Goodbye Horses

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{{Infobox song

| name = Goodbye Horses

| cover = GoodbyeHorsesSingleCover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Q Lazzarus

| album =

| B-side = "White Lines"

| released = 1988
June 17, 1991{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Q%2E+Lazzarus&titel=Goodbye+Horses&cat=s|title=Q Lazzarus}}

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| genre = * Synth-pop

| length = {{ubl|6:28|3:07 (single edit)|4:20 (7" version)}}

| label = Mon Amie (US)
All Nations (UK)

| writer = William Garvey

| producer = William Garvey

}}

"Goodbye Horses" is a song recorded by American singer Q Lazzarus. It was written by Q Lazzarus's bandmate, William Garvey, and released in 1988, with an extended version released three years later. It is a synth-pop, dark wave, and new wave song with lyrics based on "transcendence over those who see the world as only earthly and finite" and androgynous vocals from Q Lazzarus.

After Q Lazzarus played a demo tape for Jonathan Demme while driving him in her taxi, which included a demo of "Goodbye Horses", he featured the song in his crime comedy film Married to the Mob (1988). It then became a cult hit after he used it in a scene of his film The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which was widely lauded for the usage. Since then, it has been used in various films, television series, and video games, often with references to its use in The Silence of the Lambs, and has been covered by numerous artists.

Composition and writing

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"Goodbye Horses" was written by songwriter William Garvey and performed by Q Lazzarus, both of whom were bandmates in the band Q Lazzarus and the Resurrection and according to friends of Garvey, had a tumultuous relationship with one another. Q Lazzarus disappeared from the public eye after the band disbanded in 1996, while Garvey died in 2009.

The song, a "haunting", "dreamlike"{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title='Silence of the Lambs' at 25: Inside Buffalo Bill |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/silence-of-the-lambs-buffalo-bill-complete-story-227700/5 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=February 12, 2021}} synth-pop,{{cite web |author=Boilen, Bob |title=New Music: Sigur Rós, Zola Jesus, Jon Hopkins, Ebony Bones, More |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2013/06/24/195288185/new-music-sigur-ros-zola-jesus-jon-hopkins-ebony-bones-more |publisher=NPR |access-date=June 10, 2022 |language=en |date=June 25, 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Leas |first1=Ryan |title=††† Share 'Goodbye Horses' Cover: Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2171486/%E2%80%A0%E2%80%A0%E2%80%A0-goodbye-horses-q-lazzarus-cover/music/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=June 10, 2022 |language=en |date=December 24, 2021}} dark wave,{{cite magazine |last1=Hart |first1=Ron |title='Clerks' at 25: Kevin Smith, Tommy Stinson & More on Its Time Capsule Soundtrack |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/clerks-music-soundtrack-interview-8540018/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 10, 2022 |language=en |date=October 23, 2019}} new wave,{{cite magazine |last1=Semigran |first1=Aly |title=7 Songs Made Infinitely Creepier by Horror Movies |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/halloween-7-songs-made-creepier-horror-movies-7557945/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 11, 2022 |date=October 31, 2016}} and dance{{cite web |last1=Cills |first1=Hazel |title=Something Wild: The Sounds of Jonathan Demme |url=https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/something-wild-the-sounds-of-jonathan-demme/ |website=Grantland |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=August 4, 2015}} ballad, features Q Lazzarus's androgynous vocals, picked guitar, snare drums, and drum pads.{{cite web |last1=Chapstick |first1=Kelsey |title=Searching for Q Lazzarus |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/43946/1/where-is-q-lazzarus-goodbye-horses-mystery |website=Dazed |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en |date=April 8, 2019}} Its lyrics were based by Garvey on "transcendence over those who see the world as only earthly and finite", with the "horses" in the song representing "the five senses from Hindu philosophy". Evan Sawdey of PopMatters wrote that "Goodbye Horses" has a "strangely entrancing thump" and "sad, tragicomic elements" in the lyrics, describing it as "quirky".{{cite web |last1=Sawdey |first1=Evan |title=The Mysterious Legacy of Q Lazzarus' 'Goodbye Horses' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/173522-the-mysterious-legacy-of-q-lazzarus-goodbye-horses-2495740649.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=July 17, 2013}} It was described by Tracy Moore in Vanity Fair as a "gothy, somber ode", and by Tyler Jenke of Tone Deaf as "rather creepy".{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Tracy |title='Jonathan, Are You Crazy?': The Making and Meaning of The Silence of the Lambs |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/02/the-abiding-complicated-legacy-of-the-silence-of-the-lambs |website=Vanity Fair |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=February 16, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Jenke |first1=Tyler |title=12 of the most intriguing mysteries in music history |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/12-intriguing-mysteries/ |website=Tone Deaf |access-date=June 11, 2021 |language=en-AU |date=November 11, 2021}}

''The Silence of the Lambs'' appearance

File:JonDemme-by-JSDwyer.jpg used "Goodbye Horses" in his 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, making it a cult hit.]]

