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About This Track
“Only Happy When It Rains” was a single released from Garbage’s 1995 self-titled debut album. It became Garbage’s breakthrough single in the United Kingdom, where it became the first Garbage single to chart in the Top 40.
“Only Happy When It Rains” was written and recorded between March, 1994 and May, 1995 during sessions between band members Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig in either Marker’s basement recording studio or at their own Smart Studios in Wisconsin university town Madison.
Bass on “Only Happy When It Rains” was played by Mike Kashou, and additional percussion by Pauli Ryan.
Manson explains: “The song is a dig at ourselves because we like records that don’t make us feel very happy, and at this so-called ‘alternative’ scene of ‘we’re so weird and more wonderful than everybody else’.”
In 1996, “Only Happy When It Rains” was released worldwide. In the U.S. it charted strongly in the Billboard Hot 100, and propelled its parent album into the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 for the first time since it’s August, 1995 release.
“Only Happy When It Rains” was remastered in 2007 for Garbage’s greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.
The song appeared in 2009 video game Guitar Hero 5.
Only Happy When It Rains” was a single released from Garbage’s 1995 self-titled debut album. It became Garbage’s breakthrough single in the United Kingdom, where it became the first Garbage single to chart in the Top 40.“
Only Happy When It Rains” was written and recorded between March, 1994 and May, 1995 during sessions between band members Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig in either Marker’s basement recording studio or at their own Smart Studios in Wisconsin university town Madison.
Bass on “
Only Happy When It Rains” was played by Mike Kashou, and additional percussion by Pauli Ryan.Manson explains: “The song is a dig at ourselves because we like records that don’t make us feel very happy, and at this so-called ‘alternative’ scene of ‘we’re so weird and more wonderful than everybody else’.”
In 1996, “
Only Happy When It Rains” was released worldwide. In the U.S. it charted strongly in the Billboard Hot 100, and propelled its parent album into the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 for the first time since it’s August, 1995 release.“
Only Happy When It Rains” was remastered in 2007 for Garbage’s greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.The song appeared in 2009 video game Guitar Hero 5.
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Shouts
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edikstepanov wrote:
♥
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enzo5 wrote:
ironic that this anti-grunge stuff came from butch vig himself
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TheDarkSide73 wrote:
my kinda girl
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MJPutney wrote:
Black on Black.............
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d0l wrote:
tambourine
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Candyscar wrote:
If i was a country, this would be my national anthem
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Rud-Johns wrote:
Pour your misery down on me.
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WeNiGo wrote:
Nicely produced.
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bebikeks wrote:
living in Scotland now, I can appreciate this song even more ;-)
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babymoondrop wrote:
I once secretly dedicated this song to a "friend" of mine.
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Uncumbered wrote:
Ha! I'm a freak like this a lotta the time...
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Amosccc12 wrote:
I love it when Shirley says 'I only smile in the dark.'
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kikikirsche wrote:
I'm only happy when it's complicated
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bandiahunf wrote:
You can keep me company, as long as you don't care.
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into_the_shades wrote:
pour your misery down, pour your misery down on me.
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fakerealm wrote:
She should move to Seattle :)
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zoraluv wrote:
when i saw this on PBS I was happy :) It was a dreary day and me and my family were flipping thru channels. and they came on.
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cinnamondearie wrote:
!!!
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lesliedahlink wrote:
I'm riding high upon a deep depression...
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GhostFreak6 wrote:
Pour your misery down on me.
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