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“Mouth” by Bush
From the album Razorblade Suitcase (1996)
“Mouth” by Bush appears on 27 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Razorblade Suitcase. Its best result is #22 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 alternative song of 1997, #3,245 alternative song of all time and #250 of the '90s.
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"Mouth" sat deep on Razorblade Suitcase, Bush's second album, in 1996, and Steve Albini, who produced and engineered it, left it raw: Gavin Rossdale's voice and guitar up front, Nigel Pulsford's guitar and backing vocals grinding beside him, Dave Parsons on bass and Robin Goodridge on drums, all of it churning in a drugged, lurching crawl.
It wasn't a single at first. The version most people know came a year later, when Bush remixed it themselves under the alias the Stingray for the Deconstructed remix album, and that mix got its break on screen, featured heavily in An American Werewolf in Paris and its trailer. Put out as a single in October 1997, the Stingray version was the one radio latched onto.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 418 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 255 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 905 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 792 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2001 | 444 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1546 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2004 | 72 | WBCN | WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) | 104 |
| 2020 | 411 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 378 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 382 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 353 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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