Song · Marilyn Manson
“I Don't Like The Drugs, But The Drugs Like Me” by Marilyn Manson
From the album Mechanical Animals (1998)
“I Don't Like The Drugs, But The Drugs Like Me” by Marilyn Manson appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1998 on the album Mechanical Animals. Its best result is #67 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #273 alternative song of 1999 and #5,016 alternative song of all time.
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"I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" was the second single from Mechanical Animals, Marilyn Manson's 1998 album, a glam rock strut the frontman wrote with bassist Twiggy Ramirez and Zim Zum, then still the band's guitarist, and produced with Michael Beinhorn. Drugs, television and religion all went into the blender, and what poured out is slick, sticky and very hard to shake.
A gospel choir swells up behind Manson, and Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro drops in to tear off the guitar solo. Critics caught a strong whiff of David Bowie, his 1975 song "Fame" above all, and couldn't agree on whether the thing glamorized getting high or warned against it. Paul Hunter's video pushed the provocation further, strapping an androgynous Manson to a cross built from television sets.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 96 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 67 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 572 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 896 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
Also listed as: I Don't Like the Drugs; I Don't Like The Drugs.
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