"I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)" is the second single taken from Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson (band)

Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...

's album Mechanical Animals

Mechanical Animals

Mechanical Animals is the third full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on September 14, 1998, in Australia and on September 15, 1998, in the US, Germany and France through Nothing and Interscope Records and marked the beginning of the band's brief foray into...

. It features a guitar solo

Guitar solo

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 by Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...

 guitarist Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro

David Michael "Dave" Navarro is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and many others.- Early life :...

.

In fitting with the rest of Mechanical Animals this song has a strong Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

 influence.

Music video

The video for the song has various references pertaining to bible verses and/or specific characters as well. For example, Matthew 18:9 says, "And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire." As well as Matthew 18:8 "And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire." In the video Manson can be seen with his left arm amputated in relation to the above bible verses. Relating to Manson's white hair in the video, Revelation 1:13-14 says: "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and a girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire." The eyes can also represent Dajjal

Dajjal

al-Masih ad-Dajjal , is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology. He is to appear pretending to be Masih at a time in the future, before Yawm al-Qiyamah , directly comparable to the figures of the Antichrist and Armilus in Christian and Jewish eschatology, respectively.-Name: is a common Arabic word ...

, the false prophet who has one eye significantly disfigured compared to the opposite eye.

Formats and track listings

UK CD single 1

1. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" - 5:03
2. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) (Every Day)" - 5:22
3. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Absinth Make the Heart Grow Fonder) - 5:29

UK CD single 2

1. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Infected by the Scourge of the Earth) - 5:41
2. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Danny Saber
   Danny Saber
   Danny Saber is a Los Angeles, California musician, audio engineer, record producer, and remixer. A former member of Black Grape and Agent Provocateur, Saber plays guitar, bass, organ, and keyboards, and is also a prominent Los Angeles DJ....
   
    Remix) - 5:16
3. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" - 5:03
4. Drugs Screen Saver

UK 10" vinyl

Gramophone record

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 single (remixes)

1. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Infected by the Scurge of the Earth Remix) - 5:41
2. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Danny Saber Remix) - 5:16
3. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Everyday Black Dog Remix) - 5:41
4. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Absinth Makes the Heart Grow Fonder Remix) - 5:29

Australian CD single

1. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" - 5:03
2. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Radio Edit) - 5:06
3. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Danny Saber Remix) - 5:16
4. "The Beautiful People" (Live) - 4:33

Japanese CD single

1. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Infected By the Scourge of the Earth) - 5:41
2. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Danny Saber Remix) - 5:16
3. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) (Every Day)" - 5:22
4. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (Absinth Makes The Heart Grow Fonder) - 5:29
5. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" - 5:03