When I Grow Up (Garbage song)

"When I Grow Up"
Single by Garbage
from the album Version 2.0
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 11, 1999
RecordedMarch 1997 – February 1998
StudioSmart Studios,
Madison, Wisconsin
GenreAlternative rock,[1] power pop[2]
Length3:24
LabelMushroom Records UK
Almo Sounds (North America)
Songwriter(s)Garbage
Producer(s)Garbage
Garbage singles chronology
"Special"
(1998) 		"When I Grow Up"
(1999) 		"The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
(1999)

"When I Grow Up" is a 1998 song written, recorded and produced by alternative rock band Garbage. The song was released as the fourth international single to be taken from the band's multi-platinum second album Version 2.0 over the course of the following year.

"When I Grow Up" was the first split-single release in Europe for Garbage,[3] in some countries, "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" was released in its place.[4] "When I Grow Up" proved to be a charting hit in both United Kingdom[5] and Spain,[6] before going on to become Garbage's most successful single release in Australia and New Zealand at that point in their career.[7]

In North America, "When I Grow Up" served as one of two singles (along with Sheryl Crow's cover version of "Sweet Child o' Mine") released from the soundtrack of the Adam Sandler comedy film Big Daddy.

The song is featured extensively in (and plot-important to) the fifth and final season of Warehouse 13.

  1. ^ "GARBAGE/ NOT YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE". Bangkok Post. May 8, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. ^ Hogwood, Ben (July 23, 2007). "Garbage – Absolute Garbage – Greatest Hits". Retrieved October 21, 2014. strong supporting cast of the power pop trio Push It, Special and When I Grow Up
  3. ^ Airplay; On the air: M&M's weekly airplay analysis column (PDF). Music & Media. January 30, 1995. p. 38. . At 46, Garbage enters with the rocky When I Grow Up (Mushroom), due to support at U.K. radio. This is actually the first split release in Europe for Garbage. In Germany, for instance, the choice for their new single is the more laid back The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (Mushroom)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference V2.0 sales report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ Hits of The World: Spain (February 24th, 1999). March 6, 1999. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference YLSF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).