Black Fingernails, Red Wine (song)

"Black Fingernails, Red Wine" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Eskimo Joe, released in May 2006 as the lead single their third studio album of the same name. The song became their first song to peak inside the Australian Singles Chart top 10, peaking at number six. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, the song won ARIA Award for Single of the Year and was ranked number two on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006. At the 2007 West Australian Music Industry Awards, the song won Most Popular Single/EP.[1]

"Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
Single by Eskimo Joe
from the album Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Released13 May 2006 (2006-05-13)
RecordedDecember 2005–January 2006
StudioThe Grove
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:09
LabelWarner, Mushroom
Songwriter(s)Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod and Joel Quartermain
Producer(s)Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe singles chronology
"Older Than You"
(2004)		 "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
(2006)		 "Sarah"
(2006)

Music videos

Two music videos were made for this song. One showed the band members in a car, kidnapping people in the middle of the night. At the end of the video, the kidnapped people were revealed to be Eskimo Joe themselves. When Kavyen Temperley was a guest on The Glass House, he offered that this symbolised that Eskimo Joe had changed, and the kidnapped band were the old Eskimo Joe. The second video shows the band playing in an old building. Due to the criminal theme of the first video, it received an MA15+ classification in Australia, restricting it to night-time airplay. The second promo clip was made to enable the song to be played by daytime music shows.

Track listings

All tracks are written by Eskimo Joe.

CD single and iTunes EP
No.TitleLength
1."Black Fingernails, Red Wine"4:06
2."Japanese Waitress"3:00
3."Don't Get Me Wrong"4:50
4."From the Sea" (performed live on Rove Live, 8 June 2004)3:24
Limited-edition CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Black Fingernails, Red Wine"4:06
2."Trying to Sleep"2:56
3.Untitled (Create Your Own Ringtone) 
  • The CDROM on the limited-edition enhanced CD single has the following explanation: "This CD contains software that, for a limited time, enables the consumer to create and buy their very own personalised ringtones, you can choose any part of any track on this CD as your ringtone."
7-inch vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Black Fingernails, Red Wine"4:06
2."Trying to Sleep"2:56

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Catalogue
Australia 13 May 2006 CD, digital download Warner, Mushroom 5101137632
June 2006 7-inch single 5101137630
7 September 2006 CD single (enhanced, limited-edition) 5101138732

References
  1. 2007 West Australian Music Industry Award Winners Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails, Red Wine". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails, Red Wine". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2006". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
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