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Last Caress
"Last Caress" is a song by American punk rock band Misfits, first released on their 1980 EP Beware. Written by vocalist Glenn Danzig, the song was later included on the compilation album Collection II, released in 1995, as well as on the album Static Age, which was recorded in 1978 but not released in its entirety until 1996.
"Last Caress" is commonly considered[by whom?] to be one of the Misfits' greatest songs, and has been covered by a number of artists, including NOFX, AFI, and Metallica. The Metallica version, a medley titled "Last Caress/Green Hell", has achieved notoriety in its own right.
"Last Caress" first appeared as the final track on the Misfits' EP Beware, released in January 1980. The song was almost not included on the EP, as writer and vocalist Glenn Danzig was dissatisfied with the quality of the recording, but then-Misfits guitarist Bobby Steele convinced him to include it.
The song was later included on the Misfits' album Static Age, which was recorded in 1978 but not issued in its entirety until the release of the boxed set The Misfits in 1996. The song was later included on the compilation album Collection II, released in 1995. A live version of "Last Caress" was also included on the 1998 album Evillive II.
Since reforming the band without original vocalist Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only had changed the lyrics of the song to omit references to rape and infanticide, and eventually removed "Last Caress" from the Misfits' live set altogether. In a 2015 interview, Only cited seeing a television news piece about a couple raping, beating and starving their infant daughter to death as his reason for deleting Danzig's original "Last Caress" lyrics. After Danzig rejoined, the band has continued to play the song with all the original lyrics intact.
On January 28, 2026, "Last Caress" was officially certified Gold by the RIAA, marking one of the band's first-ever certified singles in the U.S.. It achieved this milestone alongside "Hybrid Moments" and "Dig Up Her Bones," driven by high streaming numbers, with "Last Caress" reaching 114.5 million streams
In 2012, Aaron Lariviere of Stereogum ranked the song #2 on his list of the 10 best Misfits songs, writing that while it has been "practically played out ... the song still stands as one of the best the Misfits would ever produce. Heck, it's one of the best songs ever produced by the punk genre." In 2015, the song was also ranked #2 on an Ultimate Classic Rock list of the top 10 Misfits songs, with writer Eduardo Rivadavia calling it "simultaneously the Misfits' most offensive and singable ditty". The following year, Rivadavia included the song in an article published by Loudwire of "50 Disturbing Songs That People Love". Chris Kovatin of Kerrang! wrote that, with the song's opening lines, the Misfits "established themselves as everything creepier than everything else, and coined horror punk's unholy and everlasting legacy."
In a 2019 poll conducted by USA Today Network New Jersey regarding the greatest songs ever sung by an artist or band from New Jersey, "Last Caress" received the most votes with over 3,400 votes, beating "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen at over 660 votes, and "Blood and Roses" by the Smithereens at over 440 votes.
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Last Caress
"Last Caress" is a song by American punk rock band Misfits, first released on their 1980 EP Beware. Written by vocalist Glenn Danzig, the song was later included on the compilation album Collection II, released in 1995, as well as on the album Static Age, which was recorded in 1978 but not released in its entirety until 1996.
"Last Caress" is commonly considered[by whom?] to be one of the Misfits' greatest songs, and has been covered by a number of artists, including NOFX, AFI, and Metallica. The Metallica version, a medley titled "Last Caress/Green Hell", has achieved notoriety in its own right.
"Last Caress" first appeared as the final track on the Misfits' EP Beware, released in January 1980. The song was almost not included on the EP, as writer and vocalist Glenn Danzig was dissatisfied with the quality of the recording, but then-Misfits guitarist Bobby Steele convinced him to include it.
The song was later included on the Misfits' album Static Age, which was recorded in 1978 but not issued in its entirety until the release of the boxed set The Misfits in 1996. The song was later included on the compilation album Collection II, released in 1995. A live version of "Last Caress" was also included on the 1998 album Evillive II.
Since reforming the band without original vocalist Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only had changed the lyrics of the song to omit references to rape and infanticide, and eventually removed "Last Caress" from the Misfits' live set altogether. In a 2015 interview, Only cited seeing a television news piece about a couple raping, beating and starving their infant daughter to death as his reason for deleting Danzig's original "Last Caress" lyrics. After Danzig rejoined, the band has continued to play the song with all the original lyrics intact.
On January 28, 2026, "Last Caress" was officially certified Gold by the RIAA, marking one of the band's first-ever certified singles in the U.S.. It achieved this milestone alongside "Hybrid Moments" and "Dig Up Her Bones," driven by high streaming numbers, with "Last Caress" reaching 114.5 million streams
In 2012, Aaron Lariviere of Stereogum ranked the song #2 on his list of the 10 best Misfits songs, writing that while it has been "practically played out ... the song still stands as one of the best the Misfits would ever produce. Heck, it's one of the best songs ever produced by the punk genre." In 2015, the song was also ranked #2 on an Ultimate Classic Rock list of the top 10 Misfits songs, with writer Eduardo Rivadavia calling it "simultaneously the Misfits' most offensive and singable ditty". The following year, Rivadavia included the song in an article published by Loudwire of "50 Disturbing Songs That People Love". Chris Kovatin of Kerrang! wrote that, with the song's opening lines, the Misfits "established themselves as everything creepier than everything else, and coined horror punk's unholy and everlasting legacy."
In a 2019 poll conducted by USA Today Network New Jersey regarding the greatest songs ever sung by an artist or band from New Jersey, "Last Caress" received the most votes with over 3,400 votes, beating "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen at over 660 votes, and "Blood and Roses" by the Smithereens at over 440 votes.