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Garbage - #1 Crush

by acostill on June 11th, 2008

This is an amazingly obsessive, yet hypnotic track from Garbage. Which is pretty obvious, but here’s confirmation from front woman Shirley Manson when talking about the song:“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. 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.”.

How true.

“#1 Crush” first appeared as a b-side on the band’s 1995 single debut “Vow”. The track was then remixed by Nelee Hooper (who has also worked with Bjork, No Doubt, U2, Massive Attack) and Marius De Vries (who has worked with David Gray, PJ Harvey, Bjork, Rufus Wainwright) for the soundtrack to the updated 1996 flick William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet.

The remixed version of the track eventually reached the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot Modern Rock Tracks for four weeks. It would also appear on the band’s greatest hits compilation Absolute Garbage in 2007.

It’s a great tune, so check it out and enjoy.

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