-partner PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, Iggy Pop, Pete Yorn, Jarvis Cocker and Snoop Dogg, among others.

In 2005, Cave was a guest performer on his former girlfriend Anita Lane's cover of the song.

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