Awful

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"Awful"
Single by Hole
Released	Spring 1999
Format	CD-Single
Recorded	1997
Genre	Rock music
Label	Geffen
Hole singles chronology
Malibu (1998)	Awful	Be a Man (2000)

Awful is the third and final single by Hole from their album Celebrity Skin. The lyrics explore how the media and modern pop culture corrupt young girls and how they should rebel. There is, allegedly, a brief allusion to Gavin Rossdale on the lyrics, who once had a fling with Courtney Love.

[edit] Tracks

1. Awful (Album Version) (Erlandson, Love, Auf der Maur, Schemel) (3:29)
2. Pretty On The Inside (Live) (Erlandson, Love, Emery, Rue) (1:44)
3. Heaven Tonight (Live) (Erlandson, Love) (3:58)
4. Northern Star (Live) (Erlandson, Love) (5:52)
5. Awful (Live) (Erlandson, Love, Auf der Maur, Schemel) (3:24)
6. Malibu (Ted Ottaviano Club Mix) (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) (7:31)

[edit] Charts

Year	Single	Chart	Peak Position
1999	"Awful"	Modern Rock Tracks	#13
1999	"Awful"	UK	#42

Hole
Courtney Love | Eric Erlandson | Patty Schemel | Melissa Auf der Maur
Jill Emery | Leslie Hardy | Samantha Maloney | Kristen Pfaff | Lisa Roberts | Caroline Rue | Errol Stewert
Discography
Studio albums and EPs: Pretty on the Inside | Live Through This | Ask for It | The First Session | My Body, the Hand Grenade | Celebrity Skin
Singles: "Retard Girl" | "Dicknail" | "Teenage Whore" | "Beautiful Son" | "Miss World" | "Doll Parts" | "Violet" | "Softer, Softest" | "Gold Dust Woman" | "Celebrity Skin" | "Malibu" | "Awful" | "Be a Man"
Related articles
Sympathy for the Record Industry | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | Billy Corgan | Kat Bjelland | "Asking for It" | "Old Age"
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