Milk (Garbage song)
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"Milk" is a 1996 single
written, recorded and produced by alternative rock
group Garbage
. "Milk" was issued as the fifth and final single to be taken from the band's multi-platinum debut album Garbage
. In North America
, the single coincided with Garbage's trek around the continent performing as a support act
for the Smashing Pumpkins arena tour.
A brand new reworked version of "Milk" was released in the United Kingdom
, featuring backing vocals by UK trip hop
musician Tricky
. After an acclaimed performance of "Milk" by the band at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards, as well as winning the "Breakthrough
" award on the night; "Milk" debuted at #10 on the UK Singles Chart
. The reworked version, without Tricky's vocals, was also released as a single across Europe
and in Australia
and New Zealand
.
In 2007, "Milk" was remastered
and included on Garbage's greatest hits
album Absolute Garbage
.
, Shirley Manson
, Steve Marker
and Butch Vig
) at their own recording studio
during the 1994-1995 sessions for Garbage. Manson was inspired by a line in Michael Ondaatje
's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid ("her throat is a kitchen") and alluded to it in her lyrics for the song. At its base, Manson believed the song was "a seduction, almost like a siren
song".
The most electronic based song on the album, "Milk" is also one of singer Shirley Manson's favourite tracks from it. She told Melody Maker
"It's a dichotomy
, a paradox
. The thing I really like about "Milk" is the fact that it's been dismissed by people as the ballad
at the end of the album. To me "Milk" is the darkest, most hopeless of the songs. People say 'Oh, it's lovey-dovey, so therefore it's a love song'. But it's a very bleak song, it's about loss and the fear of loss; about things you can't have and things you will forever wait for."
were considering what the follow-up single would be; at one point "Supervixen
", "Fix Me Now" and "Milk" were all in the frame. The band performed a headline
concert
at New York
's Roseland Ballroom
in mid-April 1996 and were joined at the aftershow by British
trip-hop musician Tricky
. The two groups hung out for the night, and decided to collaborate on a duet version of "Milk" featuring both Shirley and Tricky on vocals. In early May, the two acts spent a session in Chicago
's CRC Studios
working on the new version. The session was setback with numerous glitches including a malfunctioning tape machine and a mixing console
caught fire. Manson found the experience of working with a male vocalist "enchanting and illuminating".
Internet rumours abounded that the session had been a disaster, with the band's audio engineer claiming the results were not as expected, and that Tricky himself had been difficult to work with. The band's manager disputed the reported events, placing blame on problem's at the recording studio
. The band eventually put out a press statement to deny the rumours stating that the session had in fact went well, the rework of "Milk" was still a work in progress and that further production by both Tricky and Garbage was required. Tricky finished his duet version of "Milk" in New York's Platinum Island Studios; Garbage completed their own guitar
-led version of "Milk" in Madison during a break in their world tour
. Garbage's rework was finished in two versions; the first was titled the Siren mix and featured only Manson's vocal; the second also incorporated Tricky's vocal and was titled the Wicked mix. Tricky took exception to Garbage releasing their own version as a single instead of his, and complained about the situation to the press
.
and New Zealand
by Mushroom Records
imprint
label White
. The single was released on October 7, 1996 on CD
and cassette single
and featured the Siren mix as the a-side, and was backed up with the Wicked mix, Tricky's remix and the original album version. The single coincided with the band's first live dates
in both countries, which saw the release of a tour edition of the album reach #4 on the ARIA charts
and #1 on the RIANZ chart. Garbage made their first televised performance on Australian television on Hey Hey It's Saturday
performing the single. A second "Milk" CD single was subsequently issued to stores containing the b-side "Alien Sex Fiend", the band's own house
mix of "Dog New Tricks", and remixes of "Milk", "Stupid Girl" and "Queer
" by Rabbit In the Moon
, Todd Terry
and Danny Saber
respectively. "Milk" debuted on the Australian singles chart at the start of November at #48; the single then recharted in December and peaked at #44. In New Zealand, "Milk" spent a week at #50.
