"Backwater"
Single by Meat Puppets
from the album Too High to Die
Released1994
Genre
Length6:03 (2 track version)
12:26 (3 track version)
17:30 (5 track version)
LabelLondon Records
Songwriter(s)Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets singles chronology
"Whirlpool"
(1991)		 "Backwater"
(1994)		 "We Don’t Exist"
(1994)

"Backwater" is a song recorded by the Meat Puppets. It was released as the first single from the group's album Too High to Die. The single was released in three versions: one promo CDS and two singles. It is the Meat Puppets' most successful single. The highest position in the US was No. 47 in Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, No. 11 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 31 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. The 3 track single features a cover of the Feederz. They Might Be Giants sing back-up vocals on "White Sport Coat."[4]

Track listing

(All songs by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted)

2 track single track listing
  1. "Backwater" – 3:39
  2. "Station" (Cris Kirkwood) – 2:20
3 track promo single track listing
  1. "Backwater" – 3:39
  2. "Lake of Fire" (1994 re-recorded version) - 3:13
  3. "Fuck You" (Feederz cover) – 5:31
5 track single track listing
  1. "Backwater" – 3:39
  2. "Open Wide" – 3:13
  3. "Animal" – 4:33
  4. "Up on the Sun" (1994 re-recorded version) – 3:49
  5. "White Sport Coat" (Marty Robbins cover) – 2:12

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 47

References

  1. ↑ Danaher, Michael (August 4, 2014). "The 50 Best Grunge Songs". Paste. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The 100 Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 1994". SPIN. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ Dolan, Jon (19 March 2019). "Review: Meat Puppets Remain Easygoing Psychedelic Country-Punk Gods on 'Dusty Notes'". Rolling Stone.
  4. ↑ "Meat Puppets - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base". Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 562.


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