"Bed of Roses" is a song by the American

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group Screaming Trees. It is the first single released in support of their fifth album, '' Uncle Anesthesia''. The song made number thirty-two on John Sellers' "The 100 Most Underrated Indie Rock Songs" list.

Formats and track listing

All songs written by

Gary Lee Conner Gary Lee Conner (born Lee Gary Conner, August 22, 1962) is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist and primary songwriter for Screaming Trees. Career Originally from Ellensburg, Washington, Conner formed the band Explosive Gene ...

, Van Conner and

Mark Lanegan Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and poet. First becoming prominent as the lead singer for the early grunge band Screaming Trees, he was also known as a member of Queens of the St ...

. ;US CD single (ESK 2296) #"Bed of Roses" – 3:35

Charts

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Bed of Roses'' liner notes. ;Screaming Trees *

– electric guitar, backing vocals * Van Conner – bass guitar, backing vocals *

–

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* Mark Pickerel –

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, percussion ;Production and additional personnel * Chris Cornell – production * Terry Date – production, engineering, percussion *

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– mastering * Screaming Trees – production

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bed of Roses 1990 songs 1991 singles Screaming Trees songs Song recordings produced by Chris Cornell Song recordings produced by Terry Date Songs written by Gary Lee Conner Songs written by Van Conner Songs written by Mark Lanegan Epic Records singles