The Wicked remix of "Milk" featuring Tricky impacted UK radio stations in mid-October 1996 and was A-listed
by both Radio 1
and Virgin Radio
. "Milk" subsequently reached #19 on the airplay chart. Mushroom
pre-empted the UK release of "Milk" by issuing three limited "taster" 12" singles through HMV
stores at the end of October; the actual commercial release was on November 11. Two CD singles and a limited edition 7" vinyl were distributed to stores, each featuring the Wicked mix, and with remixes of "Milk" by Massive Attack
, Goldie
, Tricky and Rabbit in The Moon, and remixes of "Stupid Girl" by Danny Saber and Todd Terry spread across the formats. During the week of release, Garbage won the Breakthrough award and performed "Milk" live at the MTV Europe Music Awards in London
. "Milk" debuted on the UK Singles Chart
at #10. This was the band's second top ten hit in the United Kingdom. To mark the high position, Garbage performed a live videolink performance of the song from Atlanta
for broadcast on Top of The Pops
. "Milk" spent eight weeks on the UK charts; and sold over 135,000 copies.
In North America
, Almo Sounds
released the album version of "Milk" to Triple A
radio stations and commercially on maxi-CD
and maxi-cassette
on November 12; both formats contained the Siren and Wicked mixes as well as a version by Rabbit In the Moon. Almo sent additional Rabbit In the Moon mixes to nightclub
s from November 18. Modest airplay and single sales of "Milk" led to the song registering at #18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
, a chart which shows the most popular songs in the United States that haven't yet reached the Hot 100. At the same time "Milk" was released in North America, a remix of the band's early b-side "#1 Crush
" had gained considerable airplay at alternative radio
stations. "#1 Crush" eventually reached #1 on the alternative charts
in United States and Canada; and top forty on the airplay charts
at the start of January 1997. The same week, "Milk" re-entered the Bubbling Under listing at #15 and peaked a week later at #6. "Milk" spent another six weeks declining before dropping off the chart at the end of February.
In May 1997, Mushroom Records released a set of four commercial 12" vinyl remix sets to record stores in the United Kingdom. All were packaged in black card sleeves and included mixes of "Queer", "Stupid Girl", and two of "Milk". The first "Milk" vinyl contained three remixes by Massive Attack remixes and the second contained two of Goldie's remixes..
for "Milk" was filmed on August 19 in London
and directed by Stéphane Sednaoui
for Propaganda Films
. It was ready to air on August 28. Sednaoui filmed the entire sequence in a single tracking shot
set to the album version of the song. So the footage could be used for a remix version of the video, Sednaoui created a second version of the video using close up
shots of Manson to insert into the footage. This montage edit was dubbed with both the Siren remix and Wicked remix for international airplay.
Manson features heavily in the "Milk" video; standing solitary within a blue wind tunnel
and backed with red spotlights and white strobing. During the choruses
, the camera pans away to each of the male members of Garbage. As it ends, the blue is replaced with green shades, and the camera moves to Manson, ending on a small disco ball
held in Manson's hand.
The "Milk" video was first commercially released on VHS
and Video-CD on 1996's Garbage Video
. A remastered version, re-cut to the remix version, was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD Absolute Garbage. Neither the Siren or Wicked mix versions of the video have been commercially released.
A month before the commercial release of "Milk" in the United Kingdom, Mushroom released a three-part 12" set as a "taster release". These vinyls were limited to 500 copies each and came in a die-cut
embossed card sleeve (one leather
look, one gravel
, one rippled), each with a different Dayglo colour inner sleeve. Of Massive Attack release, the "D Mix" featured a 22-piece live orchestra
. The 14,000 copy limited edition 7" vinyl format came housed in a white
ripple-effect card sleeve, with a videogram image mounted on front, and a nine-panel white and blood red poster within.
