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| "Greedy Fly" | ||||
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| from the album Razorblade Suitcase | ||||
| B-side | "Old" | |||
| Released | 28 January 1997 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Gavin Rossdale | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Albini | |||
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"Greedy Fly" is a song by alternative rock band Bush, released on 28 January 1997 as the second single from their second studio album, Razorblade Suitcase (1996).
"Greedy Fly" was described by Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian to show the band to "have a streak of goth a mile wide". [2]
Bush were one of the early pioneers of the enhanced CD single, with the full video being available as a file on CD 2. The video was directed by Marcus Nispel in December 1996 in Los Angeles. The video was shot in the same building Se7en was shot in and cost nearly half a million pounds (around £961,0000 in 2024). [3]
"Greedy Fly" was released as the second single from the album, after "Swallowed". The song became a hit, possibly due to its well-known music video, which clocks in at over 7 minutes (although the song itself is only 4:29 long). The song reached the top 5 on both the US Alternative Songs chart and Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song is also the band's second biggest hit in their native Britain where it peaked at #22 (behind "Swallowed" which peaked at #7).
In 2023, American musician Corey Taylor, best known as the lead vocalist of alternative metal band Slipknot, named "Greedy Fly" the Bush song he wished he'd written. [4]
- Featured on Cold Case in the episode "Spiders".
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [5] | 78 |
| Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] | 29 |
| Canada Rock/Alternative ( RPM ) [7] | 6 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] | 88 |
| Scotland (OCC) [9] | 21 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 22 |
| UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [11] | 3 |
| US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [12] | 41 |
| US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [13] | 3 |
| US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [14] | 5 |
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