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Without You I’m Nothing by Placebo
Without You I’m Nothing is an album by Placebo, released in 1998. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 44 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Pure Morning”, on 38 lists with a best position of #21.
Without You I'm Nothing, Placebo's second album, arrived through Hut and Virgin on 12 October 1998, the sound of a London trio turning their cult into a crowd. Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal, now with Steve Hewitt behind the kit, cut it in the middle and back end of that year with Steve Osborne producing, and Molko wrote the lyrics.
It's a darker, sleeker record than the debut: guitars that grind and shimmer, loops that nag, and Molko's nasal, unmistakable voice picking at sex, mental health and drugs with no apology. "Pure Morning" and "You Don't Care About Us" both went top five in Britain and "Every You Every Me" reached No. 11, among five singles in all. The album reached No. 7 at home, went platinum there and gold in France, and has sold more than a million copies, the band's big international breakthrough.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Without You I’m Nothing on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pure Morning | 38 | #21 | – | 1998–2026 | |
| 2 | Every You Every Me | 4 | #5 | – | 1999–2013 | |
| 3 | You Don't Care About Us | 2 | #87 | – | 1999–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.