| "Swallowed" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Bush | ||||||||||
| from the album Razorblade Suitcase | ||||||||||
| Released | October 15, 1996 | |||||||||
| Format | CD, 7" | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||||||||
| Genre | Post-grunge | |||||||||
| Length | 4:51 (Album Version) 4:08 (UK Radio Edit) 4:22 (Australian Radio Edit) |
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| Label | Trauma/Interscope | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Gavin Rossdale | |||||||||
| Producer | Steve Albini | |||||||||
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'Swallowed' is a song by British post-grunge band Bush. It was included on the 1996 album Razorblade Suitcase, which topped the Billboard 200 chart. It was later included on the remix album Deconstructed, the live album Zen X Four, and the Bush greatest hits compilation.
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"Swallowed" was released as the first single from the follow-up to their massively successful debut album, Sixteen Stone, which was released two years earlier. Upon release, the song topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks for seven consecutive weeks. This is the longest Bush ever stayed at number one on any chart. It was also Bush's biggest hit in their native Britain, where it peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards, but lost to the Smashing Pumpkins' "The End Is The Beginning Is The End".
The music video, directed by Jamie Morgan, was filmed in October 1996 and released in later that month, is set in a retro apartment with myriad alternative youths.[1] A neon crucifix (which would later become the album cover for Deconstructed) is frequently interspersed amongst the antics of houseguests. The video was shot at Twickenham Studios England and in Florida[1]
The video was nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards.
- Featured in the film Mrs. Death 3.
- Goldie/Toasted On Both Sides Mix featured in the 1997 film The Jackal.
- Featured on Cold Case in the episode "Bad Reputation".
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| Canadian RPM Singles Chart | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Alternative 30 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart | 7 |
| ARIA Charts | 25 |
| MegaCharts | 100 |
| Preceded by "What I Got" by Sublime |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single November 16 - December 28, 1996 |
Succeeded by "#1 Crush" by Garbage |
| Preceded by Stinkfist by Tool |
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 number-one single December 2, 1996 - January 13, 1997 |
Succeeded by "#1 Crush" by Garbage |
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