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"#1 Crush" was written and recorded between March, 1994 and May, 1995 during sessions between band members Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig in either Marker's basement recording studio or at their own Smart Studios in Madison.[2] Manson was concerned that listeners wouldn't realise that the song was about a stalker: "It's about somebody who wasn't quite right. The song however were slightly autobiographical. Everybody's felt obsessive about something or somebody in their life. I've felt crazy about somebody before," she explained, "That feeling - usually when you've split up with somebody - when you're absolutely obsessed with what they are doing. It's all to do with being pathetic".[3]
Reflecting on the lyrics, Manson felt, "All real love is a form of obsession. If you love someone more than anything else, that degree of exclusivity requires an abnormal amount of passion and care. And that can be positive," contrasting with the protagonist of "#1 Crush, "It's just that keeping it short of unhealthy, short of violence, really requires a bit of moderation. You can't let something like that take over all of your thought processes".[4] Butch Vig later described "#1 Crush" as "disturbing".[3]
Garbage's debut international single release "Vow" featured "#1 Crush" on the b-side, and was released in Europe, South Africa and Australasia in June 1995. The August re-release for the United Kingdom saw the track order reversed, with accompanying b-side "Subhuman" released in its own right, with "#1 Crush" remaining as its b-side, and "Vow" being added as a CD single bonus track.[5] In Japan, both "#1 Crush" and "Subhuman" were included as bonus tracks on the Japanese pressings of the band's debut album (titled G in Japan).[6] At the end of 1995, BMG France included "#1 Crush" on an album sampler titled Rare Track Collection to give away free with copies of the debut album purchased in Virgin Megastores.
Nellee Hooper remixed "#1 Crush" for inclusion on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack, working with producers Marius de Vries and Jim Abbiss. In addition to downplaying the guitars and reworking the percussion and synth elements of the song, Hooper added a distorted vocal sample from Madonna's 1995 single "Bedtime Story".[7]
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The Romeo + Juliet soundtrack was released in North America on October 29, 1996, ahead of the movie which opened in cinemas on November 1; "#1 Crush" was the album opener, and began to receive airplay at alternative radio.[8] Romeo + Juliet debuted at #44 on the Billboard 200.[9] A week later "#1 Crush" debuted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at #17 and on the Hot 100 Airplay at #49.[10] The song had received airplay at 71 monitored radio stations across the United States, and had become the driving force behind the soundtrack which shot up to #12 on the album chart.[10] In its second week, "#1 Crush" broke into the Modern Rock top ten (at #8).[11] At the start of 1997, "#1 Crush" hit #1 on the Modern Rock chart.[4] The same week, the song reached a peak of #29 on the airplay chart. Because "#1 Crush" was an album cut, and would not be commercially available as a domestic single, it was ineligible to chart on the Hot 100.[10] Due to the songs runaway success, Garbage contemplated filming a music video for it.[12] The song stayed at the top Modern Rock position for an entire month, before dropping to #2 at the start of February.[13] Top 40 radio picked up on "#1 Crush" and registered a single week on the Top 40 Mainstream at #39. During this period, the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack hit #2 on the album chart; the band's debut album also rebounded from the lower-seventies into the top 50.[14] By the end of its chart-run in May 1997, "#1 Crush" had spent a total of sixteen weeks on the Hot 100 Airplay chart[15] and twenty-two on the Modern Rock chart.[16]
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"#1 Crush" generated a mostly positive response from music critics and radio programmers. Don O'Neal, PD of KFRR in Fresno, California, praised Garbage for following up the mass-appeal crossover "Stupid Girl" with the "almost gothic" "#1 Crush".[17]
[edit] | Tags: Media appearances | 2>
Actor Lee Pace performed "#1 Crush" in a drag show in the 2003 movie Soldier's Girl, while a year later,"#1 Crush" became the theme tune to the UK TV series Hex.
