Swallowed (song)

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"Swallowed"
Bush - Swallowed.jpg
Single by Bush
from the album Razorblade Suitcase
B-side"Broken TV"
Released15 October 1996
Recorded1996
Genre
Length
  • 4:51 (album version)
  • 4:08 (UK radio edit)
  • 4:22 (Australian radio edit)
  • 4:25 (music video)
Label
Songwriter(s)Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)Steve Albini
Bush singles chronology
"Machinehead"
(1996) 		"Swallowed"
(1996) 		"Greedy Fly"
(1997)
Alternative covers
UK CD2 cover
UK CD2 cover

'Swallowed' is a song by British alternative rock band Bush. It was released on 15 October 1996 as the lead single from the band's 1996 album, Razorblade Suitcase, which topped the US Billboard 200 chart.[3] It was later included on the remix album Deconstructed, the live album Zen X Four, and the Bush greatest hits compilation. The release of 'Swallowed' followed the fifth and final single off of the band's 1994 debut album Sixteen Stone, "Machinehead", by only six months.

Commercial performance[]

"Swallowed" was released as the lead single from the follow-up to their massively successful debut album, Sixteen Stone, which was released two years prior. Upon release, the song topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for seven consecutive weeks and peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. 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". This was the band's third crossover hit to Top 40 radio after "Comedown" and "Glycerine".

Song Information[]

A power ballad,[4] the song is in A-flat major.

Gavin Rossdale opined in 1999 that, despite a musical dissimilarity, the song was "[his] version" of the Beatles' song "Help!".[5]

Music video[]

The music video, directed by Jamie Morgan, was filmed in October 1996 and released later that month, is set in a retro apartment with myriad alternative youths.[6] 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.[7]

The video was nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards.

Track listing[]

  • UK CD 1 Single IND95528
    1. "Swallowed [Radio Edit]" - 4:08
    2. "Broken TV" - 4:28
    3. "Glycerine" - 4:26
    4. "In a Lonely Place" - 5:58 (Written by Ian Curtis/Peter Hook/Stephen Morris/Bernard Sumner) Produced by Tricky
  • UK CD 2 Single INDX95528
    1. "Swallowed" [LP Version] - 4:53
    2. "Swallowed [Toasted Both Sides Please Goldie Remix]" - 5:50
    3. "Insect Kin [Live on Saturday Night Live]" - 4:09
    4. "Cold Contagious [16"oz Demo Version]" - 5:57
  • AUS CD Single IND95519 (Cardsleeve)
    1. "Swallowed [Radio Edit]" - 4:22
    2. "Broken TV" - 4:28
    3. "Communicator" - 4:24
    4. "Glycerine [Live At Pinkpop, Holland]" - 4:42

Chart positions[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The 96 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1996". Spin. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ Sterdan, Darryl (10 April 2012). "Bush Returns To Canada". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Bush – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ^ Hoard, Christian David; Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (Revised ed.). Simon and Schuster. p. 122. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. ^ Nine, Jennifer (1999). Bush: Twenty-seventh Letter : the Official History. Virgin. ISBN 9780753501894. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Site Maintenance". www.mvdbase.com.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Bush – Swallowed". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9806." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9882." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Swallowed". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bush – Swallowed" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "Bush Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  17. ^ "Bush Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  18. ^ "RPM Year End Alternative Top 50". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  19. ^ "RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  20. ^ "RPM '97 Year End Top 50 Alternative Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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