"Mountain Song" is a song by

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and the second single from their 1988 album ''

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''. "Mountain Song" was the first song written by the band in 1985, before a band name had even been decided upon. The song was initially recorded in 1986 and featured on the soundtrack to the film '' Dudes'', starring

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. This version can also be found as a track on the 1997 alternate & live cut compilation album ''

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''. "Mountain Song" was re-recorded in 1988 for ''Nothing's Shocking''. The single, first released in December 1988, features only the ''Nothing's Shocking'' version and not the 1986 original. The b-side "Standing in the Shower... Thinking" is also taken from ''Nothing's Shocking''. The single was re-released on April 18, 2009, to help promote the Jane's Addiction box set '' A Cabinet of Curiosities'', released the same month. The packaging was generally the same but contained several inserts promoting the box set and the band's albums. "Mountain Song" was named the 71st best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

Music videos

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s for this song. The second video, directed by Perry FarrellEnd credits of the ''Soul Kiss'' VHS. with live footage directed by Modi Frank, exists in three different versions: the original, the original censored for MTV, and Modi Frank's director's cut. Footage for this video was shot at the

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on August 19, 1988. Banned from MTV because of nudity, a censored version which puts black bars and shapes over Perry Farrell and Casey Niccoli's genitals was created and MTV agreed to air it on ''

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''. As a means to make the official, unedited version available to fans, Jane's Addiction released the "videomentary" ''Soul Kiss'' on

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1989. In addition to the "Mountain Song" video, the VHS also features footage of the band performing comedic sketches and footage of the band performing a song called "City" which would not appear on an album until the ''Kettle Whistle'' compilation in 1997.

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of the band

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can be briefly seen in the video. The first video for the song was created without the band's knowledge, involvement or input by Andrew Doucette in September 1988 from existing performance footage provided to him by Warner Bros. Records. As the band disliked it, it was shelved and the second video was made. The first video also features some of the footage shot at the Scream. It is this video that was primarily shown in Europe and Australia. Excerpts of the video were included in an episode of ''

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''.

Track listing

In other media

*It was briefly used in a Coors commercial before Farrell, led by fan backlash, had it recalled. *It is featured in the movies '' Dudes'' and ''Ken Block's Gymkhana Seven: Wild in the Streets of Los Angeles'', the video games '' Rock Band 2'', ''

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'', and '' Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure'' as well as a

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on their album '' Revolusongs'' and by

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on their album ''Bright Flashes''.

References

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