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Golden State is a 2001 studio album released by the British post-grunge band Bush.
The track "The People That We Love" was originally titled "Speed Kills" (which appeared on advance promo copies and early radio promos advertising the song), but was renamed following the September 11, 2001 attacks after being listed as an inappropriate song by Clear Channel Communications. Regarding the name change, the band posted this message on their website:
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Since the song is one of love, appreciation and rising against adversity, we hope that this change will reflect our desire to be part of the soothing that art brings at these times. |
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Upon release, "The People That We Love" saw significant radio play as well as heavy rotation of its music video on MTV2.
The album was released by Atlantic Records, which originally distributed Sixteen Stone. While Bush appeared on the October 22, 2001 edition of Channel One News to promote the album and give away a free copy[1], Atlantic failed to thoroughly promote it[citation needed]. Golden State was Bush's last studio effort, and since its release the band has remained on indefinite hiatus.
[edit] Track listing
- "Solutions" – 4:27
- "Headful of Ghosts" – 4:21
- "The People That We Love" – 4:01
- "Superman" – 4:00
- "Fugitive" – 4:02
- "Hurricane" – 3:15
- "Inflatable" – 4:18
- "Reasons" – 3:41
- "Land of the Living" – 4:15
- "My Engine Is With You" – 2:35
- "Out of This World" – 4:04
- "Float" – 4:15
[edit] Singles
Four singles were released from Golden State. The fourth and final single, "The People That We Love," was by far the most popular, receiving significant airplay and reaching #10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart and #11 on the Modern Rock Tracks. First single "Headful of Ghosts" and third single "Inflatable" peaked at #34 and #13, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart, while "Headful of Ghosts" also reached #38 on the Modern Rock Tracks. "Land of the Living," the second single to be released from the album, holds the unfortunate distinction of being the least successful single that Bush ever released, failing to chart on any chart anywhere.
The relatively unsuccessful singles from this album, along with poor sales for the album itself, played a large part in the breakup of the band in 2002.
[edit] Miscellanea
- "The People That We Love" was included on the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 soundtrack.
- "Solutions" was used in the soundtrack for "Swimfan" and was played in the background during the party scene.
- "Inflatable" was used in the first season Smallville episode Leech.
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