Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue cd

Where the Wild Roses Grow is a duet by AustralianrockbandNick Cave and the Bad SeedsandpopsingerKylie Minogue. It is the fifth song and lead single from the band's ninth studio album,Murder Ballads(1996), released onMute Records. It was written by the band's frontmanNick Caveand produced byTony CohenandVictor Van VugtCave described writing the song:

Where The Wild Roses Grow was written very much with Kylie in mind. I'd wanted to write a song for Kylie for many years. I had a quiet obsession with her for about six years. I wrote several songs for her, none of which I felt was appropriate to give her. It was only when I wrote this song, which is a dialogue between a killer and his victim, that I thought finally I'd written the right song for Kylie to sing. I sent the song to her and she replied the next day.''Nick Cave,quoted inMolly Meldrum presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia(2007)