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“Letting the Cables Sleep” by Bush
From the album The Science of Things (1999)
“Letting the Cables Sleep” by Bush appears on 19 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2000 and 2014. It was first released in 1999 on the album The Science of Things. Its best result is #33 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #84 alternative song of 2000 and #3,440 alternative song of all time.
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"Letting the Cables Sleep" was the second single from The Science of Things, Bush's third album, in 1999, and it's the band turning the amps down for something hushed and bruised. Gavin Rossdale wrote it for a friend who had contracted HIV, and he produced it himself, wrapping his murmured vocal in strings, with Claire Ashby and Alison Dodds on violin, David Lasserson on viola and Rosie Wetters on cello, plus Sacha Puttnam's piano. Tom Elmhirst recorded and mixed it, with extra recording by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.
It climbed to number four on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Joel Schumacher directed the video, a wordless, aching encounter between Rossdale and actress Michele Hicks that ends with her telling him in sign language that she can't hear him.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 105 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 74 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 62 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 73 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 89 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 | 99 |
| 2000 | 63 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000 | 106 |
| 2000 | 100 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 33 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 81 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 38 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 85 | WBCN | WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) | 104 |
| 2005 | 1315 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1501 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1571 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1584 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1620 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1686 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1756 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1820 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Letting The Cables Sleep; Letting the Gables Sleep.
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