"Last Cup of Sorrow" is the third track from Faith No More

Faith No More

Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...

's sixth and final studio album Album of the Year. It was released as a single on August 5, 1997. It placed No. 14 on Mainstream Rock Tracks

Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...

, No.62 on Australia Top 50

ARIA Charts

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, and No. 51 on UK Top 100.

When asked about the song, Billy Gould

Billy Gould

Billy Gould is an American musician and producer. He is noted for playing bass in the band Faith No More.- Faith No More :...

 replied:

Music video

The music video

Music video

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 is based on Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...

's Vertigo

Vertigo (film)

Vertigo is a 1958 psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A...

, a film dealing with acrophobia

Acrophobia

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. It features the lead singer, Mike Patton

Mike Patton

Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...

 dressed in the same outfit as James Stewart

James Stewart (actor)

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's character, trailing a blonde played by Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

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, respectively dressed the same as Vertigo 's female lead Madeleine. Many scenes are recreated from the film, such as the opening rooftop sequence, Madeleine's plunge into San Francisco bay, Mike moving up and down a stepladder, the belltower sequence complete with the famous Hitchcock Zoom

Dolly zoom

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 and the psychedelic dream sequence.

The emphasis is mainly on parody, key moments including drummer Mike Bordin

Mike Bordin

Mike Bordin is the co-founder and drummer of rock band Faith No More. He is also known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne. As a left-handed drummer, he notably plays with a right-handed kit with his ride cymbal on the left...

 sweeping Mike Patton's head in the dream sequence with a broom (presumedly a reference to Vertigos scene where Midge is describing to Scottie that music can clear the cobwebs out of your head like a broom), bassist Billy Gould

Billy Gould

Billy Gould is an American musician and producer. He is noted for playing bass in the band Faith No More.- Faith No More :...

 cross dressing, Leigh's character being a black wigged sado-masochist, and Leigh fainting when she sees a shadowy figure in the tower, which ends up being drummer Mike Bordin, who at the end of the video casually starts eating a bagel.

Track listings

"Blue Vertigo" cover

1. "Last Cup of Sorrow" (7" Edit) – 3:15
2. "Pristina (Billy Gould Mix)" – 4:18
3. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Roli Mosimann Mix)" – 6:26
4. "Ashes to Ashes (Dillinja Mix)" – 5:30

"Orange Vertigo" cover

1. "Last Cup of Sorrow" – 4:12
2. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Bonehead Mix)" – 4:54
3. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Main Mix)" – 4:41
4. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Crazy Mix)" – 4:41

Japanese track listing

1. "Last Cup of Sorrow" (7" Edit) – 3:15
2. "Pristina (Billy Gould Mix)" – 4:18
3. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Roli Mosimann Mix)" – 6:26
4. "Ashes to Ashes (Dillinja Mix)" – 5:30
5. "Last Cup of Sorrow (Bonehead Mix)" – 4:54
6. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Main Mix)" – 4:41
7. "She Loves Me Not (Spinna Crazy Mix)" – 4:41

Charts

Chart	Peak
Mainstream Rock	14
UK Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	51
ARIA Charts ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	66
RIANZ Charts	32