Backwater (song) explained

Backwater
Cover:	Meat Puppets - Backwater.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Meat Puppets
Album:	Too High to Die
Released:	1994
Length:	6:03 (2 track version) 12:26 (3 track version) 17:30 (5 track version)
Label:	London Records
Prev Title:	Whirlpool
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	We Don’t Exist
Next Year:	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."^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meat Puppets - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base. 16 April 2017.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 562.