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“Why Do You Love Me” by Garbage

From the album Bleed Like Me (2005)

“Why Do You Love Me” by Garbage appears on 24 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2005 and 2014. It was first released in 2005 on the album Bleed Like Me. Its best result is #26 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 2005, #4,255 alternative song of all time and #431 of the '00s.

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17stations
#26best position
0#1 finishes
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2005–2014years charted

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"Why Do You Love Me" kicked the door open for Bleed Like Me, Garbage's fourth album, in 2005, and it announced a band that had ditched the electronic sheen of Version 2.0 and Beautiful Garbage for loud, plain guitar rock. It rides a monster riff, and the band called it "Spector-esque" in interviews, which makes sense once the wall of guitars comes crashing in behind Shirley Manson.

Manson told NME the song is about a basic human insecurity, the nagging fear that we're unlovable, and the jealousy and clinging that fear breeds. She wrote it with Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig; the band produced, Vig mixed, and Matt Chamberlain and Justin Meldal-Johnsen played drums and bass. It gave Garbage their first Hot 100 entry in over six years and their biggest British single since "Stupid Girl" in 1996.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 77 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 91
2005 32 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 51 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 51 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 107
2005 42 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 89
2005 26 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 37 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 150
2005 53 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 102
2005 71 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 99
2005 63 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 105
2005 62 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2005 230
2005 97 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 103
2005 40 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005 50
2005 98 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 100
2005 77 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 87 CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 91
2005 72 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 1459 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1685 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1705 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1742 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1816 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1875 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1947 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Why Do You Love Me?.

Charting alongside it in 2005

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  5. 5HolidayGreen Day
  6. 6Speed of SoundColdplay

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