Swallowed (song)

For the song by Blind Melon, see Nico (album).

"Swallowed"
Single by Bush
from the album Razorblade Suitcase
B-side"Broken TV"
Released15 October 1996
Recorded1996
Genre
Length
  • 4:51 (album version)
  • 4:08 (UK radio edit)
  • 4:22 (Australian radio edit)
  • 4:25 (music video)
Label
Songwriter(s)Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)Steve Albini
Bush singles chronology
"Machinehead"
(1996) 		"Swallowed"
(1996) 		"Greedy Fly"
(1997)
Music video
"Swallowed" on YouTube
Alternative covers
UK CD2 cover

"Swallowed" is a song by British rock band Bush, released on 15 October 1996 as the lead single from the band's 1996 album, Razorblade Suitcase (their highest-charting album in the USA, reaching #1 on the Billboard 200 chart).[4] It also appeared on both Bush greatest hits albums, with live versions appearing on Zen X Four (2005) and Live in Tampa (2020), with remixed editions featured on Deconstructed (1997) and Loads of Remixes (2024). The release of "Swallowed" followed the fifth and final single off of the band's 1994 debut album Sixteen Stone, "Machinehead", by only six months.

  1. ^ "The 96 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1996". Spin. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ Piccoli, Sean (22 March 1997). "Bush: America's Band". Sun Sentiel. Sun Senitel. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ Sterdan, Darryl (10 April 2012). "Bush Returns To Canada". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Bush – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2014.