Overview
"Heathen Child" is the fourth single by alternative rock group Grinderman and first from their second studio album, Grinderman 2. Released on 6 September 2010, the song is the first release from Grinderman in three years and is also the band's first limited edition double a-side single.
Background and production
Singer Nick Cave spoke of the song with Uncut magazine, mentioning that "Heathen Child" was "a quest to break from narrative song-writing in to something more impressionistic."
On 27 July 2010 the final studio version of the song was previewed on music website Soundcloud by Mute Records.
Critical reception
The song was described on Sonic Masala as "squalid, diseased, filthy, and oh so seductive."
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