{"id":7530,"date":"2026-04-23T19:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:26:43","slug":"by-order-of-the-peaky-fn-blinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7530","title":{"rendered":"By order of the Peaky Fn Blinders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My cover of Red Right Hand, the Nick Cave song made famous by Peaky Blinders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/all-songs\/mp3\/Red_Right_Hand.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RRH-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RRH-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RRH-900x900.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RRH-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RRH-640x640.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RRH-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Red Right Hand<\/strong>&#8221; is a song by the Australian&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rock<\/a>&nbsp;band&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds<\/a>. It was released as a single from their eighth studio album&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Let_Love_In_(Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds_album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let Love In<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(1994) on 24 October 1994 by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mute_Records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mute Records<\/a>. An edited version was included on the single, while the longer version was included on the album. The title comes from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Milton<\/a>&#8216;s epic poem&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paradise_Lost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradise Lost<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(1667), in which it refers to the vengeful hand of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song has become one of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Cave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Cave<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_signature_songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signature songs<\/a>, being performed at most of his concerts; only &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mercy_Seat_(song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mercy Seat<\/a>&#8221; has appeared in more of his live sets since 1984.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It has since become best known for its use in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_(franchise)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Scream<\/em>&nbsp;film series<\/a>&nbsp;and later as the theme song to the British period crime drama TV series&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peaky Blinders<\/a><\/em>, which resulted in the song receiving a re-release single in 2014. It has been covered by ex-partner&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PJ_Harvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PJ Harvey<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arctic_Monkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iggy_Pop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iggy Pop<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pete_Yorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Yorn<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jarvis_Cocker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jarvis Cocker<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snoop_Dogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snoop Dogg<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2005, Cave was a guest performer on his former girlfriend&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anita_Lane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anita Lane<\/a>&#8216;s cover of the song.<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Background\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Wangaratta_rail_yards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/75\/Wangaratta_rail_yards.jpg\/250px-Wangaratta_rail_yards.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The town described in the song is loosely based on Cave&#8217;s hometown of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wangaratta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wangaratta<\/a>. (Pictured:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wangaratta_railway_station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wangaratta railway station<\/a>, 1954).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The liner notes for&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_Ballads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Murder Ballads<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;state that the phrase &#8220;red right hand&#8221; is from a line in John Milton&#8217;s epic poem&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paradise_Lost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradise Lost<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;that refers to divine vengeance. The opening song on the album, &#8220;Song of Joy,&#8221; states of a murderer: &#8220;It seems he has done many, many more, \/ quotes John Milton on the walls in the victim&#8217;s blood. \/ The police are investigating at tremendous cost. \/ In my house he wrote &#8216;his red right hand&#8217;. \/ That, I&#8217;m told, is from&nbsp;<em>Paradise Lost<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aforementioned appearance in&nbsp;<em>Paradise Lost<\/em>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Paradise_Lost_(1674)\/Book_II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book II, 170-174<\/a>) is: &#8220;What if the breath that kindled those grim fires, \/ Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage, \/ And plunge us in the flames; or from above \/ Should intermitted vengeance arm again \/ His red right hand to plague us?&#8221; The term itself appears to be Milton&#8217;s translation of the term &#8220;rubente dextera&#8221; in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horace<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carminum_liber_primus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ode I<\/a>.2,2-3<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-writer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mick_Harvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mick Harvey<\/a>&nbsp;recalled that the song originated during the songwriting process for the band&#8217;s 1994 album&nbsp;<em>Let Love In<\/em>. The lyrics describe &#8220;a shadowy, alluring, and manipulative figure, stalking the land and striking a combination of fear and awe everywhere he goes&#8221; who is &#8220;seemingly part deity, part demon&#8221;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;While writing the lyrics, Cave &#8220;filled an entire notebook&#8221; with descriptions of the town the song is set in, &#8220;including maps and sketches of prominent buildings, virtually none of which made it into the lyrics.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Cave later said that the town and landscape depicted in the song is a &#8220;reconstructed&#8221; version of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wangaratta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wangaratta<\/a>, his hometown. Biographer Mark Mordue notes that it is &#8220;still somewhere real enough for those lyrics to serve as a map that could guide you from one point to another with an eerie familiarity.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2004, researcher Kim Beissel claimed that &#8220;Red Right Hand&#8221; was loosely based on the 1987&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Waits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Waits<\/a>&nbsp;song &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Way_Down_in_the_Hole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Way Down in the Hole<\/a>&#8220;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Critical_reception\">Critical reception<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Red Right Hand&#8221; is widely regarded as one of Cave&#8217;s best songs. In 2020,&nbsp;<em>Far Out<\/em>&nbsp;ranked the song number five on their list of the 20 greatest Nick Cave songs,<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[10]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;and in 2023,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mojo_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojo<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;ranked the song number six on their list of the 30 greatest Nick Cave songs.