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Bleed Like Me by Garbage
Bleed Like Me is an album by Garbage, released in 2005. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 41 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Why Do You Love Me”, on 24 lists with a best position of #26.
Bleed Like Me, Garbage's fourth album, came out on A&E Records on 11 April 2005, and it very nearly didn't. Sessions began in March 2003 and went nowhere, bogged down by passive aggression and no clear sense of direction, and that October the band quietly split for four months. They regrouped in Los Angeles under producer John King, a guest spot from Dave Grohl on "Bad Boyfriend" got the blood pumping again, and with drummer Matt Walker and bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen sitting in, they finished it late in 2004.
What came out is Garbage stripped of the electronic gloss of Beautiful Garbage: straight, snarling rock closer to their live show, Shirley Manson spitting and cooing over Duke Erikson and Steve Marker's guitars. "Why Do You Love Me" led the charge, and the album opened in the top five in eight countries, America and Britain among them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bleed Like Me on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why Do You Love Me | 24 | #26 | – | 2005–2014 | |
| 2 | Bleed Like Me | 16 | #42 | – | 2005–2014 | |
| 3 | Run Baby Run | 1 | #93 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.