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Cactus

1988 · via Pixies

Pixies’ 1988 recording of “Cactus” is the earliest release on file. Black Francis of Pixies is credited as its writer. Also recorded by David Bowie (released 1999), The Swell Season (released 2008) and Black Francis (released 2008), among 140 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Surfer Rosa (1988).

Pixies – Cactus
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Pixies put "Cactus" on tape first, and about a decade later David Bowie recorded it himself. Play the two back to back and you can hear one band's song become another man's.

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Credited writer: Black Francis.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1988.

On the album Surfer Rosa (1988).

Other recordings on file · first release year

140 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Black Francis wrote "Cactus" and Pixies recorded it first. Which artist recorded his own take on it in 1999, long before Foo Fighters got to it?David Bowie
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