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[11]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;In 2025, the song ranked 98 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triple_J_Hottest_100_of_Australian_Songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Music_video\">Music video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The accompanying music video for &#8220;Red Right Hand&#8221; was directed by American director&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_Dylan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Dylan<\/a>&nbsp;and produced by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liz_Friedlander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Friedlander<\/a>&nbsp;for DNA. It was released on 17 October 1994 and features the band playing creepy house guests with a destructive bent.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Film_and_television\">Film and television<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Advertising\">Advertising<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The song was used in the South Australian Tourism Board&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barossa_Valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barossa Valley<\/a>\u00a0television commercial campaign,\u00a0<em>Barossa, Be Consumed,<\/em>\u00a0directed by Jeffrey Darling.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The song was used by New York design firm GrandArmy in a promotional clip for the Mexican tequila company El Jimador.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Films_and_soundtracks\">Films and soundtracks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dumb_and_Dumber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dumb and Dumber<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1994 film)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Songs_in_the_Key_of_X:_Music_from_and_Inspired_by_the_X-Files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1996)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_(1996_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scream<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1996 film)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Box_of_Moonlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Box of Moonlight<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1996)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hellboy_(2004_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hellboy<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2004), the song appears on the soundtrack in a cover version by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pete_Yorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Yorn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cirque_du_Freak:_The_Vampire%27s_Assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cirque du Freak: The Vampire&#8217;s Assistant<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Irish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Jack Irish: Bad Debts<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peaky Blinders<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2013\u20132022), title track of the show \u2013 the album version and several cover versions have been played<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wentworth_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wentworth<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2019\u20132021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lost_City_(2022_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lost City<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dexter:_Resurrection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dexter: Resurrection<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Scream_franchise\"><em>Scream<\/em>&nbsp;franchise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The song was used in the first three films in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_(franchise)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Scream<\/em>\u00a0franchise<\/a>, as well as in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_(2022_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifth<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_VI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sixth<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seventh<\/a>\u00a0installments of the series.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scream 4<\/a><\/em>\u00a0stands as the only film in the franchise not to feature the song. The original version appeared on the soundtrack album for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_(1996_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first film in 1996<\/a>, while a remixed version by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DJ_Spooky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ Spooky<\/a>\u00a0appears on the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scream 2<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1997) album.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nick Cave recorded another version, sometimes referred to as &#8220;Red Right Hand 2&#8221;, for\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scream_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scream 3<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2000) and released it on his 3CD compilation album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B-Sides_%26_Rarities_(Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds_album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B-Sides &amp; Rarities<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2005).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Television\">Television<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The song was used in the 1994\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_X-Files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The X-Files<\/a><\/em>\u00a0episode &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ascension_(The_X-Files)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ascension<\/a>&#8220;, playing during Duane Barry&#8217;s car ride, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dana_Scully\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dana Scully<\/a>\u00a0in the trunk. In the liner notes for the compilation album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Songs_in_the_Key_of_X:_Music_from_and_Inspired_by_the_X-Files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1996)\u00a0<em>The X-Files<\/em>\u00a0producer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Carter_(screenwriter)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Carter<\/a>\u00a0explained that the song was the direct inspiration for the anthology.<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was used as the main theme for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>\u00a0television show\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peaky Blinders<\/a><\/em>. A version by popular English rock band\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arctic_Monkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a>\u00a0appeared in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)#Series_2_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode 3 of series 2<\/a>, a version by US\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punk_rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garage_rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garage rock<\/a>\u00a0band\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidlar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fidlar<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)#Series_4_(2017)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opening episode of series 4<\/a>, and a cover by British folk singer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laura_Marling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Marling<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)#Series_4_(2017)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">season 4 finale<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The song was the main theme song for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ABC_TV_(Australian_TV_channel)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>\u00a0television program\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Irish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Irish<\/a><\/em>, starring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guy_Pearce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guy Pearce<\/a>.