Push It (Garbage song)

This article is about 1998 song by Garbage. For the 1987 song by Salt-N-Pepa, see Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song).

"Push It"
Single by Garbage
from the album Version 2.0
B-side
  • "Lick the Pavement"
  • "Thirteen"
ReleasedApril 20, 1998 (1998-04-20)
RecordedMarch 1997 – February 1998
StudioSmart (Madison, Wisconsin)
Genre
Length4:01
LabelMushroom
Songwriter(s)Garbage
Producer(s)Garbage
Garbage singles chronology
"#1 Crush"
(1997) 		"Push It"
(1998) 		"I Think I'm Paranoid"
(1998)
Music video
"Push It" on YouTube

"Push It" is a song by American rock band Garbage from their second studio album, Version 2.0 (1998). It was released on April 20, 1998, as the album's lead single. Lead singer Shirley 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".[4] The track contains a musical quotation of the Beach Boys' 1964 song "Don't Worry Baby".

The music video for "Push It" received thirteen nominations between the MTV Video Music Awards,[5] MTV Europe Music Awards,[6] and the MVPA Music Video Awards.[7] "Push It" was also nominated as Best Alternative Records at Miami's Winter Music Conference.[8] In 2007, "Push It" was remixed for Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage;[9] some elements were made more noticeable, while some elements were reduced or edited out.[10] A rock version was also serviced to UK radio stations to promote the compilation.[11]

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  3. ^ Hogwood, Ben (July 23, 2007). "Garbage – Absolute Garbage – Greatest Hits". musicOMH. Retrieved October 21, 2014. strong supporting cast of the power pop trio Push It, Special and When I Grow Up
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  6. ^ "MTV's Saintly surprise". BBC News. November 12, 1998. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
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  9. ^ "New Best Of Album". Garbage.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  10. ^ "Absolute Garbage remasters". Butch Vig & Billy Bush at GearSlutz. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  11. ^ "Playlists: Radio: XFM". Music Week. July 15, 2007. XFM Playlist; Push It (Chris Sheldon remix)