From Out of Nowhere (song)

"From Out of Nowhere"
"Burning Splashes" picture sleeve
Single by Faith No More
from the album The Real Thing
Released	October 30, 1989 (1989-10-30)
Format	CD, cassette, vinyl
Recorded	December 1988, Studio D in Sausalito, California
Genre	Rock[1] hard rock[2] pop metal[3]
Length	3:22
Label	Slash
Writer(s)	Billy Gould Roddy Bottum Mike Patton
Producer(s)	Matt Wallace
Faith No More singles chronology
"Anne's Song" (1988) "From Out of Nowhere" (1990) "Epic" (1990)
The Real Thing track listing "From Out of Nowhere" "Epic" "Falling to Pieces" "Surprise! You're Dead!" "Zombie Eaters" "The Real Thing" "Underwater Love" "The Morning After" "Woodpecker from Mars" "War Pigs" "Edge of the World" Alternative cover "Rising Sun" picture sleeve

"From Out of Nowhere" was the first track off Faith No More's third studio album The Real Thing. It was also the first single to be released off it and to feature Mike Patton on vocals. It was first released on October 30, 1989^[4] but didn't reach the UK singles chart. It was re-released on April 2, 1990, after the success of "Epic" and it reached #23 on the UK singles chart. However, it never became as popular as "Epic", which peaked at #25 in the same charts, despite the former song peaking higher.

The band has been quoted saying regarding the video that "[They] didn't know what [they] were doing".^[5]

Music video

There are two very different versions of this video.^[6] The first version features Mike Patton in camouflage shorts, a black undershirt, and sunglasses. Words come across a few times during the video on the screen. And there are a few shots of exteriors at the beginning and end. In the second version Patton is wearing spandex shorts and a black and blue coat. Billy Gould is using a different bass, and there are many more exterior shots, as well as more words going across the screen. Only a few shots are kept from the first version, being some of the shots of Mike Bordin. This latter version was used on the video releases.^[5][7]

Track lists

UK and European issue

1. "From Out of Nowhere" – 3:23
2. "Cowboy Song" – 5:12
3. "The Grade" – 2:03

Australian issue

1. "From Out of Nowhere" – 3:23
2. "Edge of the World" – 4:10
3. "From Out of Nowhere" (Live at Brixton) – 3:24

UK and European reissue

1. "From Out of Nowhere" (7" Version†) / "From Out Of Nowhere (Extended Remix††)
2. "Woodpecker from Mars" (Live †††)
3. "The Real Thing" (Live †††)
4. "Epic" (Live †††)

† The 7" Version was used on the CD, Cassette and 7" editions of the reissue.^[8] †† The Extended Remix was used on the 12" and 12" picture disc editions of the reissue.^[9] ††† Recorded in Norwich, February 6, 1990. Broadcast by The BBC Radio 1 "Rockshow", March 2, 1990. The profanity is obscured and the songs fade out.

Release history

Uses

• The song was used in the videogames Madden NFL 2005^[10] and NHL 2005.

Covers

• It was covered by German power metal band Helloween in 1998 for their cover album Metal Jukebox, and was featured in the single for their cover of ABBA's "Lay All Your Love On Me".
• Italian power metal band Eldritch presented their version of the song as a bonus track in their album Neighbourhell released in 2006.
• Heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch covered the song that appeared on the Iron Fist Edition and as a bonus track for the UK release of their debut album, The Way of the Fist. This version was later included on the soundtrack to the 2012 superhero film The Avengers.

Charts

Footnotes

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics