Bush - Swallowed

 

Swallowed (song)

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"Swallowed"
Single by Bush
from the album Razorblade Suitcase
B-side	"Broken TV"
Released	15 October 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative rock[1] post-grunge[2]
Length	4:51 (album version) 4:08 (UK radio edit) 4:22 (Australian radio edit) 4:25 (music video)
Label	Trauma Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)	Steve Albini
Bush singles chronology
"Machinehead" (1996) "Swallowed" (1996) "Greedy Fly" (1997)
Alternative covers
UK CD2 cover

'Swallowed' is a song by British alternative rock band Bush. It was released on 15 October 1996 as the lead single from the band's 1996 album, Razorblade Suitcase, which topped the US Billboard 200 chart.^[3] It was later included on the remix album Deconstructed, the live album Zen X Four, and the Bush greatest hits compilation. The release of 'Swallowed' followed the fifth and final single off of the band's 1994 debut album Sixteen Stone, "Machinehead", by only six months.

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Commercial performance[edit]

"Swallowed" was released as the lead single from the follow-up to their massively successful debut album, Sixteen Stone, which was released two years prior. Upon release, the song topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for seven consecutive weeks and peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. This is the longest Bush ever stayed at number one on any chart. It was also Bush's biggest hit in their native Britain, where it peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards, but lost to the Smashing Pumpkins' "The End Is the Beginning Is the End". This was the band's third crossover hit to Top 40 radio after "Comedown" and "Glycerine".

Song Information[edit]

A power ballad,^[4] the song is in A-flat major.

Gavin Rossdale opined in 1999 that, despite a musical dissimilarity, the song was "[his] version" of the Beatles' song "Help!".^[5]

Music video[edit]

The music video, directed by Jamie Morgan, was filmed in October 1996 and released later that month, is set in a retro apartment with myriad alternative youths.^[6] A neon crucifix (which would later become the album cover for Deconstructed) is frequently interspersed amongst the antics of houseguests. The video was shot at Twickenham Studios England and in Florida.^[7]

The video was nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards.

Track listing[edit]

• UK CD 1 Single IND95528
  1. "Swallowed [Radio Edit]" - 4:08
  2. "Broken TV" - 4:28
  3. "Glycerine" - 4:26
  4. "In a Lonely Place" - 5:58 (Written by Ian Curtis/Peter Hook/Stephen Morris/Bernard Sumner) Produced by Tricky
• UK CD 2 Single INDX95528
  1. "Swallowed" [LP Version] - 4:53
  2. "Swallowed [Toasted Both Sides Please Goldie Remix]" - 5:50
  3. "Insect Kin [Live on Saturday Night Live]" - 4:09
  4. "Cold Contagious [16"oz Demo Version]" - 5:57
• AUS CD Single IND95519 (Cardsleeve)
  1. "Swallowed [Radio Edit]" - 4:22
  2. "Broken TV" - 4:28
  3. "Communicator" - 4:24
  4. "Glycerine [Live At Pinkpop, Holland]" - 4:42

Chart positions[edit]

Weekly charts[edit] Chart (1996–97) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[8] 25 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 5 Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[10] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[11] 22 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 100 Scotland (OCC)[13] 7 UK Singles (OCC)[14] 16 UK Rock and Metal (OCC)[15] 1 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[16] 1 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[17] 2 US Radio Songs (Billboard)[18] 27

Year-end charts[edit] Chart (1997) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[19] 52

Bush - Machinehead

 

Machinehead (song)

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"Machinehead"
Single by Bush
from the album Sixteen Stone
Released	9 April 1996
Recorded	1994
Genre	Post-grunge[1] grunge[2]
Length	4:16
Label	Trauma Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley Bush
Bush singles chronology
"Glycerine" (1995) "Machinehead" (1996) "Swallowed" (1996)

"Machinehead" is a song by English rock band Bush, released on 9 April 1996 as the fifth and final single from their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone.

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Music video[edit]

The music video was directed by Shawn Mortensen in London and Portsmouth. Sections of Shepherd's Bush, where the band members used to live, can be seen in the video. Gavin Rossdale's dog Winston is also in the video.^[3]

Commercial performance[edit]

"Machinehead" reached No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 4 May 1996. It reached No. 4 on both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The song was nominated for Best Video from a Film at the 1996 MTV Music Video Awards but lost; however, it did win the MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards.