David Christophere, who produced under the name of Rabbit In the Moon, was solicited to remix Garbage by Butch Vig himself, through DJ Jason Bentley
, after hearing Christophere's work on Sarah McLachlan
's "Fear
". He remixed Milk, which was his preferred choice, after completing versions of both "Queer" and "Stupid Girl". Christophere produced two versions of "Milk"; one downtempo ("Butchered Vegas mix"), and one in a club style ("Got It mix"), utilizing Mansons breathing vocal track over a house
beat inspired by Deep Dish
. Christophere sampled sounds from various sources, such as Pink Floyd
, Kraftwerk
, Madonna
, Plastickman
, Portishead and musical cues from Monty Python
and Halloween
in his mixes.
Year-End chart
A Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles lists the top twenty-five singles which had not, at the time of publishing, charted on the Hot 100 chart. "Milk" technically reached #18 in 1996, and #6 upon re-entry in 1997 on this chart.
B The UK release of "Milk" was credited as "Garbage featuring Tricky"; an import
version of the single, credited only to Garbage, charted at #74 on the UK Singles Chart for a single week from January 18, 1997. The same week, the original UK pressing was listed at #85.
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
written, recorded and produced by alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
group Garbage
Garbage (band)
Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...
. "Milk" was issued as the fifth and final single to be taken from the band's multi-platinum debut album Garbage
Garbage (album)
Garbage is the debut album by Scottish/American alternative rock group Garbage. It was released in the late summer and autumn of 1995 worldwide, following critical acclaim and promising chart positions for their debut single "Vow", which entered the Billboard Hot 100.Garbage eventually spent over a...
. In North America
North America
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, the single coincided with Garbage's trek around the continent performing as a support act
Opening act
An opening act or warm-up act is an entertainer or entertainment act that performs at a concert before the featured entertainer...
for the Smashing Pumpkins arena tour.
A brand new reworked version of "Milk" was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, featuring backing vocals by UK trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
musician Tricky
Tricky
Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
. After an acclaimed performance of "Milk" by the band at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards, as well as winning the "Breakthrough
MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act
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" award on the night; "Milk" debuted at #10 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. The reworked version, without Tricky's vocals, was also released as a single across Europe
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and in Australia
Australia
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and New Zealand
New Zealand
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.
In 2007, "Milk" was remastered
Audio mastering
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and included on Garbage's greatest hits
Greatest hits
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album Absolute Garbage
Absolute Garbage
Absolute Garbage is the 2007 greatest hits album released by alternative rock group Garbage. The album was compiled and released by Geffen imprint Almo Sounds through Universal Music Enterprises backcatalogue division in North America and Warner Music's record label A&E Records throughout the rest...
.
Song history
"Milk" was written and recorded by Garbage (Duke EriksonDuke Erikson
Douglas Elwin Erickson , better known as Duke Erikson, is a founding member of the band Garbage. At 16 years old he formed his first band, The British. Erickson studied art history, and financed his studies with numerous jobs such as carpenter or truck driver...
, Shirley Manson
Shirley Manson
Shirley Anne Manson is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but now lives and...
, Steve Marker
Steve Marker
Steve Marker is an American musician and record producer, best known internationally as the guitarist of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage.-Early life:...
and Butch Vig
Butch Vig
Butch Vig is an American musician and record producer, best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of multi-platinum selling album Nevermind by Nirvana....
) at their own recording studio
Recording studio
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during the 1994-1995 sessions for Garbage. Manson was inspired by a line in Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje
Philip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid ("her throat is a kitchen") and alluded to it in her lyrics for the song. At its base, Manson believed the song was "a seduction, almost like a siren
Siren
In Greek mythology, the Sirens were three dangerous mermaid like creatures, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on an island called Sirenum scopuli...
song".
The most electronic based song on the album, "Milk" is also one of singer Shirley Manson's favourite tracks from it. She told Melody Maker
Melody Maker
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"It's a dichotomy
Dichotomy
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, a paradox
Paradox
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. The thing I really like about "Milk" is the fact that it's been dismissed by people as the ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
at the end of the album. To me "Milk" is the darkest, most hopeless of the songs. People say 'Oh, it's lovey-dovey, so therefore it's a love song'. But it's a very bleak song, it's about loss and the fear of loss; about things you can't have and things you will forever wait for."
