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Evidence (Faith No More song)

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Released
  
May 8, 1995

Length
  
4:53

Genre
  
Soul funk R&B jazz

Label
  
Slash

Recorded
  
Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York

Writer(s)
  
Billy Gould Mike Bordin Trey Spruance Mike Patton

"Evidence" is a song by Faith No More, released as the third and final single from their fifth studio album, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. Like the other releases from the album, it failed to chart in the US; however, the song had moderate success in the UK and Australia. The song is heavily jazz-influenced and vocals were also recorded in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish—the latter of which was included on the album as a bonus track. In concerts, singer Mike Patton typically performs the lyrics according to the country in which the show is taking place.

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Release

"Evidence" was the third single released from King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime—and with the eventual cancellation of planned releases for "Take This Bottle" and "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies", would be the album's last single, It was released on 8 May 1995, and in the UK on 17 July that year. The band made an appearance the previous April on the Australian variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday to perform the song, which eventually peaked at number 32 in the UK and number 27 in Australia; becoming the 29th most-played song on Australian radio that year. A video was made for the song, directed by Walter A. Stern.

Track lists

Orange Drooker
  1. "Evidence" – 4:53
  2. "King for a Day" – 6:36
  3. "I Wanna Fuck Myself" (GG Allin) – 2:54
  4. "Spanish Eyes" (Kaempfert/Singleton/Snyder) – 2:59
Pale Blue Drooker

Free "Live Poster"

  1. "Evidence" – 4:53
  2. "Midlife Crisis" (Live) * – 3:26
  3. "Epic" (Live) * – 4:49
  4. "We Care a Lot" (Live) * – 4:05
Negative of Screaming Woman

Artwork taken from scenes of the "Evidence" video.

  1. "Evidence" – 3:56
  2. "Das Schutzenfest" – 3:03
  3. Interview
Screaming Woman

Free poster of "Screaming Woman"

  1. "Evidence"
  2. "Easy" (Live)
  3. "Digging The Grave" (Live) §
  4. "From out of Nowhere" (Live) §

*Live at The Forum, London, March 13, 1995
The interview is shorter version of the EVANS 9 promotional CD version
Live from San Francisco, California, United States, April 24, 1995
§Live at The Palladium, Los Angeles, California, United States, April 27, 1995

Personnel

  • Mike Patton – vocals
  • Billy Gould – bass
  • Mike Bordin – drums
  • Roddy Bottum – keyboard
  • Dean Menta – guitars (all tracks except "Evidence" and "King for a Day")
  • Trey Spruance – guitars on "Evidence and "King for a Day"
  • Eric Drooker – illustrations
  • References

    Evidence (Faith No More song) Wikipedia