[edit] | Tags: Credits and personnel | 2>
Garbage
Shirley Manson – vocals, guitar
Steve Marker – guitars, bass, samples and loops
Duke Erikson – guitars, keyboards, six-string and fuzz bass
Butch Vig – drums, loops, noise and efx
Publishing
Written by Garbage
Copyright 1995 Vibecrusher Music / Irving Music, Inc (BMI) / Deadarm Music (ASCAP)
Production
Recorded & produced by Garbage
Recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Second engineer: Mike Zirkel
Mastered: Howie Weinberg (Masterdisk)
Editing & post production: Scott Hull (Masterdisk)
"#1 Crush (Remix)"
Remix and additional production: Nellee Hooper
Additional programming: Marius de Vries
Mix engineer: Jim Abbiss
[edit] | Tags: Release history | 2>
Release Date
Territory
Record Label
Format(s)
October 29, 1996
United States
Capitol
Airplay
[edit] | Tags: Comprehensive charts | 2>
Chart (1997)
Peak
Canadian Singles Chart (RPM)[18]
20
Canadian Alternative 30 (RPM)[19]
1
Iceland Topp 40 (IFPI)[20]
2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[21]
29
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[22]
1
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream (Billboard)[23]
39
Year-End charts
Chart (1997)
Position
Iceland Topp 40[24]
6
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[25]
11
Preceded by
"Swallowed" by Bush
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
number-one single
January 4–31, 1997
Succeeded by
"Discothèque" by U2
Preceded by
Swallowed by Bush
Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative 30 number-one single
January 20–27, 1997
Succeeded by
"Discothèque" by U2
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
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^ "Q (issue 09/01/1996)" (Retrieved - 2008-02-10)
^ a b Simpson, Dave (1995-08-12). Vig's Atomic Dustbin. UK: Melody Maker.
^ a b Bambarger, Bradley (1997). The Modern Age. Billboard. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wQ4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT88&dq=Garbage%20%231%20crush&pg=PT88#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ "Vow (Discordant) / Subhuman (Mushroom)". Press release. Mushroom Records UK. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/boylikearose/Garbage%20Memorabilia/1995OnlyHappyWhenItRainspresssheet.jpg. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
^ Watson, Rob. "Garbage BVCP-881 (1st Japanese Pressing)". Garbage-Discography.co.uk. http://www.garbage-discography.co.uk/garbage_jap_cd1.php. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
^ Sandiford-Waller, Theda (1996-12-07). "Hot 100 Singles Spotlight; Wherefore Art Thou". Billboard: 91. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uAkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA91&dq=%22%231%20crush%22&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ Mayfield, Geoff (1996). Between the Bullets. Billboard. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ugkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA91&dq=garbage%20nov%20%201996&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ The Billboard 200. Billboard. 1996. pp. 96. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vQkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA85&dq=garbage%20nov%20%201996&pg=PA96#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ a b c Sandiford-Walller, Theda (1996). Hot 100 Singles Spotlight. Billboard. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uAkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA91&dq=%22%231%20crush%22&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ Modern Rock Tracks - December 7th, 1996. Billboard. 1996. pp. 85. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uAkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA91&dq=%22%231%20crush%22&pg=PA85#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ `Romeo, Juliet' doth climbeth albums chart. Chicago Sun-Times, December 27, 1996 issue. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4356556.html.
^ Modern Rock Chart (Feb 1st 1997). Billboard. 1997. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zA4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA72&dq=Garbage%20%231%20crush&pg=PA71#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ Bilboard 200 (Jan 25, 1997). Billboard. 1997. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4Q4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=RA1-PA101&dq=Garbage%20%231%20crush&pg=RA1-PA106#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ Hot 100 Airplay (March 15, 1997). Billboard. 1997. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA107&dq=Garbage%20%231%20crush&pg=PA115#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ "Visualiser: "#1 Crush"". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/artist/1-crush/1050207#/song/original-soundtrack/1-crush/713075. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
^ Carter, Kevin (1997). Maintaining an Acts Modern Base. Billboard. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA107&dq=Garbage%20%231%20crush&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 26, March 03 1997. RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9891&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 18 Jan 2011.
^ Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 20, January 20, 1997. RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9795&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=q7a8kho0gp0ecl1bcihne0pto6. Retrieved 18 Jan 2011.
^ (in Icelandic) Islenski Listinn. Föstudagar. 1997-05-02. pp. 30. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2954075.
^ Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. Billboard, issue dated January 11th, 1997, reproduced on Google Books. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wQ4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT88&dq=garbage%20%22%231%20crush%22&pg=PT91#v=snippet&q=garbage%20%22Crush%22&f=false. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
^ Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Billboard, issue dated January 11th, 1997, reproduced on Google Books. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wQ4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT88&dq=garbage%20%22%231%20crush%22&pg=PT88#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
^ ""#1 Crush" Top 40 Mainstream Listing For The Week of February 8, 1997". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=381&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Top+40+Mainstream&ci=3025957&cdi=7153850&cid=02%2F08%2F1997. Retrieved 2008-02-10. [dead link]
^ (in Icelandic) 1997 Árslistinn. Föstudagar. 1998-01-02. pp. 16–18. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2954075.
^ The Year In Music 1997: Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Billboard, issue dated 27th December 1997, reproduced on Google Books. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=billboard%20year%20in%20music%201997&pg=RA1-PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
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