I Think I'm Paranoid

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"I Think I'm Paranoid"
Single by Garbage
from the album Version 2.0
B-side
  • "Deadwood"
  • "Afterglow"
ReleasedJuly 6, 1998
RecordedMarch 1997–February 1998
StudioSmart (Madison, Wisconsin)
GenreIndustrial rock
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s)Garbage
Producer(s)Garbage
Garbage singles chronology
"Push It"
(1998) 		"I Think I'm Paranoid"
(1998) 		"Special"
(1998)

"I Think I'm Paranoid" is a song written, performed and produced by Garbage and was the second single released from their second album Version 2.0.

The song was released internationally in July 1998, following up on the success of the band's prior hit, "

MTV Italy.[1]

In 2007, "I Think I'm Paranoid" was

greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.[2]

Composition and recording

Garbage began writing their second album, which would go under the working title of Sad Alcoholic Clowns, in March 1997 in the band's label-head Jerry Moss's Friday Harbor, Washington, vacation house. The group demoed and made rough outlines for new songs, of which "Bend Me", the working title of I Think I'm Paranoid, was one. When they felt they had made a good start, Garbage took the work they made in Washington back to their Madison, Wisconsin base at Smart Studios and begin fleshing out the ideas and rough sketches over the following year.[3]

Garbage intended their second album to build upon the framework, music style and musical template laid down by

hard drives using a 24bit Pro Tools rig: the production of "Bend Me" would feature almost 120 audio tracks
.

record scratching effect under the chorus.[5]

Garbage completed recording, producing and mixing of their second album in mid-February 1998, and the album was given the title Version 2.0. "Bend Me", which had by now had its official title finalized as "I Think I'm Paranoid", was track listed as the album's second song. Version 2.0 was released worldwide on May 11 of that year; despite a slow start, Version 2.0 went on to equal its predecessor, selling over four million copies and achieving

platinum-certification in many territories, including United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.[7]

Song history

Garbage debuted "I Think I'm Paranoid" live on May 15, 1998, at a concert Ryan's Ballroom in

Version 2.0 tour.[8] Garbage took to Europe from June 1 to join the festival circuit, as well as perform a number of their own headline shows, helping support the single release for "I Think I'm Paranoid".[8] The single was preempted by a televised performance of both "..Paranoid" and "Push it" on French show Nulle Part Ailleurs,[9] and on British entertainment show TFI Friday.[10]

Like its preceding single, "I Think I'm Paranoid" was

collectible 3-inch CD in a blister pack as a limited edition of 3,000. This special format collected together all the tracks onto one single disc; however the release was only on sale for one week and its sales were chart ineligible. Garbage appeared on British chart show Top of the Pops
to mark its high chart placing.

Across Europe, Mushroom Records then-distributor

European Top 100 sales chart.[1]

In

Triple-J radio heavily supported "...Paranoid".[1]

In North America, Almo Sounds opted to give "I Think I'm Paranoid" an airplay-only release, where it debuted on the Modern Rock chart at number 30 on July 18, and peaking for five weeks at number 6 across September of that year, eventually registering twenty six weeks on the chart.

double A-side release with remixes of "Push It" by Victor Calderone. The song's North American chart run was concurrent with the band's headline tour of the United States and Canada, which ran from September to December.[8]

After release

An acoustic recording of "I Think I'm Paranoid" recorded by the band for

videogame Gran Turismo 2, and eight years later, on the 2007 video game Rock Band as a playable track.[13][14]

In May 2001,

music publisher Helios Music Corporation filed a copyright infringement suit against Garbage, the band's own publisher Rondor Music, its North American record label Almo Sounds, and seven other co-defendants in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that "I Think I'm Paranoid" copied "significant elements of both lyrics and music"[15] from the 1967 Scott English and Larry Weiss composition "Bend Me, Shape Me" (a hit in the U.S. for The American Breed and in the U.K. for Amen Corner),[16] and that by failing to give "credit to the writers and publisher of ["Bend Me, Shape Me"], the defendants had falsely represented to the public that [Garbage] had independently created and are the authors of ["I Think I'm Paranoid"], in its entirety."[15] Helios contendend that the chorus to "Bend Me, Shape Me" ("Bend me, shape me/Anyway you want me") was similar to that of the Garbage lyric ("Bend me, break me/Anyway you need me");[16] Helios sought credit for "I Think I'm Paranoid", as well as damages, including all profits generated by the song and for the defendants to cease "any further sale, distribution or exploitation" of the song".[15]
Garbage considered the legal action a "nuisance suit".

Music video

strobing
within the video.

The concept behind the video was simplicity, contrasting with the band's previous

close up, inspired by the cover of The Beatles' album With the Beatles.[19]

The "I Think I'm Paranoid" video was first made commercially available in 1999 on the Italian

online music services
the same year.

Track listings

Remixes

Track title Length Remixer/Producer Commercial release
"I Think I'm Crystalized (Extended edit)" 7:25 The Crystal Method Yes
"I Think I'm Crystalized (Radio edit)" 4:35 No
"I Think I'm Crystalized (Dub)" 5:18 No
"I Think I'm Paranoid (Purity mix)" 5:32 Jill Stark Yes

In 2007, Crystal Method's mix was remastered and included on the Absolute Garbage bonus disc Garbage Mixes.[2]

Charts

Chart performance for "I Think I'm Paranoid"
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[11][21] 57
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[22] 17
European Hot 100 (Billboard)[1] 35
European Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard)[1] 25
France (
SNEP)[23]
 80
Germany (Official German Charts)[24] 98
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[25] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 94
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[27] 19
Spain Airplay (AFYVE)[28] 1
Scotland (OCC)[29] 7
UK Singles (OCC)[30]
 9
UK Indie (OCC)[31] 2
US
Radio Songs (Billboard)[32]
 70
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[33] 6

Release history

Release history and formats for "I Think I'm Paranoid"
Territory Release date Record label Format
Europe July 6, 1998 BMG
CD maxi, CD single
United Kingdom Mushroom Records UK
2×CD single set, cassette single
July 13, 1998
3" CD
United States Almo Sounds
Modern Rock
Australia July 27, 1998 White Records 2×CD single set

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  18. ^ "I think I'm paranoid / director, Matthew Rolston". United States Copyright Office. July 12, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2011. PA0000911817; I think I'm paranoid / director, Matthew Rolston; Videocassette ; 3/4 in; Almo Sounds, Inc.
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  25. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (30.7.–6.8. 1998)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). July 31, 1998. p. 11. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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External links

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