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Sunday 9 May 2021

Bush - Everything Zen

 

Everything Zen

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"Everything Zen"
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Single by Bush
from the album Sixteen Stone
Released28 January 1995
Recorded1994
Genre
Length
  • 4:38 (album version)
  • 4:02 (edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)
Bush singles chronology
"Bomb"
(1994)		"Everything Zen"
(1995)		"Little Things"
(1995)
Music video
"Everything Zen" on YouTube

"Everything Zen" is a single by British alternative rock band Bush. Released on 28 January 1995, it was the band's first single released under the name "Bush",[2] and their second overall. The single comes from their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone.

Lyrics[edit]

The lyrics "Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow" are taken from David Bowie's 1971 song "Life on Mars?". Other references in the song include Tom Waits ("Rain Dogs howl for the century"), Jane's Addiction's "Ted, Just Admit It..." ("there's no sex in your violence"), Alice in Chains' "Would?" ("try to see it once my way"), and the Elvis Presley sighting conspiracy theory ("I don't believe that Elvis is dead").

Music video[edit]

The video was the first video Bush had ever made. The video was directed by Matt Mahurin, who also makes an appearance in the video wearing a mask, and was shot on 12 and 13 November 1994. Scenes from the video were recreated in the opening credits of the TV series Millennium.

Gavin Rossdale on the making of the video:

"I hadn't even seen that many videos before making this because I never had MTV. I just remember that it felt weird miming with all those people standing around, but you soon get over that. Obviously, this video was hugely important in breaking us in America."[3]

Parody[edit]

The song was parodied on Bill Nye the Science Guy in the episode "Animal Locomotion".

Commercial performance[edit]

Although it did not achieve immediate success, it eventually reached number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart (being kept from the top spot by Live's "Lightning Crashes"[4]), number 5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Canadian Rock/Alternative chart and number 40 on the Hot 100 Airplay since it failed to hit the Hot 100 that year.

In popular culture[edit]

A July 2017 episode of the BBC current affairs program Newsnight featured "Everything Zen",[5] during an interview with Sixteen Stone's producer Clive Langer.

"Everything Zen" was mentioned in the 2019 Netflix movie Wine Country.[6]

The song was also featured in a strip club scene in the film My Dinner with Hervé.[citation needed]

Track listing[edit]

European CD single (6544-95794-2) and 12-inch vinyl (A8196T)

  1. "Everything Zen" (radio edit)
  2. "Bud"
  3. "Monkey"
  4. "Everything Zen"

Charts[edit]


Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7]41
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8]45
UK Singles (OCC)[9]84
UK Rock and Metal (OCC)[10]2
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[11]40
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[12]2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[13]5
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Bush - The Chemicals Between Us

 

The Chemicals Between Us

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"The Chemicals Between Us"
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Single by Bush
from the album The Science of Things
B-side
  • "Homebody"
  • "The Chemicals Between Us (Super Collider Vapour Version)"
Released14 September 1999
Recorded1998–99
Genre
Length3:38 (Album Version)
3:10 (UK Radio Edit)
3:06 (International Radio Edit)
LabelTrauma/Interscope
Songwriter(s)Gavin Rossdale
Bush singles chronology
"Mouth (The Stingray Mix)"
(1998)		"The Chemicals Between Us"
(1999)		"Warm Machine"
(2000)

"The Chemicals Between Us" is a song by alternative band Bush. It was released on 14 September 1999 as the lead single from the band's third album The Science of Things (1999). The song was featured in the TV series Charmed.

Lyrics and style[edit]

Gavin Rossdale described the song as being "all about the differences and distances between people." He also said the song was about misunderstanding and not being able to communicate. He said, "I was thinking the chemicals between us would be when things aren't going so good and you're in that lonely bed with that person and you're not communicating."[2]

The song is unique among most other singles by the band due to its numerous electronic elements as well as an almost dancey percussion. However, it also bears a prominent hard rock guitar riff throughout.

