Caressing Swine

"Caressing Swine"
Single by Died Pretty
from the album Trace
Released	June 1993
Recorded	Studio 227, Sydney
Length	4:08
Label	Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)	Ronald Peno, Brett Myers
Producer(s)	Hugh Jones
Died Pretty singles chronology
"Sweetheart" (1992) "Caressing Swine" (1993) "Harness Up" (1993)

"Caressing Swine" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Died Pretty. It was released in June 1993 as the lead single from their fifth studio album Trace. The song peaked at number 74 on the ARIA Charts.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Ned Raggett from AllMusic called the song "one of the band's best slow-burn numbers". Raggett called out the B-side "This Reason" and "A Song for Me", saying "'This Reason' is a tight little number, Hoey's Hammond organ a nice link to the band's past, while ('A Song for Me') is a slower, gentle song that's a low-key winner." Raggett continued saying, "The surprise highlight, taken from a radio performance, comes at the very end, 'The Cross', a remake of the dramatic epic from Prince's Sign O' the Times album."[1]

Track listing

Australian CD & 7" single (Columbia – 659411 2)

1. "Caressing Swine" - 4:08
2. "This Reason" - 3:21
3. "A Song for Me" - 4:57
4. "The Cross" (recorded live at JJJ at the Wireless) - 5:46

Charts

Weekly chart performance of "Caressing Swine"

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2]	74

References

1. "Caressing Swine by Died Pretty". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 81.