Track listing[edit]

• US CD Single IND95505
  1. "Machinehead" - 4:20
  2. "Comedown [Acoustic]" - 4:24
  3. "X-Girlfriend" - 0:44
• UK CD Limited Edition Single (Numbered Metal Insert - 7500 Made) INDX95505
  1. "Machinehead"
  2. "Bud"
  3. "Solomon's Bones"
• UK 10" Vinyl (Numbered) INV95505
  1. "Machinehead"
  2. "Comedown [Acoustic]"
  3. "Solomon's Bones"

Appearances in the media[edit]

• It is played at the beginning of every Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game before the opening faceoff.
• Wrestler Jim Steele used this song as an entrance theme in All Japan Pro Wrestling.
• The song is featured in the video games Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock,^[4] Madden NFL 11,^[5] Saints Row: The Third, Rock Band 3^[6] and Rocksmith 2014^[7]
• The song was featured on Cold Case in the episode "The Plan".
• The song was used as the theme song to Paul Finebaum's radio show.
• The song is one of two Bush songs that were featured in the film Fear, the other being "Comedown".
• A production version of the song created by Metro Music and titled "Burning Tree", is featured as the theme for various WWE Superstars, PPV's and DVD menu screens.

Chart positions[edit]

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart	40
Canadian RPM Alternative 30	1
UK Singles Chart[8]	48
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	43
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[10]	4
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11]	4

Bush - Comedown

 

Comedown (song)

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"Comedown"
Single by Bush
from the album Sixteen Stone
B-side	"Comedown" (acoustic)
Released	26 September 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Post-grunge[1] grunge[2]
Length	4:37 (music video) 5:26 (album version)
Label	Trauma Interscope Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley Bush
Bush singles chronology
"Little Things" (1995) "Comedown" (1995) "Glycerine" (1995)

"Comedown" is a song by British rock band Bush, released on 26 September 1995 as the third single from their debut album, Sixteen Stone.

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Composition[edit]

Gavin Rossdale wrote the song about an ex-girlfriend, stating, "It was written in the context of half regret, half celebration and just being objective about the situation of coming down from that high and dealing with those intense emotions." In 2017 he added:

I liked the idea of euphoria. But having that euphoria has a comedown. It's inside your brain and just says, 'I'm having the greatest time, and I don't want to stop.' But most of the time, people lose that zone and it changes and you're like, 'No, I didn't want this.' And that's such a common feeling. I watched it being sung every night - it's one of the songs where I can step back and let the people sing. It's the best feeling in the world as a songwriter.^[3]

Drummer Robin Goodridge told music publication Modern Drummer that the bass line and drum grooves in "Comedown" were borrowed from a song by English band Massive Attack.^[4]

Of the 12 songs featured on Sixteen Stone, "Comedown" was the first to be written, and remains unchanged lyrically from its original form.^[5]

Music video[edit]

The music video was directed by Jake Scott in Los Angeles. Scott used a special "fish eye" lens to film some of the scenes, to give a distorted view as if looking through a peep hole.^[6]

Commercial performance[edit]

"Comedown" remains one of the band's most commercially successful songs, reaching number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and number two on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in late 1995. The song also gave Bush their first American top 40 hit, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 4 November 1995.

Track listing[edit]

• AUS CD single 6544-95728-2 (cardsleeve version)
  1. "Comedown"
  2. "Comedown [acoustic]"
• AUS CD single IND95728 (jewel case version)
  1. "Comedown"
  2. "Testosterone [LP version]"
  3. "Revolution Blues [live]"

Appearances in the media[edit]

• The song appeared in the video game Guitar Hero 5 and TV show Animal Kingdom in addition to Rock Band 3 as downloadable content.
• Along with "Machinehead", "Comedown" appears in the 1996 film Fear. It can be heard over Nicole's second date with David, after he picks her up from school to play billiards.
• Along with "Glycerine", the band performed the song on Saturday Night Live in 1995.
• Pro wrestler Chris Kanyon used an instrumental edit of the song in the last days of World Championship Wrestling in 2001.

Chart positions[edit]

Chart (1995)	Peak Position
Australia (ARIA)[7]	45
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[8]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	30
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[10]	1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11]	2
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[12]	25

Cover versions[edit]

• In 2010, Mono Inc released an EP with Comedown on it. Comedown was also featured on their Symphonies Of Pain compilation album in 2017.
• In 2012 Robert Cole Band released a cover on the album Steel and Glass.^[13]
• In 2014 Mayday Parade released a cover for the compilation Punk Goes 90's 2. It was released as a single.^[14]