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“The People That We Love” by Bush

From the album Golden State (2001)

“The People That We Love” by Bush appears on 15 radio countdowns from 15 stations in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album Golden State. Its best result is #43 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #51 alternative song of 2001.

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"The People That We Love" led off Golden State, Bush's fourth album, in 2001, but it was meant to arrive under another name. Early promo copies called it "Speed Kills", and it went out to American rock radio on the very day of the September 11 attacks; out of respect for the victims, the band retitled it after the opening words of its chorus. Gavin Rossdale insisted the old title had nothing to do with war, only the speed of thought.

The song itself is a churning post-grunge charge about violence around the world and the wreckage it leaves, though Rossdale said in 2023 that its first spark was the Magdalene laundries in Ireland. He wrote it on his own, and David Sardy produced it with the band and mixed it, keeping the guitars thick and the tempo shoving forward.

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
2001	80	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001	107
2001	70	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2001	91
2001	63	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001	106
2001	71	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001	101
2001	43	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001	100
2001	54	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001	93
2001	60	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001	100
2001	69	107.7 The End Seattle, WA	The End Top 107 Songs of 2001	107
2001	50	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2001	89
2001	46	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001	101
2001	51	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001	99
2001	83	WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001	106
2001	58	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001	103
2001	78	97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	97X Top 97 Songs of 2001	97
2001	76	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001	100

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