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Comedown (song)

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Released
  
26 September 1995

Recorded
  
1994

Format
  
CD

Genre
  
Grunge, post-grunge

Length
  
4:37 (music video) 5:26 (album version)

Label
  
Trauma, Interscope, Atlantic

"Comedown" is a song by British rock band Bush, released in 1995 as the third single from their debut album, Sixteen Stone.

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Music video

The music video was directed by Jake Scott from June 19, 1995 to June 21, 1995 in Los Angeles. Scott used a special "fish eye" lens to film some of the scenes, to give that distorted view as if looking through a peep hole.

Commercial performance

"Comedown" remains one of the band's most commercially successful songs, reaching number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and number two on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in late 1995. The song also gave Bush their first American top 40 hit, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 4, 1995.

Track listing

  • AUS CD single 6544-95728-2 (cardsleeve version)
    1. "Comedown"
    2. "Comedown [acoustic]"
  • AUS CD single IND95728 (jewel case version)
    1. "Comedown"
    2. "Testosterone [LP version]"
    3. "Revolution Blues [live]"

    • Appearances in the media

  • The song appeared in the video game Guitar Hero 5 and TV show Animal Kingdom in addition to Rock Band 3 as downlodable content.
  • Along with "Machinehead", "Comedown" appears in the 1996 film Fear. It can be heard over Nicole's second date with David, after he picks her up from school to play billiards.
  • Along with "Glycerine", the band performed the song on Saturday Night Live in 1995.
  • Pro wrestler Chris Kanyon used an instrumental edit of the song in the last days of World Championship Wrestling in 2001.

    • Cover versions

  • In 2012 Robert Cole Band released a cover on the album Steel and Glass.
  • In 2014 Mayday Parade released a cover for the compilation Punk Goes 90's 2. It was released as a single.

    • References

    Comedown (song) Wikipedia
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