In the 1980s, Q Lazzarus worked as a taxi driver in New York City and was unsigned, with record labels allegedly turning her away due to her dreadlocks.{{cite web |last1=Gorton |first1=Thomas |last2=Graham-Dixon |first2=Charlie |title=What happened to Q, who sang 'Goodbye Horses'? |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/38148/1/what-happened-to-q-lazzarus-who-sang-goodbye-horses |website=Dazed |access-date=June 10, 2022 |language=en |date=April 17, 2018}} One day, in 1985, she picked up director Jonathan Demme and producer Arthur Baker in her taxi during a blizzard after the two finished doing the final mix on Little Steven's music video for his song "Sun City". After dropping off Baker, Q Lazzarus asked Demme if he was in the music business, then proceeded to play her demo tape, which included "Goodbye Horses".{{cite web |last1=Uitti |first1=Jacob |title=Q Lazzarus, Semi-Lost Singer of "Goodbye Horses," Dead at 59 |url=https://americansongwriter.com/q-lazzarus-semi-lost-singer-of-goodbye-horses-dead-at-59/ |website=American Songwriter |access-date=October 13, 2022 |date=August 19, 2022}} After listening to the tape, Demme was impressed, saying, "Oh my God, what is this and who are you?"{{cite magazine |last1=Appleford |first1=Steve |title=Q&A: Jonathan Demme on the Making of 'Neil Young Journeys' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/qa-jonathan-demme-on-the-making-of-neil-young-journeys-63086/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=June 27, 2012}}

"Goodbye Horses" quickly became a cult hit after Demme used it in a scene from his 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.{{cite web |last1=Helman |first1=Peter |title=Mysterious 'Goodbye Horses' Singer Q Lazzarus Breaks Her Silence 30 Years Later |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2009727/mysterious-goodbye-horses-singer-q-lazzarus-breaks-her-silence-30-years-later/news/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=June 10, 2022 |language=en |date=August 11, 2018}} In the scene, the film's antagonist, serial killer Buffalo Bill (portrayed by Ted Levine) puts on makeup in the mirror and plays with his nipple ring while his victim, Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith), attempts to escape from a deep pit. As the song plays, Buffalo Bill says to himself, "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me so hard", and then begins dancing naked into a video camera with his penis and testicles tucked between his legs as Catherine cries in the background.{{cite web |last1=Coscarelli |first1=Joe |title=Jonathan Demme's Finest Musical Moments |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/arts/music/jonathan-demme-music-moments.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=June 9, 2022 |date=April 26, 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Bowen |first1=Chuck |last2=Cole |first2=Jake |title=Review: Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs on Kino 4K Ultra HD |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/the-silence-of-the-lambs-4k-review-jonathan-demme/ |website=Slant Magazine |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=October 5, 2021}} "Goodbye Horses" was not in the script, and other songs by David Bowie and Mick Jagger were also considered for the scene.{{cite web |last1=Bergeson |first1=Samantha |title=Everything You Never Knew About 'The Silence of the Lambs' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/silence-of-the-lambs-facts-you-never-knew/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=June 10, 2022 |language=en |date=October 23, 2021}} It was originally rehearsed to Bob Seger's 1980 song "Her Strut", but "Goodbye Horses" was eventually chosen, with Levine saying that it became "a little gentler", "stranger", and "more feminine" as a result.

=Reception=

Under the Radar and Time Out included the use of "Goodbye Horses" in The Silence of the Lambs on their lists of the best usages of songs in films. Lauren Down wrote for Under the Radar that it was "nigh on impossible" to separate "Goodbye Horses" from the film's scene, remarking they become "inextricable" once "he [Buffalo Bill] steps backwards in self-admiration".{{cite web |last1=Down |first1=Lauren |title=Top 20 Best Uses of Songs in Movies |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/lists/top_20_best_uses_of_songs_in_movies |website=Under the Radar |access-date=October 13, 2022 |language=en |date=June 19, 2014}} Howard Gorman of NME included the song on his list of songs that "became inextricably linked to the horror movies they were ultimately featured in", writing, "Regardless of how great a track this is...not even an MIB neuralyser can prevent us from recreating [Buffalo Bill's] unsettling mangina-meets-Bon Jovi moment in our heads whenever we hear it."