Remix collaboration
After Garbage's fifth single "Stupid Girl" had been released internationally, the band's record labelRecord label
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were considering what the follow-up single would be; at one point "Supervixen
Supervixen
"Supervixen" is a 1995 song written, recorded and produced by alternative rock group Garbage, and was the opening track of the band's self-titled debut album. "Supervixen" was titled after Russ Meyer's 1975 violent love-triangle movie Supervixens....
", "Fix Me Now" and "Milk" were all in the frame. The band performed a headline
Headline
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concert
Concert
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at New York
New York
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's Roseland Ballroom
Roseland Ballroom
The Roseland Ballroom is a multi-purpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theatre district, on West 52nd Street....
in mid-April 1996 and were joined at the aftershow by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
trip-hop musician Tricky
Tricky
Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
. The two groups hung out for the night, and decided to collaborate on a duet version of "Milk" featuring both Shirley and Tricky on vocals. In early May, the two acts spent a session in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
's CRC Studios
Chicago Recording Company
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working on the new version. The session was setback with numerous glitches including a malfunctioning tape machine and a mixing console
Mixing console
In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board, mixing desk, or mixer is an electronic device for combining , routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals, depending on the type of mixer...
caught fire. Manson found the experience of working with a male vocalist "enchanting and illuminating".
Internet rumours abounded that the session had been a disaster, with the band's audio engineer claiming the results were not as expected, and that Tricky himself had been difficult to work with. The band's manager disputed the reported events, placing blame on problem's at the recording studio
Recording studio
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. The band eventually put out a press statement to deny the rumours stating that the session had in fact went well, the rework of "Milk" was still a work in progress and that further production by both Tricky and Garbage was required. Tricky finished his duet version of "Milk" in New York's Platinum Island Studios; Garbage completed their own guitar
Electric guitar
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-led version of "Milk" in Madison during a break in their world tour
Garbage tour
The Garbage tour was the first world concert tour cycle completed by American/Scottish alternative rock group Garbage, which took the band throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand in support of its self-titled debut album Garbage...
. Garbage's rework was finished in two versions; the first was titled the Siren mix and featured only Manson's vocal; the second also incorporated Tricky's vocal and was titled the Wicked mix. Tricky took exception to Garbage releasing their own version as a single instead of his, and complained about the situation to the press
News media
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.
Single release
"Milk" was first released as a single in AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
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by Mushroom Records
A&E Records
A&E Records is an United Kingdom-based record label imprint, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under the WEA International group of labels at WMG....
imprint
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label White
Mushroom Records
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. The single was released on October 7, 1996 on CD
CD single
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and cassette single
Cassette single
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and featured the Siren mix as the a-side, and was backed up with the Wicked mix, Tricky's remix and the original album version. The single coincided with the band's first live dates
Garbage tour
The Garbage tour was the first world concert tour cycle completed by American/Scottish alternative rock group Garbage, which took the band throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand in support of its self-titled debut album Garbage...
in both countries, which saw the release of a tour edition of the album reach #4 on the ARIA charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and #1 on the RIANZ chart. Garbage made their first televised performance on Australian television on Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years , debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later...
performing the single. A second "Milk" CD single was subsequently issued to stores containing the b-side "Alien Sex Fiend", the band's own house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
mix of "Dog New Tricks", and remixes of "Milk", "Stupid Girl" and "Queer
Queer (Garbage song)
"Queer" is a 1995 song written, recorded and produced by alternative rock band Garbage and was the second international single to be taken from the band's multi-platinum debut studio album Garbage and followed up the band's debut hit "Vow"...
" by Rabbit In the Moon
Rabbit In the Moon
Rabbit in the Moon was an American electronic music group. Their style draws from psychedelic trance, house music and breakbeat, along with other diverse influences.-History:...
