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“Bleed Like Me” by Garbage
From the album Bleed Like Me (2005)
“Bleed Like Me” by Garbage appears on 16 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2005 and 2014. It was first released in 2005 on the album Bleed Like Me. Its best result is #42 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 2005 and #2,857 alternative song of all time.
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"Bleed Like Me" is the title track of the fourth Garbage album, and in North America it went out as the record's second single on May 9, 2005, through Geffen's Almo Sounds imprint. The band wrote and produced it themselves, Butch Vig mixed it, and Billy Bush engineered, and critics picked it out as the album's centerpiece.
It's Garbage with the gloss dialled down: a slow, bruised song that leaves room for Shirley Manson's voice to do the damage. It made number 27 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and on the dance floor its club remixes did even better, going top ten on Billboard's dance chart. Outside North America it was swapped out, for "Sex Is Not the Enemy" in the UK and "Run Baby Run" in Europe and Australia, and Sophie Muller shot videos for all three.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 86 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
| 2005 | 71 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 89 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 97 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 103 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 70 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 | 105 |
| 2005 | 42 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 49 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005 | 50 |
| 2005 | 164 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 977 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1250 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1267 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1305 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1356 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1402 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1465 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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