Bustle{{'}}s Jack O'Keeffe wrote that Levine's performance was "etched into pop culture history through...the song 'Goodbye Horses' in other media".{{cite web |last1=O'Keeffe |title=Obie Garbeau From 'On Becoming A God In Central Florida' Isn't Based On A Real Person & But His Scam Definitely Is |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/obie-garbeau-from-on-becoming-a-god-in-central-florida-isnt-based-on-a-real-person-but-his-scam-definitely-is-18692283 |website=Bustle |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en |date=August 25, 2019}} "Goodbye Horses" was included on Flavorwire{{'}}s list of the creepiest soundtrack songs, where they wrote that the "infamous 'tuck' scene" in The Silence of the Lambs is "invariably associated" with the song.{{cite web |title=The 10 Creepiest Soundtrack Songs to Be Murdered By |url=https://www.flavorwire.com/339507/the-10-creepiest-soundtrack-songs-to-be-murdered-by |website=Flavorwire |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en |date=October 25, 2012}} Billboard{{'}}s Ron Hart wrote that the inclusion of "Goodbye Horses" in The Silence of the Lambs "immortalized" the song as a "classic". Time Out{{'}}s Keith Uhlich labeled the song "enrapturing" and called the scene "a pop-cultural touchstone".{{cite web |last1=Uhlich |first1=Keith |last2=Fear |first2=David |last3=Rothkopf |first3=Joshua |title=The 50 best uses of songs in movies |url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-50-best-uses-of-songs-in-movies |website=Time Out |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=December 8, 2021}}

For The New York Times, Joe Coscarelli wrote that "Goodbye Horses" "adds an extra layer of eeriness" to what many consider the "indelible shot" of The Silence of the Lambs. Moore wrote that the scene was "played as a moment of dark degeneracy" as Q Lazzarus "warbles on the soundtrack". Max O'Connell of IndieWire called the use of "Goodbye Horses" in the film a "smart choice" due to how it foreshadowed Buffalo Bill's eventual failure and how its "melancholy...underscores how pitiful Bill's existence is, showing him trying to be something he's not just to get away from what he is".

=Other appearances=

Before using "Goodbye Horses" in The Silence of the Lambs, Demme included the song on the soundtrack for his 1988 film Married to the Mob. The Silence of the Lambs scene was parodied in an episode of Family Guy; Garvey later sued MGM for the show's use of the song. The song appeared in a scene from the 2006 film Clerks II, in which Jay and Silent Bob (played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, respectively) parody the Silence of the Lambs scene repeatedly whenever Jay (Jason Mewes) hears the song, on their boombox he puts on chapstick and begins dancing to the song and quoting the movie, including a flash scene with a tuck. It was also later used in another parody of the scene from the 2019 film Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.{{cite web |last1=Gorman |first1=Howard |title='I Got 5 On It' – the killer tracks we'll forever associate with horror movies |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/the-movies-blog/10-killer-tracks-well-forever-associate-horror-movies-2535735 |website=NME |access-date=June 11, 2022 |date=August 7, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Ehrlich |first1=David |title='Jay and Silent Bob Reboot' Review: A Crude Nostalgia Trip for Kevin Smith Super Fans Only |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-review-a-crude-and-cameo-driven-nostalgia-trip-for-kevin-smith-super-fans-only-1202182317/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en |date=October 16, 2019}} "Goodbye Horses" also appeared in the 2012 slasher film Maniac, a remake of the 1980 film of the same name, as a tribute to the Silence of the Lambs scene.{{cite web |last1=Miska |first1=Brad |title=Nudity And Gore On Display In NSFW 'Maniac' Clipage! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3213964/nudy-and-gore-on-display-in-nsfw-maniac-clipage/ |publisher=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=August 27, 2022 |date=January 17, 2013}} The CBS television series Clarice, a spin-off of The Silence of the Lambs, featured the song in a 2021 episode.{{cite web |last1=Gregory |first1=Drew |title='Clarice' Proves There's No Such Thing As a Progressive Procedural |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/clarice-trans-storyline/ |website=Autostraddle |access-date=June 11, 2022 |date=June 3, 2021}}