, Todd Terry
Todd Terry
Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop....
and 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....
respectively. "Milk" debuted on the Australian singles chart at the start of November at #48; the single then recharted in December and peaked at #44. In New Zealand, "Milk" spent a week at #50.
The Wicked remix of "Milk" featuring Tricky impacted UK radio stations in mid-October 1996 and was A-listed
Playlist
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by both Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
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and Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio
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. "Milk" subsequently reached #19 on the airplay chart. Mushroom
A&E Records
A&E Records is an United Kingdom-based record label imprint, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under the WEA International group of labels at WMG....
pre-empted the UK release of "Milk" by issuing three limited "taster" 12" singles through HMV
HMV
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stores at the end of October; the actual commercial release was on November 11. Two CD singles and a limited edition 7" vinyl were distributed to stores, each featuring the Wicked mix, and with remixes of "Milk" by Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
, Goldie
Goldie
Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie is an English electronic music artist, disc jockey, visual artist and actor. He is well known for his innovations in the jungle and drum and bass music genres, having previously gained exposure for his work as a graffiti artist...
, Tricky and Rabbit in The Moon, and remixes of "Stupid Girl" by Danny Saber and Todd Terry spread across the formats. During the week of release, Garbage won the Breakthrough award and performed "Milk" live at the MTV Europe Music Awards in London
London
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. "Milk" debuted on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
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at #10. This was the band's second top ten hit in the United Kingdom. To mark the high position, Garbage performed a live videolink performance of the song from Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
for broadcast on Top of The Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
. "Milk" spent eight weeks on the UK charts; and sold over 135,000 copies.
In North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Almo Sounds
Almo Sounds
Almo Sounds is a record label which was started in 1994 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss after they sold A&M Records to PolyGram. The intent of the label was to recreate the initial concept of A&M Records as a small, "boutique" label....
released the album version of "Milk" to Triple A
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
radio stations and commercially on maxi-CD
Maxi single
A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...
and maxi-cassette
Cassette single
A cassette single is a music single in the form of a Compact Cassette.- History :...
on November 12; both formats contained the Siren and Wicked mixes as well as a version by Rabbit In the Moon. Almo sent additional Rabbit In the Moon mixes to nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
s from November 18. Modest airplay and single sales of "Milk" led to the song registering at #18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
, a chart which shows the most popular songs in the United States that haven't yet reached the Hot 100. At the same time "Milk" was released in North America, a remix of the band's early b-side "#1 Crush
Number One Crush
"#1 Crush" is a song by Garbage, released internationally on the b-side to their debut release "Vow", and in the United Kingdom on the b-side to second single "Subhuman"....
" had gained considerable airplay at alternative radio
Alternative Radio
Alternative Radio is an internationally syndicated, one-hour, weekly radio program, featuring serious interviews with humanitarian and progressive thinkers. Begun in 1986, it evolved from a program that journalist David Barsamian hosted on community radio station KGNU-FM, in Boulder, Colorado. AR...
stations. "#1 Crush" eventually reached #1 on the alternative charts
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...
in United States and Canada; and top forty on the airplay charts
Hot 100 Airplay
The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard...
at the start of January 1997. The same week, "Milk" re-entered the Bubbling Under listing at #15 and peaked a week later at #6. "Milk" spent another six weeks declining before dropping off the chart at the end of February.
In May 1997, Mushroom Records released a set of four commercial 12" vinyl remix sets to record stores in the United Kingdom. All were packaged in black card sleeves and included mixes of "Queer", "Stupid Girl", and two of "Milk". The first "Milk" vinyl contained three remixes by Massive Attack remixes and the second contained two of Goldie's remixes..
