That, I'm told, is from Paradise Lost." In my house he wrote 'his red right hand'. The police are investigating at tremendous cost. The opening song on the album, "Song of Joy," states of a murderer: "It seems he has done many, many more, / quotes John Milton on the walls in the victim's blood. The liner notes for Murder Ballads state that the phrase "red right hand" is from a line in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost that refers to divine vengeance. (Pictured: Wangaratta railway station, 1954). The town described in the song is loosely based on Cave's hometown of Wangaratta. In 2005 Cave guested on his then girlfriend Anita Lane's cover of the song. It has been covered by Arctic Monkeys, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop, Jarvis Cocker and Snoop Dogg, among others.
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It has since become best known for its use in the Scream film series and later as the theme song to the British crime drama series Peaky Blinders, which resulted in the song receiving a re-release single in 2014. The song has become one of Nick Cave's signature songs, being performed at most of his concerts only " The Mercy Seat" has appeared in more of his live sets since 1984. The title comes from John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, in which it refers to the vengeful hand of God. A condensed version was included in the single, while the longer version was included with the album. It was released as a single from their eighth studio album, Let Love In (1994), on 24 October 1994. " Red Right Hand" is a song by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds singles chronology
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