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“The Chemicals Between Us” by Bush

From the album The Science of Things (1999)

“The Chemicals Between Us” by Bush appears on 39 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1999 on the album The Science of Things. Its best result is #11 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 1999, #1,362 alternative song of all time and #127 of the '90s.

39countdowns
20stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2026years charted

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"The Chemicals Between Us" led the way for The Science of Things, Bush's third album, arriving as its first single on 14 September 1999, and it's the sound of the band plugging into the machines. Gavin Rossdale wrote it and produced it himself, with Tom Elmhirst recording and mixing and Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley handling extra recording, and it bristles with electronic textures and a beat that's nearly danceable, while a heavy guitar riff still runs straight through the middle.

Rossdale said the song is about the gaps that open up between people and the failure to get through to each other, the silence of two people sharing a bed and saying nothing. It spent five weeks, not in a row, at number one on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, and Bush wouldn't top that chart again until "The Sound of Winter" in 2011.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 45 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 11 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 91
1999 31 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 16 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 17 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 45 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 26 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 21 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107
1999 37 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 89
1999 19 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 46 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 100
1999 33 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104
2000 26 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 93
2000 17 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 102
2000 50 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K 102
2000 16 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 251 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 333 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 832 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 955 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 230 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 832 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 352 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 65 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 236 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 295 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 483 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 233 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2014 286 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 290 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 233 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 226 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 222 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 271 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 321 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 273 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 281 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 307 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2026 369 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Chemicals Between Us; The Chemicals Between US.

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