Push It (Garbage song)

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This article is about 1998 song by Garbage. For the 1987 song by Salt-N-Pepa, see Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song).

"Push It"
Single by Garbage
from the album Version 2.0
B-side
  • "Lick the Pavement"
  • "Thirteen"
ReleasedApril 20, 1998 (1998-04-20)
RecordedMarch 1997 – February 1998
StudioSmart (Madison, Wisconsin)
Genre
Length4:01
Mushroom
Songwriter(s)Garbage
Producer(s)Garbage
Garbage singles chronology
"#1 Crush"
(1997) 		"Push It"
(1998) 		"I Think I'm Paranoid"
(1998)
Music video
"Push It" on
YouTube

"Push It" is a song by American rock band Garbage from their second studio album, Version 2.0 (1998). It was released on April 20, 1998, as the album's lead single. Lead singer Shirley Manson elaborated on the song's dreamy verse structure versus the confrontational chorus: "[It's about] the schizophrenia that exists when you try to reconcile your desires and demons with the need to fit in. It's a song of reassurance".[4] The track contains a musical quotation of the Beach Boys' 1964 song "Don't Worry Baby".

The music video for "Push It" received thirteen nominations between the

MTV Europe Music Awards,[6] and the MVPA Music Video Awards.[7] "Push It" was also nominated as Best Alternative Records at Miami's Winter Music Conference.[8] In 2007, "Push It" was remixed for Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage;[9] some elements were made more noticeable, while some elements were reduced or edited out.[10] A rock version was also serviced to UK radio stations to promote the compilation.[11]

Writing and production

Garbage began writing for their second album at the start of March 1997 at a vacation house in

hard drives utilizing a 24-bit Pro Tools rig. Vocalist Shirley Manson wrote the majority of her lyrics while ensconced in a hotel near the studio.[13]
Garbage completed recording, producing and mixing of their second album in mid-February 1998, and the album was given the title Version 2.0.

During a vocal tracking session in which Manson was singing over music already written for "Push It", the band felt that one of the lines in "Push It" would benefit from having a vocal chorus answering the words back to her. Inspired by Manson's spontaneous

lawyers felt that there was a possible similarity of the line "Push it!" to his own "Push It", which had been a hit single for New York hip hop trio Salt-N-Pepa.[13]

At the end of the

time-stretching plugins and matched them with an orchestral swell in an ascending chromatic scale sampled from a classical music album. The new part had been influenced by The Beatles "A Day in the Life", and the group decided to keep it when Manson encouraged them to.[12]

Release

The Version 2.0 album campaign officially began on March 16, 1998, when "Push It" debuted on European radio.

UK Singles Chart[15] becoming the band's third top-10 single.[16] "Push It" remained in the UK top 75 for five weeks.[16]

Mushroom's European distributor, BMG, released "Push It" across the continent on April 20, 1998, in two CD formats; a four-track maxi single collecting together both b-sides and the Boom Boom Satellites remix,[17] and a two-track card sleeved single backed with "Lick the Pavement".[18] In France, "Push It" charted for a single week at number 99.[19] In the Netherlands it debuted at number 98 and peaked the following week at number 77,[20] while in Germany, the single peaked at number 88.[21] Some of the higher European chart positions came from Iceland, where "Push It" reached number 2 after five weeks,[22] Ireland where it reached number 26,[23] Finland where it peaked at number 14,[24] and in Spain, where the single was released by RCA Records, "Push It" debuted at number five.[25] The single spent a second week at that peak, before dropping out of the Spanish top 10 in early June.[26] The song also peaked at number 20 on the Spanish airplay chart.[27] Across Europe, "Push It" reached number 38 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart and number six on the European Radio Top 50 chart.[28]

In Australia and New Zealand, "Push It" was released by

White Label Records on April 20, 1998, on two CDs, in the same combination as Europe had received. At the end of the month, "Push It" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 31 where it stayed for a second week before dropping out of the chart on its seventh week.[29] At the same time, "Push It" debuted on the RIANZ Singles Chart at number 16, and climbed seven days later to peak at number 15.[30] It ultimately spent six weeks on the charts.[30] White Label also licensed out commercial singles of "Push It" internationally for release in South Africa[31] and Venezuela.[32]

In North America,

Modern Rock Tracks chart.[40] At alternative, "Push It" remained at that position for the rest of May.[41]

"Push It" remained in the Modern Rock top 10 and hovering around the mid-50s on the Hot 100 until the second week of July.

