Garbage in Brazil: 6 songs that were successful on the charts

O garbage announced a presentation in Brazil. The American band formed in 1993 was one of the main names of alternative rock in the early 1990s and returns to the country for the third time on the next day. September 9thwith a show in São Pauloafter its debut here in 2012 on the stage of the Planeta Terra festival, and two presentations in 2016.

With a more or less fixed formation since the beginning, with the Scottish Shirley Manson on vocals, Duke Erikson It is Steve Marker between guitar, bass and keyboard, and Butch Vig on percussion, the band’s seven studio albums. Its trajectory was celebrated among the group’s three decades of activity, especially for an unexplored union of sounds until then, such as grunge, techno and power pop – in addition to Manson’s powerful vocals, which are one of the group’s signatures.

Currently in the production of their eighth album, Garbage adds hits from different eras of the group, including six entries on Hot 100 Billboardwhich we list below:

Only Happy When It Rains

Main single from the debut album garbage, “Only Happy When It Rains” is considered a masterpiece of the group to this day. Due to the provocative lyrics and solid melody, it was even dubbed by Metallica and was even included in the soundtrack of captain marvelmore than 25 years after its recording, in 2019. It was part of the Hot 100 of billboard for 20 weeks, peaking at number 55 at its peak.

Stupid Girl

Recorded as a demo in January 1994, “Stupid Girl” reached the highest positions for Garbage in rankings, including the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for 20 weeks, peaking at position 24 (thus surpassing “Only Happy When It Rains”. “). For their music, the group was nominated for the Grammy in the categories Best Rock Song It is Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.

push it

After the success of their debut album, Garbage began, in 1997, to write the songs for Version 2.0. More than reinventing itself, the band chose to expand the concept of the first album – hence the chosen name, a “version 2.0” of the group. And the single chosen to present the work couldn’t be better: “Push It” is, until today, one of Garbage’s main tracks, a mixture of dreamlike verses with the heavy guitars that, at that point, were already a trademark of the troupe. In all, it spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 52.

Special

third single from Version 2.0, “Special” has a lighter sound than the band’s previous hits. With references to pop from previous decades, the song has a verse taken from the track “Talk of the Town” by The Pretenders – provided by Chrissie Hynde even before listening to the composition. At billboardthe song spent 13 weeks in the Top 100, peaking at number 52 at its peak.

vow

Considered Garbage’s first hit, “Vow” was originally released as one of the tracks on a CD by Garbage magazine. Volume, in 1994. Composed even before Shirley Manson joined the group, the song was inspired by a newspaper article about a woman who had taken revenge on an abusive husband. Subsequently, Garbage would release it as the band’s first single – also marking its first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, for its weeks on the chart, with the top at position 97.

Why Do You Love Me

Before taking a two-year hiatus, Garbage released their fourth studio album, Bleed Like Me, in 2005. In this sense, “Why Do You You Love Me” represented, at the same time, a maturity of the band, with a more accelerated percussion, while maintaining the heavy riffs of Garbage. The single would be the group’s biggest hit for more than half a decade, reaching No. 94 on the Billboard Hot 100 just five months before the announcement of the break from activities, which would last until 2007.

Garbage’s concert in São Paulo is scheduled for September 9th, at the Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo, in the line-up of The Town festival.