Why Do You Love Me
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| "Why Do You Love Me" | ||
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| Single by Garbage | ||
| from the album Bleed Like Me | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 3:52 | |
| Label | Geffen & A & E Records | |
| Producer(s) | Garbage | |
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| Garbage singles chronology | ||
| "Shut Your Mouth" (2002) |
"Why Do You Love Me" (2005) |
"Bleed Like Me" (2005) |
"Why Do You Love Me" was the first single from Bleed Like Me, the fourth album by Garbage, released worldwide in April 2005.
The song, which is a furious guitar driven rock number, was a comeback hit for Garbage on both sides of the Atlantic. It was the band's first song to enter either the UK Top 10 or the US Billboard Hot 100 in almost six years.
Charting at #7 it is, as of July 2005, Garbage's second most successful single release in the United Kingdom, coming second to the band's 1996 hit "Stupid Girl" which peaked at #4.
The success of the single drove Garbage's comeback record Bleed Like Me to the top five of the US, Mexico, UK, European and Australian album charts.
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[edit] Song profile
"Why Do You Love Me" was written and recorded at Smart Studios during the 2004 sessions for Bleed Like Me. The song was incorrectly titled on an 'album news update' as "Why Don't You Love Me" on the band's website in May 2004.
Drums on "Why Do You Love Me" were performed by Matt Walker and bass was performed by Justin Meldel-Johnsen.
"Why Do You Love Me" is published by Deadarm Music/Almo Music Corp (ASCAP) and Vibecrusher Music/Irving Music, Inc (BMI).
The song's full legal title is "Why Do You Love Me". It is registered at ASCAP under '(Title Code: 531285619)' and at BMI as 'BMI Work #7363923'.
[edit] Single release
"Why Do You Love Me" was decided as the first single by Garbage's new record companies upon hearing it. The band, who had normally picked their singles themselves, were nonetheless happy with the choice and the song was released to radio in February 2005 as the first cut from Bleed Like Me.
The single officially premiered in the United Kingdom on the BBC Radio 1 Jo Whiley show on Friday, 18 February. It was playlisted by XFM at the end of February and made XFM's single of the week upon its release. It was added to the Radio 1's C-List on 17 March. On 10 April, it debuted at #7 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Garbage's second-highest charting single in the UK (after "Stupid Girl", which reached #4).
In the United States, the song was released for airplay on Tuesday, 15 February. It was the most added song on alternative rock radio for the week of 15 to 22 February. It entered the Modern Rock Tracks chart at #39 on March 5 and shot to #10 by March 26. That same day, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #94. The single later peaked at #8 on the Modern Rock Tracks. The song is the band's most successful in the US since 1999's "Special".
The single is notable as the first instance of a DVD release by the band. In the UK the DVD single was included as one of its three formats, as well as for the first time since their debut album, a 7" vinyl format. The vinyl came encased in pink gaffa-tape, which had to split open to get the disc out to play.
B-sides for the single included "Space Can Come Through Anyone", "Nobody Can Win" and the previously released Ramones cover "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" on international releases. The UK DVD single also included a ten minute interview with the band and a brand new rock remix of "Cherry Lips"
The band's UK record company A & E Records, the Warners label that absorbed former Mushroom UK acts, sent out special card wallet sleeves to house the UK CD/DVD formats in. These could be obtained by applying, at the time, at Garbages official website.
[edit] Music video
The promotional video for "Why Do You Love Me" was helmed by Sophie Muller, and for scenes filmed on January 31st, 2005, included actual Garbage fans who applied through the band's website.
The video was shot mostly in black and white (the first B&W Garbage video since "I Think I'm Paranoid") and the storyline centred around cryptic references to the band's difficulty in maintaining proper relations over the previous years - as well as veiled references to Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry and their album Parallel Lines.
[edit] Remixes
No official remixes for the song were ever issued although both a clean version and a radio edit with a different intro and outro were issued by the band.
[edit] Live performances
"Why Do You Love Me" was first performed live on XFM Radio on March 23rd 2005. It has been played at each and every show on the 'Bleed Like Me' tour.
It has also been performed acoustically, notably on Washington, D.C.'s DC101 in April 2005.
At the August 2005 AmsterJam mash-up event at Randall's Island, NY Garbage 'duetted' with electro-rock artist Peaches with a number of songs. "Why Do You Love Me" was performed as a mash-up with Peaches' own "Rock Show".
"Why Do You Love Me" has been performed live on TV shows CD:UK, Popworld, Napster Live, Top Of The Pops, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross(UK), Rove Live (Australia) on Canal+ Album D'La Semaine, Traffic Music and 20h10 Pétantes (France), and on Fuse Comp'd (US).
[edit] Other appearances
The song was also used for the 'Bleed Like Me' TV advertisements.
[edit] Why Do You Love Me quote, unquote
Shirley Manson: "It’s about the fundamental insecurity in all human beings that they are unlovable. Feeling unlovable drives us into marriage, monogamy, jealousy and possessiveness".
Shirley Manson: "We chose ["WDYLM"] as the first single because it has a lot of mood shifts and embodies the whole record. I feel that at the base of everyone there’s a belief that we’re truly loveable. But we often question it, which is why we seek out exclusive relationships.”
Steve Marker: ""Why Do You Love Me" is an example of a lot of our songs [which] don’t totally come together ‘till their almost finished. That’s another one I cannot wait to play live because it’s loud guitars, it’s really fast. I can’t wait to see Butch try to play that speed the whole time too!"
Butch Vig: "I’m dreading playing "Why Do You Love Me" live because it’s like 160 BPM, with all this syncopation. I’m not in shape to do that at this very moment!"
Duke Erikson: "It sounds like a girl group song sped up. A girl group on speed kind of thing… Very Spector-esque"
Shirley Manson: "It has that strange middle break where everything just sort of disappears and the whole personality of the song changes and it goes somewhere very dark."
[edit] Comprehensive charts
- Worldwide charts
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | UK Singles Chart | #7 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | UK Download Chart | #22 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | US Billboard Hot 100 | #94 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | US Modern Rock Tracks | #8 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | Canadian Chart | #12 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | Australian Singles Chart | #19 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | German Singles Chart | #63 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | Irish Singles Chart | #27 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | Scottish Singles Chart | #4 |
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | Taiwan Singles Chart | #10 |
[edit] External links
| Garbage |
| Butch Vig | Shirley Manson | Duke Erikson | Steve Marker |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Garbage | Version 2.0 | beautifulgarbage | Bleed Like Me | Absolute Garbage |
| Singles: "Vow" | "Subhuman" | "Only Happy When It Rains" | "Queer" | "Stupid Girl" | "Milk" | "#1 Crush" | "Push It" | "I Think I'm Paranoid" | "Special" | "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" | "When I Grow Up" | "You Look So Fine" | "The World Is Not Enough" | "Androgyny" | "Cherry Lips" | "Breaking Up the Girl" | "Shut Your Mouth" | "Why Do You Love Me" | "Bleed Like Me" | "Sex Is Not the Enemy" | "Run Baby Run" |
| Videography |
| Videos and DVDs: Garbage Video | Live at Eagles Ballroom 2002 |
| Related articles |
| Alternative rock | Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie | Angelfish | The World Is Not Enough | Mushroom Records | Almo Sounds | Geffen Records |
