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“I Think I'm Paranoid” by Garbage

From the album Version 2.0 (1998)

“I Think I'm Paranoid” by Garbage appears on 45 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1998 and 2025. It was first released in 1998 on the album Version 2.0. Its best result is #10 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 1998, #680 alternative song of all time and #121 of the '90s.

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"I Think I'm Paranoid" is Garbage at their most gleefully neurotic, the second single from their 1998 album Version 2.0, following the hit "Push It" when it went out internationally that July. The band wrote and produced it themselves, Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig, with Daniel Shulman on bass and Billy Bush engineering.

It's a glossy, crunching machine of a song: loops and distorted guitars stacked into a dense, twitching groove, and Manson, all sneer and allure, wringing drama out of the title's confession. Paranoia never sounded this much like fun.

It reached the top ten of the UK singles and airplay charts and became a hit on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart back in the States. Italy loved it most, though: it was the album's biggest hit there, helped along by a 30-second Breil Watches advert and rotation on MTV Italy. A remastered version later landed on the 2007 greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.

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#StationCountdownof
1998 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 14 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 17 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 37 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 31 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 22 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 14 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 28 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 100
1998 95 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1998 98
1998 33 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 57 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 100
1998 33 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102
1999 76 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 154 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 279 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 88 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 947 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 322 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 126 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2000 120 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 122 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2002 196 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2003 230 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1986 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 165 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2005 323 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 595 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 344 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 415 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 620 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 672 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 694 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 713 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 710 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 717 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 729 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 93 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the 90's 100
2020 157 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 305 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 236 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 178 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 235 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 840 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 254 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2025 226 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Also listed as: Think I'm Paranoid; (I Think I'm) Paranoid.

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