Tracklistings
- Australian CD/cassette White D1380/C1380
- "Milk - The Siren mix" - 4:02
- "Milk - The Wicked mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
- "Milk - The Tricky mix" - 4:19
- "Milk - Album Version" - 3:52
- Australian CD2 White D1519
- "Milk - Rabbit In the Moon mix - 5:49
- "Stupid Girl - Tee's Radio mix" - 3:45
- "Queer - Danny Saber mix - 5:39
- "Dog New Tricks - The Pal mix" - 4:02
- "Alien Sex Fiend" - 4:37
- UK 12" taster (Rabbit In the Moon) Mushroom DJMILK1
- "Milk - Got It mix - 9:32
- "Milk - Butchered Vegas mix - 5:49
- "Milk - Utter edit - 4:23
- UK 12" taster (Goldie) Mushroom DJMILK2
- "Milk - VIP Rufige Trash Your Shit mix" - 7:38
- "Milk - Completely Trashed mix" - 6:31
- UK 12" taster (Massive Attack) Mushroom DJMILK3
- "Milk - Trance mix" - 7:47
- "Milk - D mix" - 4:50
- UK 7" single Mushroom Records SX1494
- "Milk - The Wicked mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
- "Milk - The Tricky mix" - 4:19
- UK CD1 Mushroom Records D1494
- "Milk - The Wicked Mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
- "Milk - Completely Trashed mix" - 6:31
- "Milk - Album Version" - 3:52
- "Stupid Girl - Tee's Radio mix" - 3:45
- UK CD2 Mushroom Records DX1494
- "Milk - The Wicked mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
- "Milk - Classic remix" - 4:47
- "Milk - Udder remix" - 4:49
- "Stupid Girl - Danny Saber remix" - 4:26
- US CD/cassette Almo Sounds AMSDS-89007/AMSCS-89007
- "Milk - Album Version" - 3:52
- "Milk - The Siren mix" - 4:02
- "Milk - Udder remix" - 4:49
- "Milk - The Wicked mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
- Europe CD1 BMG 74321 42322 2
- "Milk - The Siren mix" - 4:02
- "Milk - Completely Trashed mix" - 6:31
- "Milk - Album Version" - 3:52
- "Stupid Girl - Tee's Radio mix" - 3:45
- Europe CD2 BMG 74321 44018 2
- "Milk - The Siren mix" - 4:02
- "Milk - Classic remix" - 4:47
- "Milk - Udder remix" - 4:49
- "Milk - The Wicked mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
- UK 12" (Milk Remixes) Mushroom TRASH14
- "Milk - VIP Rufige Trash Your Shit mix" - 7:38
- "Milk - Completely Trashed mix" - 6:31
- UK 12" (Milk Remixes) Mushroom TRASH14
- "Milk - Classic remix" - 4:47
- "Milk - Trance mix" - 7:47
- "Milk - D mix" - 4:50
Music video
The promo clipMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Milk" was filmed on August 19 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and directed by Stéphane Sednaoui
Stéphane Sednaoui
Stéphane Sednaoui is a French-American photographer, director and producer whose work includes music videos, art projects, photographic essays, portrait photography, fashion photography and photojournalism....
for Propaganda Films
Propaganda Films
Propaganda Films was a prolific and successful music video and film production company founded in 1983 by producers Steve Golin and Sigurjón Sighvatsson and directors David Fincher, Nigel Dick, Greg Gold and Dominic Sena...
. It was ready to air on August 28. Sednaoui filmed the entire sequence in a single tracking shot
Long take
A long take is an uninterrupted shot in a film which lasts much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general, usually lasting several minutes. It can be used for dramatic and narrative effect if done properly, and in moving shots is often accomplished...
set to the album version of the song. So the footage could be used for a remix version of the video, Sednaoui created a second version of the video using close up
Close up
A close-up is tightly framed image of a person or an object.Close-Up or Close Up may refer to:- Film and television :*Close Up, two different New Zealand current affairs programmes...
shots of Manson to insert into the footage. This montage edit was dubbed with both the Siren remix and Wicked remix for international airplay.
Manson features heavily in the "Milk" video; standing solitary within a blue wind tunnel
Wind tunnel
A wind tunnel is a research tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.-Theory of operation:Wind tunnels were first proposed as a means of studying vehicles in free flight...
and backed with red spotlights and white strobing. During the choruses
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
, the camera pans away to each of the male members of Garbage. As it ends, the blue is replaced with green shades, and the camera moves to Manson, ending on a small disco ball
Disco ball
A disco ball is a roughly spherical object that reflects light directed at it in many directions, producing a complex display...
held in Manson's hand.
