The Gravedigger's Song

"The Gravedigger's Song"
Single by Mark Lanegan
from the album Blues Funeral
B-side"Burning Jacob's Ladder"
ReleasedDecember 5, 2011
Recorded2011 at 11AD Studio in Hollywood, California
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:43
Label4AD
Songwriter(s)Mark Lanegan
Producer(s)Alain Johannes
Mark Lanegan singles chronology
"Hit the City"
(2004)
"The Gravedigger's Song"
(2011)

"The Gravedigger's Song" is a song by American alternative rock musician Mark Lanegan. The song is the opening track and lead single from his seventh studio album, Blues Funeral (2012), and was released on December 5, 2011. Written solely by Lanegan and produced by Alain Johannes, the song diverged significantly from Lanegan's former musical and writing style as heard on his previous album, Bubblegum (2004).