Song · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
“Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
From the album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
“Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2008 and 2026. It was first released in 2008 on the album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!. Its best result is #35 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #314 alternative song of 2008.
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The title track of Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! went out as a Mute single on 18 February 2008, though fans had been able to hear Nick Cave's song on the band's website since Christmas Day 2007, with the video following in early January. Nick Launay, who had produced much of the Bad Seeds' recent work, produced this one too, and he engineered and mixed it.
The band piles in behind Cave's vocal and organ: Mick Harvey on electric guitar, Martyn P. Casey on bass, Warren Ellis on viola, Jim Sclavunos on drums, bongos and cowbell, and Thomas Wydler on snare with brushes. A journal shown at the Nick Cave Exhibition reveals that an earlier draft went somewhere else entirely, following a dead man whose brain was still sparking with activity. The single entered the UK chart at 66.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 90 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2008 | 35 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 638 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2024 | 458 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2026 | 645 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Dig Lazarus Dig.
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