"Goodbye Horses" was also featured in the video games Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) and Skate 3 (2010).{{cite web |last1=Cutts |first1=Charlotte |title=The Destructoid Jumbo Game Music Playlist! |url=https://www.destructoid.com/the-destructoid-jumbo-game-music-playlist/ |website=Destructoid |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en-CA |date=March 11, 2018}} {{As of|2021}}, the house in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, used as Buffalo Bill's house in the film is a vacation rental, and, when visitors enter the basement, "Goodbye Horses" plays as a disco ball lights up.{{cite news |last1=Gormly |first1=Kellie B. |title=Remember the creepy house from 'The Silence of the Lambs'? Now it's a vacation rental. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/silence-lambs-house-vacation-rental/2021/09/09/b59e3e34-0c2b-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 10, 2022 |date=September 9, 2021}}

Track listings

=Original release=

  • All Nations Records 7-inch single (1991){{cite AV media notes|title=Goodbye Horses|others=Q. Lazzarus|year=1991|publisher=All Nations Records|id=ANRS001|type=liner notes}}
  1. "Goodbye Horses" (7" version) – 4:20
  2. "White Lines" – 4:35
  • All Nations Records 12-inch single (1991){{cite AV media notes|title=Goodbye Horses|others=Q. Lazzarus|year=1991|publisher=All Nations Records|id=12 ANRS001|type=liner notes}}
  1. "Goodbye Horses" – 6:28
  2. "Goodbye Horses" (7" version) – 4:20
  3. "White Lines" – 4:35

=Reissues=

  • Mon Amie Records 12-inch single (2013){{cite AV media notes|title=Goodbye Horses|others=Q. Lazzarus|year=2013|publisher=Mon Amie Records|id=MON 007|type=liner notes}}
  1. "Goodbye Horses" (Single Edit) – 3:07
  2. "Goodbye Horses" (Cover version by Jon Hopkins and Hayden Thorpe) – 4:03
  • Mon Amie Records 12-inch extended play (2017){{cite AV media notes|title=Goodbye Horses|others=Q. Lazzarus|year=2017|publisher=Mon Amie Records|id=MON 013|type=liner notes}}
  1. "Goodbye Horses" (Single Edit) – 3:07
  2. "Goodbye Horses" (Demo 1) – 4:06
  3. "Goodbye Horses" (Demo 2) – 4:56
  4. "Tears of Fear" (Demo) – 4:12
  5. "Transformation" (Demo) – 4:29
  6. "Love Dance" (Demo) – 5:48
  • Dark Entries 12-inch extended play (2025){{cite web|url=https://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/music/vinyl/lp/q-lazzarus-goodbye-horses/|title=Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses|publisher=Dark Entries|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}
  1. "Goodbye Horses" (Extended Mix) – 5:55
  2. "Goodbye Horses" (Instrumental) – 5:54
  3. "Hellfire" (Edit) – 4:45
  4. "Summertime" (Edit) – 3:35
  5. "Goodbye Horses" (Acapella) – 4:23

Releases and legacy

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"Goodbye Horses" was first released in 1988, and, in 1991, Q Lazzarus released an extended version of the song, with her song "White Lines" as a B-side.{{cite web |last1=C-T |first1=Thomas |title=Goodbye Horses: L'incroyable histoire de Q Lazzarus |url=https://www.eklecty-city.fr/musique/goodbye-horses-q-lazzarus/ |website=Eklecty-City |access-date=October 13, 2022 |language=fr-FR |date=August 2, 2022}}

In 2021, Ryan Leas wrote for Stereogum that the "cult icon status" of the "beloved" "Goodbye Horses" "seems to keep strengthening over the years". Q Lazzarus has been described as a one-hit wonder by IndieWire and The Daily Telegraph due to the success of "Goodbye Horses".{{cite web |last1=O'Connell |first1=Max |title=How Horror Movies Scare Us with Music |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/10/how-horror-movies-scare-us-with-music-125536/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en |date=October 31, 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Robey |first1=Tim |title=Liver and fava beans, with a side order of gay panic: why Silence of the Lambs shocked even Jonathan Demme |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/liver-fava-beans-side-order-gay-panic-silence-lambs-shocked/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=June 11, 2022 |date=April 27, 2017}}

In 2024, a documentary film Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus released by director Eva Aridjis. The soundtrack was songs that Q Lazzarus had recorded, including a new wave version of "Goodbye Horses".

