Push It (Garbage)
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| Single by Garbage | ||||||||||
| from the album Version 2.0 | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Lick the Pavement" "Thirteen" |
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| Released | April 20, 1998 | |||||||||
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12", 3" CD single, CD maxi, cassette single |
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| Recorded | March 1997 - February 1998 Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin |
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| Genre | Alternative rock,industrial rock,power pop | |||||||||
| Length | 4:01 | |||||||||
| Label |
Mushroom Records UK Almo Sounds (North America) |
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| Writer(s) | Garbage, Brian Wilson, Roger Christian | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Garbage | |||||||||
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"Push It" is a 1998 song written, produced and performed by alternative rock band Garbage. "Push It" was the lead single released from their second album Version 2.0. Manson elaborated on the song's dreamy verse structure versus the confrontational chorus: "[It's about] the schizophrenia that exists when you try to reconcile your desires and demons with the need to fit in. It's a song of reassurance". Because the track contains a musical quotation of the Beach Boys' 1964 song "Don't Worry Baby", its co-writers Brian Wilson and Roger Christian received additional songwriting credits.
The music video for "Push It" received thirteen nominations between the MTV Video Music Awards,MTV Europe Music Awards, and the MVPA Music Video Awards. "Push It" was also nominated as Best Alternative Records at the Miami Winter Music Conference. In 2007, "Push It" was remixed for Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage. Some elements were made more noticeable, while some elements were reduced or edited out. A rock version was also serviced to UK radio stations to promote the compilation.
Garbage began writing for their second album at the start of March 1997 at a vacation house in Friday Harbor, Washington. There, the group demoed and made rough outlines for new songs over a three-week period. When they that felt they had made a good start, they relocated to their Madison, Wisconsin, base at Smart Studios and began fleshing out the ideas and rough sketches that were made over the rest of the year. The group recorded all of the material for the second album through a 48-track digital system direct to hard drives utilizing a 24-bit Pro Tools rig. Vocalist Shirley Manson wrote the majority of her lyrics while ensconced in a hotel near the studio. Garbage completed recording, producing and mixing of their second album in mid-February 1998, and the album was given the title Version 2.0.
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