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“Greedy Fly” by Bush
From the album Razorblade Suitcase (1996)
“Greedy Fly” by Bush appears on 23 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1996 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Razorblade Suitcase. Its best result is #20 on the Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 1997, #3,061 alternative song of all time and #219 of the '90s.
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Bush released "Greedy Fly" in 1997 as the second single off Razorblade Suitcase, the album they made with Steve Albini producing and engineering, and it sounds like the band pulling the curtains shut. Gavin Rossdale wrote it and sings it with a sneer, Nigel Pulsford's guitar grinds against his, Dave Parsons and Robin Goodridge lay down a slow, lumbering groove, and The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan heard a broad streak of goth running right through it.
The video matched the mood. Marcus Nispel shot it in Los Angeles in December 1996, in the same building used for Se7en, at a cost of nearly half a million pounds. It plays like a horror film: police investigating the dissection of an angelic, insect-like creature, Rossdale as the prime suspect interrogated in a medical cone, and a final turn in which he becomes a human fly. Bush also put the full clip on an enhanced CD single, an early move for a band at the time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 95 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 34 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 | 91 |
| 1997 | 33 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 35 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 | 91 |
| 1997 | 46 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
| 1997 | 35 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 22 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 45 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 50 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 | 104 |
| 1997 | 33 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
| 1997 | 20 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
| 1997 | 28 | WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL | WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 278 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 1999 | 344 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 883 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 486 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 430 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 1965 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2004 | 79 | WBCN | WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) | 104 |
| 2020 | 312 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 329 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 333 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 345 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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