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“Androgyny” by Garbage
From the album beautifulgarbage (2001)
“Androgyny” by Garbage appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album beautifulgarbage. Its best result is #19 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #164 alternative song of 2001.
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"Androgyny" led off Garbage's third album, beautifulgarbage, in 2001, and it caught the band retooling their sound around pop radio. Butch Vig, their drummer and producer, pointed to Timbaland and Dr. Dre as influences and said the cutting edge was in the Top 40. The band produced it, Daniel Shulman plays bass, and Vig, Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker share the writing credit.
The September 11 attacks froze promotion, and a split reaction from critics and fans helped strand it in Britain and America, even as it caught on across Europe and became their highest-charting single yet in Australia. Manson later said the song had been ahead of its time. In 2016 they dusted it off in Charlotte, North Carolina, its first live outing in fifteen years, to spotlight the state's controversial Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 84 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 47 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 19 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001 | 30 |
| 2001 | 44 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 | 100 |
Also listed as: Adrogyny.
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