Push (song)
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- For the song by Enrique Iglesias featuring Lil Wayne, see Push (Enrique Iglesias song).
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| Single by Matchbox Twenty from the album Yourself or Someone Like You |
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| Released | 1997 (US) | ||||
| Format | CD single / Audio cassette | ||||
| Recorded | 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock Post-Grunge |
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| Length | 3:58 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Matt Serletic | ||||
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"Push" is a song by the group Matchbox Twenty. It was their breakthrough single. After landing "Long Day" on several radio stations paving the way, "Push" hit the top of the Modern Rock Tracks. The song, while seeming to be about physical abuse, has been stated by Rob Thomas to be about emotional abuse.[citation needed]
Rob says the song is about a mean girl he dated, and he just switched the pronouns.[1]
When the song came out initially, feminist groups were outraged and claimed the song was about abusing women, until Rob explained that the man in the song (either himself or fictional) was the one being abused, either emotionally or physically.
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[edit] Music video
The video for "Push", directed by Nigel Dick, starts and ends with Rob Thomas playing with a puppet. Throughout the song, the band is seen playing in an alley. A couple of scenes feature Thomas chained to a wall. Another scene is of Thomas holding onto an electric wire fence while the band stands in the background. He gets zapped by the fence but keeps putting his hands back on it. Thomas is also seen in a room containing a clock and a bed, though no windows are shown.
[edit] Chart positions
| Charts | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart | 38 |
[edit] Trivia
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An extract of the song was used in "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "Polka Power!", off the album, Running with Scissors.
[edit] References
| Preceded by "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single July 26, 1997 |
Succeeded by "Fly" by Sugar Ray |
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