"Supervixen" | |
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Promotional single by Garbage | |
from the album Garbage | |
Released | October 15, 1996 |
Recorded | 1994–1995 |
Studio | Smart Studios (Madison, Wisconsin) |
Genre | Alternative rock[1] |
Length | 3:56 |
Label | Almo Sounds |
Songwriter(s) | Garbage |
Producer(s) | Garbage |
"Supervixen" is an alternative rock song written and performed by alternative rock band Garbage and is the opening track on their self-titled debut studio album (1995). The song was titled after Russ Meyer's 1975 sexploitation film Supervixens[2] but was influenced by Pier Paolo Pasolini's period horror art film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, which had been playing on a monitor above the soundboard at Smart Studios when the band were working on it.[3]
In the United States, "Supervixen" was released as an airplay-only single[4] to alternative radio in October 1996.[5] At the time, "Stupid Girl" was still charting highly on the Billboard Hot 100, and the band's debut album had been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping a million units within the United States.[6]
Supervixen is now playing on KROQ
GARBAGE; GARBAGE; August 15, 1995; certified July 30, 1996; ALMO SOUNDS; PLATINUM ALBUM