Music video[edit]

The song's music video (directed by Stéphane Sednaoui), which was filmed in late August 1999 in Los Angeles, was played predominantly on the music channels, MTV, MTV2, and VH1.

Gavin Rossdale on the video:

"Thinking about it, the most extravagant thing was my last video ('The Chemicals Between Us')- that was fucking extravagant. I think the next video I do I'm just going to get a pile of money and burn it, KLF style. I might as well just cut to the chase."

[3]

The music video begins with Bush performing in an alley with a white monolith beside them, then Rossdale comes inside the monolith in a white background surrounded by a Japanese-inspired island. Later, the scene becomes interspersed with Rossdale doing karate blindfolded and Parsons doing martial arts as well. The video ends with the band entering the monolith.

Commercial performance[edit]

It spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart and peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 67 on 4 December 1999. The song would eventually become Bush's last major worldwide hit before their 2002 breakup. Songs like "Warm Machine," "Letting the Cables Sleep," "The People That We Love" and "Inflatable" would become minor hits, but after "The Chemicals Between Us," Bush would not score another number one hit until 12 years later with "The Sound of Winter" (2011).

Track listing[edit]

UK Enhanced CD Single 4972222

  1. "The Chemicals Between Us" (Radio Edit) – 3:10
  2. "The Chemicals Between Us" (Super Collider Vapour Version) – 10:02
  3. "The Chemicals Between Us" (CD-ROM Video) – 3:38

UK CD Single 4972232

  1. "The Chemicals Between Us" – 3:37
  2. "Homebody" – 4:22
  3. "Letting the Cables Sleep (Original Demo)" – 4:36

AUS CD Single 4972132

  1. "The Chemicals Between Us" – 3:37
  2. "Homebody" – 4:22
  3. "The Chemicals Between Us" [Super Collider Vapour Version] – 10:02
  4. "The Chemicals Between Us" [CD-Rom Video] – 3:37

AUS Promo CD Single 4971442 (Custom Made Printed Plastic Sleeve)

  1. "The Chemicals Between Us [Radio Edit]" – 3:06

Charts[edit]

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4]93
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[5]5
Scotland (OCC)[6]49
UK Singles (OCC)[7]46
UK Rock and Metal (OCC)[8]2
US Billboard Hot 100[9]67
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[10]1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11]3
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Saturday 8 May 2021

Bush - Little Things

 

Little Things (Bush song)

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"Little Things"
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Single by Bush
from the album Sixteen Stone
Released30 May 1995
Recorded1994
GenreGrunge
Length
  • 4:24 (album version)
  • 4:02 (edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)
Bush singles chronology
"Everything Zen"
(1995)		"Little Things"
(1995)		"Comedown"
(1995)

"Little Things" is a song by rock band Bush, released on 30 May 1995 as the second single from their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone.

Composition[edit]

In a November 2017 interview with Songfacts, Gavin Rossdale explained the song's inspiration:

The lyrical inspiration was the simple realization of that whole thing about don't be letting the details get you down. I was always feeling encumbered by life and overtaken by life and dwarfed by life, and my feelings and my paranoias and my worries were larger than anything else. So, there was always that pain to try to keep all of those worries at bay. That's just a song about paranoia for the future and paranoia of life. I think it has something to do with trying to be strong in the face of adversity.[1]

Music video[edit]

The video was shot throughout January and February 1995 in an old mansion in upstate New York, Long Island, NY, Los Angeles, and at the band's studio. The video was directed by Matt Mahurin who also directed their previous video for "Everything Zen".[2]

Track listing[edit]

  • AUS CD single 92531 / INTDS95757 (both bardsleeve and jewelcase versions)
    1. "Little Things" - 4:25
    2. "Swim [Live]" - 6:39
    3. "X-Girlfriend" - 0:47

Charts[edit]

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