12-inch vinyl of Calderone remixes of "Push It" backed with mixes of "I Think I'm Paranoid" by The Crystal Method,[46] on October 20.[47] In total, "Push It" spent 18 weeks on the Hot 100 (exiting in early September),[48] 21 weeks on the Modern Rock charts (leaving a week earlier)[49] and 13 weeks on the dance chart (in early October).[50]

In late 1999, the song was featured in the intro video of

XFM prior to the release of Absolute Garbage.[51]

3-inch CD blister pack

3-inch CD blister pack
format

Garbage had been established on their first album as an act who regularly released

Chart Information Network (CIN) had forbidden the chart inclusion of sales of any singles packaged elaborately. Mushroom kept in mind that they had lost money on the pressing of every single 7-inch they released;[52] Garbage were also aware of the potential trap of repeating themselves on their second album.[13]

In 1996, while the band had been

art designer for the project, Ade Britteon, suggested packaging the discs in pre-formed plastic sealed onto a 5-inch card blister, similar to how electrical batteries are displayed, so that the disc could be popped through the back of the packaging.[13]

Garbage eventually released five singles in this manner; starting with "Push It" and ending a year later with "You Look So Fine". Despite the collectable nature of the format, the fact that at the time very few European artists pressed 3-inch CDs and that the vacuum-packaging cost more to produce than a standard CD single meant that Mushroom did not repeat the format for their other artists.[53]

Critical reception

Upon its release, "Push It" received a positive response from

Fuel My Fire" should have been: barely-controlled pop-mayhem".[54]

Music video

In a surreal moment of the "Push It" video, Shirley Manson leads her partner to his assassination in a Los Angeles deli.

The music video for "Push It" was directed by Italian photographer Andrea Giacobbe for Satellite Films/Propaganda Films.[4] The $750,000 video was shot over four days in Los Angeles in early March 1998.[55]

Garbage were impressed enough by Giacobbe's

false-color and back.[56]

Garbage were not particularly satisfied with the first

Starsky and Hutch look. [Giacobbe] kept saying 'Don't worry, this is just the canvas I'm going to paint on.'" Vig added that the video later had single frame details "which makes it easier to watch on repeated viewings."[58] The band later described the video as "Fellini-esque".[57] The first day of shooting included filming on location at a supermarket, the second day in a hospital and the third in a cemetery.[59] One of the props on the first day, a stuffed deer mounted on wheels, broke loose and caused a minor car accident. At the hospital, Giacobbe injured himself in a fall while filming.[59]

later revealed to be Manson herself, unmasking in view of a mirror before licking her own reflection. She is last seen leaving with the briefcase and the now-adult Fuzzy and Light bulb headed man in a Fiat 500.[60]

The "Push It" video was

MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video.[6] A year later, Garbage were the leading nominee for the MVPA Music Video Awards industry event, with six nominations shared between the videos for "Push It" and "Special".[7] Gina Monaci and Jeff Judd won the award for Best Make-Up in a Music Video for their work on "Push It".[61] "Push It" was also nominated for Best Styling (nomination to Jennifer Elster), Best Hair (Gina Monaci and Kevin Ryan) and Best Alternative Video (to Satellite Films).[62]

On April 6, 1998, the "Push It" video premiered in the United States,

greatest hits DVD compilation Absolute Garbage, albeit with digital alterations obscuring the moments of partial nudity.[9]

Track listings

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Australia April 20, 1998
  • CD maxi single
White Label
New Zealand
Europe
  • CD single
  • CD maxi single
 BMG
South Africa CD maxi single
Canada April 21, 1998 CD maxi single Almo Sounds
United States
United Kingdom April 27, 1998
  • CD single
  • 3-inch CD single
  • cassette single
Mushroom
September 28, 1998 12-inch white label (Victor Calderone mixes)
United States October 20, 1998
12-inch single
(as "Push It"/"I Think I'm Paranoid") 		Almo Sounds

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