Electronic band Fan Death released a disco cover of the song in 2009 for their first European tour, which was praised by The Fader as a "bang-up cover" with "deep and husky" vocals.{{cite magazine |last1=Close |first1=Justin Tyler |date=November 2009 |title=Fan Death |url=https://issuu.com/thelabmagazine/docs/issue00/7 |magazine=The Lab |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=The Lab Magazine Inc. |access-date=October 13, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Freeload: Fan Death, 'Goodbye Horses' |url=https://www.thefader.com/2009/04/24/freeload-fan-death-goodbye-horses |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=The Fader |date=24 April 2009}}{{cite web |last1=Cantalini |first1=Chris |title=Fan Death - Goodbye Horses |url=https://www.gorillavsbear.net/fan-death-goodbye-horses/ |website=Gorilla vs. Bear |access-date=October 13, 2022 |language=en |date=April 23, 2009}} In 2011, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party included a cover of "Goodbye Horses" on his EP The Hunter.{{cite web |last1=Stickler |first1=Jon |title=Bloc Party's Kele Okereke Announces New London Brixton Show |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/167992/9 |website=Stereoboard |access-date=October 13, 2022 |date=September 28, 2011}} In 2012, Psyche's cover of "Goodbye Horses" was released through Optimo. In 2013, American rock band the Delta Mirror included a cover of the song on their 2013 album Better Unsung, which the staff of Entertainment Weekly described as "appropriately Ian Curtis-y" and Zach Kelly from Pitchfork viewed as "more than a little silly".{{cite magazine |title=The Delta Mirror's 'Goldfish' video: Watch it here |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/08/21/delta-mirror-goldfish-video/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en |date=August 21, 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Zach |title=The Delta Mirror: Better Unsung |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18406-the-delta-mirror-better-unsung/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=October 13, 2022 |date=August 16, 2013}}

A 25th anniversary re-release of the single, issued by Mon Amie Records in 2013, included a B-side of a minimalist cover of the song by Hayden Thorpe and Jon Hopkins. Their cover was later included on The Longest Day, a compilation album released by Mon Amie Records in 2020, with proceeds all going towards the Alzheimer's Association.{{cite web |last1=Gregory |first1=Allie |title=New Order, Moby, Sad13 Join Forces on New Alzheimer's Benefit Comp |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/new_order_jon_hopkins_sad13_join_forces_on_new_alzheimers_benefit_compilation |website=Exclaim! |access-date=June 11, 2022 |language=en-ca |date=June 15, 2020}}

In 2014, Crosses, the musical side project of Deftones singer Chino Moreno, Far guitarist Shaun Lopez, and bassist Chuck Doom, released a cover of "Goodbye Horses" shortly after releasing their self-titled debut album. In 2021, in anticipation of a new album, the band released a second cover of the song.{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Ellie |title=††† (Crosses) return with dizzying cover of Q Lazzarus' 'Goodbye Horses' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/crosses-return-with-dizzying-cover-of-q-lazzarus-goodbye-horses-3126257 |website=NME |access-date=June 10, 2022 |language=en-AU |date=December 24, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |title=Chino Moreno's ††† (Crosses) Return With New Cover of Q Lazzarus' 'Goodbye Horses' |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chino-morenos-crosses-return-with-new-cover-of-q-lazzarus-goodbye-horses-listen/ |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=Pitchfork |date=25 December 2021}} Ryan Leas of Stereogum called the latter cover "a pretty faithful rendition" that was "a little grainer and more haunting" than the original.

Rappers Sematary and Ghost Mountain released a witch house cover of "Goodbye Horses" on their 2020 collaborative album Hundred Acre Wrist Hosted By DJ Sorrow.{{Citation |title=SEMATARY & GHOST MOUNTAIN - GOODBYE HORSES |date=2020-07-31 |url=https://soundcloud.com/semataryy/sematary-ghost-mountain-1?in=semataryy/sets/hundred-acre-wrist-hosted-by-dj-sorrow |access-date=2025-04-11 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hundred Acre Wrist Hosted By DJ Sorrow on Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7z7dnlgZFeVKAxIHvLuDqy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009093343/https://open.spotify.com/album/7z7dnlgZFeVKAxIHvLuDqy |archive-date=2021-10-09 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=open.spotify.com}}{{Cite web |last=Mangelsdorf |first=Ben |date=2020-09-21 |title=Enter The Slaughterhouse With Sematary |url=https://undergroundunderdogs.com/2020/09/21/sematary-interview-slaughterhouse-witch-house/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Underground Underdogs |language=en-US}} This cover would be the 9th song on the album, performed entirely by Ghost Mountain, and produced by Sematary.

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