Mouth (Bush song)

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"Mouth"
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Single by Bush
from the album Razorblade Suitcase (original version) and Deconstructed (The Stingray Mix)
Released7 October 1997 (1997-10-07)
Recorded1996, Sarm Hook End, Berks, England and Abbey Road Studios, London, England (original version)
Platinum Island Studios, New York City and Bush 8-Track, London England (remixed version)
Genre
Length5:46 (original version)
4:32 (remixed/single version)
5:59 (Deconstructed version)
Label Trauma/Interscope
Songwriter(s) Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s) Steve Albini (original version)
Stingray (remixed version)
Bush singles chronology
"Cold Contagious"
(1997)
"Mouth"
(1997)
"The Chemicals Between Us"
(1999)

"Mouth" is a song by British band Bush from their 1996 second album Razorblade Suitcase . Though its original version was not released as a single, it was remixed by Bush under the pseudonym "The Stingray" for the 1997 remix album Deconstructed and was released as a single on 7 October 1997, due largely in part to it being featured prominently in both the trailer and the 1997 film An American Werewolf in Paris . The Stingray remix was the version that made the song popular and received airplay on radio, peaking number 5 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [2]

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Details

Patricia Jones of Cryptic Rock opined the original mix of the track to be "one-two punch of classic grunge grit and narcotic rhythms", evoking a "comfortable daze". [1]

Track listing

EU Import :

  1. "Mouth" (The Stingray Remix Edit)
  2. "Mouth" (The Stingray Remix)
  3. "Everything Zen" (Republic Remix)
  4. "Personal Holloway" (Republic Remix)
  5. "Personal Holloway" (Enhanced video)

12" vinyl :

  1. "Mouth" (The Stingray Remix)
  2. "Synapse" (Philip Steir/ My Ghost in the Bush of Life Mix)
  3. "Everything Zen" (Greg Brimson/ The Lhasa Fever Mix)
  4. "Insect Kin" (Jack Dangers/ Drum and Bees Mix)

Music video

Directed by John Hillcoat, who also directed the music video for the song "Personal Holloway", the music video for the Stingray Mix served as a tie-in for An American Werewolf in Paris that featured an appearance from Julie Delpy. It mainly shows the band performing at a carnival in the desert while clips from the film intervene. [3]

Chart positions

Chart (1997–98)Peak
position
Canada Rock/Alternative ( RPM ) [4] 6
US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 63
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 5
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [7] 28

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