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The Science of Things by Bush
The Science of Things is an album by Bush, released in 1999. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 60 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Chemicals Between Us”, on 39 lists with a best position of #11.
The Science of Things, Bush's third studio album, came out on Trauma on 26 October 1999, and it finds the London band plugging their grungy hard rock into the mains. Electronic textures crackle all over it, most obviously on the lead single "The Chemicals Between Us", which went out in September ahead of the album with the machines right up front.
Gavin Rossdale sings and plays guitar, Nigel Pulsford plays guitar alongside him, Dave Parsons the bass and Robin Goodridge the drums, and the whole thing hangs on a loose science fiction theme. The songs roam from the 1980 murder of Dorothy Stratten to Tony Blair's election and environmental damage. "Letting the Cables Sleep" and "Warm Machine" gave radio more to chew on. It went platinum in both the US and Canada, and it was the band's last album for Trauma.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Science of Things on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chemicals Between Us | 39 | #11 | – | 1999–2026 | |
| 2 | Letting the Cables Sleep | 19 | #33 | – | 2000–2014 | |
| 3 | Warm Machine | 2 | #65 | – | 2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.