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Cover of Version 2.0 by Garbage
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“Push It” by Garbage

From the album Version 2.0 (1998)

“Push It” by Garbage appears on 28 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1998 on the album Version 2.0. Its best result is #7 on the WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 1998, #2,762 alternative song of all time and #143 of the '90s.

28countdowns
19stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1998–2023years charted

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Garbage - Push It

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"Push It" launched Garbage's second album, Version 2.0, as its lead single in 1998, and it's a song split down the middle: dreamy, drifting verses crashing into a chorus that squares up and shoves. Shirley Manson has said that split was the point, the push and pull between your own desires and demons and the need to fit in, and she called it a song of reassurance. Tucked inside is a musical quote from the Beach Boys' 1964 song "Don't Worry Baby".

Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig wrote it, the band produced it and Billy Bush engineered, piling on the grind and glitter. The video racked up thirteen nominations across the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards and MVPA Awards, and in 2007 the song was remixed for the hits collection 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 30 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 22 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 31 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 24 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 50 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 7 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 47 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 21 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 100
1998 61 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1998 98
1998 18 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 41 DC101 Washington, D.C. DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 87 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 100
1998 18 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 279 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 327 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 730 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2005 786 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 381 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1382 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1364 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1299 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1340 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1400 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1426 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1416 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 415 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 274 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2023 753 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893

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