<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The song was used in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_TV%2B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple TV+<\/a>\u00a0television sports comedy-drama show\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Lasso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Lasso<\/a><\/em>\u00a0episode\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Break_(Ted_Lasso)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;International Break&#8221;<\/a>.<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The song was used in the first episode of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dexter:_Resurrection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dexter: Resurrection<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Covers\">Covers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/England\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a>\u00a0indie rock band\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arctic_Monkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a>\u00a0performed a cover version of &#8220;Red Right Hand&#8221; during their tour of Australia in early 2009, their performance in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reading_and_Leeds_Festivals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading and Leeds Festival<\/a>\u00a0in August 2009, as well as in their North American tour in December 2009. A recorded version of the song appears on the Japanese version of their third studio album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humbug_(album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humbug<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2009) and as a B-side on the single &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crying_Lightning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crying Lightning<\/a>&#8221; (2009).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-NME-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[17]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canadian singer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nell_Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nell Smith<\/a>\u00a0and American band\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Flaming_Lips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Flaming Lips<\/a>\u00a0covered the song on their album\u00a0<em>Where the Viaduct Looms<\/em>\u00a0(2021).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giant_Sand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giant Sand<\/a>\u00a0covered the song on their album\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cover_Magazine_(album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cover Magazine<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2002).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various artists have covered the track for the television series\u00a0<em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Calvi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Calvi<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PJ_Harvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PJ Harvey<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laura_Marling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Marling<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patti_Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patti Smith<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iggy_Pop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iggy Pop<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jarvis_Cocker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jarvis Cocker<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snoop_Dogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snoop Dogg<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-NME-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[17]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Track_listing\">Track listing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Euro three-track CD single<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Red Right Hand&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;That&#8217;s What Jazz Is to Me&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Where the Action Is&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Personnel\">Personnel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Cave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Cave<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 vocals;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organ_(music)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organ<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oscillation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oscillator<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blixa_Bargeld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blixa Bargeld<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 guitar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martyn_P._Casey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martyn P. Casey<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 bass guitar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mick_Harvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mick Harvey<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 guitar; bells;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaker_(musical_instrument)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shaker<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Wydler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Wydler<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 drums;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timpani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">timpani<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wooden_fish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temple block<\/a>\u00a0(fish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Charts\">Charts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chart (1994)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Peak<br>position<\/th><\/tr><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Australia (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARIA_Charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARIA<\/a>)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-ARIA_Chart-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/th><td>124<\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UK_Independent_Singles_and_Albums_Charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Indie<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Official_Charts_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OCC<\/a>)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/th><td>16<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chart (2022)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Peak<br>position<\/th><\/tr><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Hungary (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Single Top 40<\/a>)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Right_Hand#cite_note-sc_Hungarysingle_-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[22]<\/a><\/sup><\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<script>\nvar zbPregResult = '0';\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My cover of Red Right Hand, the Nick Cave song made famous by Peaky Blinders. &#8220;Red Right Hand&#8221; is a song by the Australian&nbsp;rock&nbsp;band&nbsp;Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released as a single from their eighth studio album&nbsp;Let Love In&nbsp;(1994) on 24 October 1994 by&nbsp;Mute Records. 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