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“Bleed Like Me” was a single released from Garbage’s fourth album Bleed Like Me in the summer of 2005 in United States. It was released as joint-second single from the album; around the same time the United Kingdom received a parallel release for “Sex Is Not The Enemy” and “Run Baby Run” was released in the Europe and Australia.

Hoping to build on the Billboard Hot 100 success of previous single, “Why Do You Love Me”, the album’s title track failed to make an impact in the States; it stalled in the top 30 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In early autumn of the same year, remixes of “Bleed Like Me” reached the top 10 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

“Bleed Like Me” was written in 2004 at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. Inspired by the movie “Thirteen”, singer Shirley Manson overcame writer’s block and wrote the lyrics to the track; one of the first songs the band wrote after reforming from a temporary three-month split in October 2003.

Name checking a number of her childhood friends; as well as J.T. LeRoy in the lyrics, Shirley recalled, “It’s about a search for empathy. We can forget so easily that people are the same regardless of their sexuality, religion, colour or moral values. Regardless of the differences between people – their colour, creed, sexuality or how they behave and express themselves – essentially we are exactly the same. It’s about how when you are dealing with other people you have to remember that they are all carrying with them their own baggage.” Manson also referenced Gloria Gaynor’s empowerment anthem “I Will Survive” (The first time a Garbage song directly referenced another musical composition).
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  • loneDillo

    she is Sooo fine,come to Atx

    April 2012

  • vile_violet

    love this

    March 2012

  • pharmman52

    one of if not their best

    February 2012

  • gotnuffin

    my very first Garbage song & the one that got me hooked. It never gets old.

    January 2012

  • a-d-t-r

    the part about the girl cutting makes me flinch every time. the lyrics like rip your heart out of your chest

    December 2011

  • nineteen90two

    on repeat forever

    December 2011

  • bander_az

    You should see my scars [8]

    November 2011

  • D_ni

    their best song.

    November 2011

  • SkotConQueso

    I saw Garbage several times and every time I got to see a few more of Shirley Manson's scars. One of the best shows ever!

    September 2011

  • heartbreakdown

    you should see my scars [7]

    August 2011

  • maryann2version

    FUCK THOSE FAKE BITCHES!

    July 2011

  • poppy_jasper

    <3

    July 2011

  • Kar0lajna96

    great song. one of my favourite <3

    June 2011

  • kali_ram

    great stuff! Love garbage!

    June 2011

  • pinkpinkpink999

    nothing from this band is garbage

    April 2011

  • dearlace

    You should see my scars [6]

    April 2011

  • Choirchick22

    This song was totally me and my group of friends in highschool. We even made an a cappella arrangement of it for us to sing. It was epic. <3 Great memories.

    April 2011

  • GhostFreak6

    You should see my scars [4]

    March 2011

  • SasukeJJ

    bangin'

    February 2011

  • kikikirsche

    You should see my scars [3]

    February 2011
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