The "Milk" video was first commercially released on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and Video-CD on 1996's Garbage Video
Garbage Video
Garbage Video, also known as Home Video, was a 1996 short-form VHS and Video CD release that included all of Garbage's promotional music videos filmed up until that point...
. A remastered version, re-cut to the remix version, was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD Absolute Garbage. Neither the Siren or Wicked mix versions of the video have been commercially released.
Alternate versions
| Track title | Length | Remixer/Producer |
|---|---|---|
| "Milk (Full Siren mix)" | 4:17 | Garbage Garbage (band) Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production... |
| "Milk (Siren mix)" | 4:02 | |
| "Milk (Wicked mix)" (featuring Tricky) | 4:02 | |
| "Milk (Completely Trashed mix)" | 6:31 | Goldie Goldie Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie is an English electronic music artist, disc jockey, visual artist and actor. He is well known for his innovations in the jungle and drum and bass music genres, having previously gained exposure for his work as a graffiti artist... |
| "Milk (VIP Rufige Trash Your Shit mix)" | 7:38 | |
| "Milk (Classic remix)" | 4:47 | Massive Attack Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip... |
| "Milk (D mix)" | 4:50 | |
| "Milk (Trance mix)" | 7:47 | |
| "Milk (Butchered Vegas mix)" | 5:49 | Rabbit in the Moon Rabbit In the Moon Rabbit in the Moon was an American electronic music group. Their style draws from psychedelic trance, house music and breakbeat, along with other diverse influences.-History:... |
| "Milk (Got It mix)" | 9:33 | |
| "Milk (Udder remix)" | 4:49 | |
| "Milk (Utter edit)" | 4:23 | |
| "Milk (Tricky remix)" | 4:19 | Tricky Tricky Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop... |
A month before the commercial release of "Milk" in the United Kingdom, Mushroom released a three-part 12" set as a "taster release". These vinyls were limited to 500 copies each and came in a die-cut
Die (manufacturing)
A die is a specialized tool used in manufacturing industries to cut or shape material using a press. Like molds, dies are generally customized to the item they are used to create...
embossed card sleeve (one leather
Leather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
look, one gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
, one rippled), each with a different Dayglo colour inner sleeve. Of Massive Attack release, the "D Mix" featured a 22-piece live orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
. The 14,000 copy limited edition 7" vinyl format came housed in a white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
ripple-effect card sleeve, with a videogram image mounted on front, and a nine-panel white and blood red poster within.
David Christophere, who produced under the name of Rabbit In the Moon, was solicited to remix Garbage by Butch Vig himself, through DJ Jason Bentley
Jason Bentley
Jason Bentley is a radio disc jockey of electronic music in Los Angeles, California. On December 1, 2008, Bentley replaced Nic Harcourt as the host of Morning Becomes Eclectic and as Music Director for KCRW...
, after hearing Christophere's work on Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
's "Fear
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
-Charts:-Release history:-Personnel:*Sarah McLachlan: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano*Bill Dillon: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Guitorgan, Bass, Piano...
". He remixed Milk, which was his preferred choice, after completing versions of both "Queer" and "Stupid Girl". Christophere produced two versions of "Milk"; one downtempo ("Butchered Vegas mix"), and one in a club style ("Got It mix"), utilizing Mansons breathing vocal track over a house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
beat inspired by Deep Dish
Deep Dish
Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
. Christophere sampled sounds from various sources, such as Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
, Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
, Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, Plastickman
Richie Hawtin
Richard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s...
, Portishead and musical cues from Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
and Halloween
Halloween (1978 film)
Halloween is a 1978 American independent horror film directed, produced, and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut and the first installment in the Halloween franchise. The film is set in the fictional midwestern...
in his mixes.
Release history
| Release Date | Territory | Record Label | Format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 1996 | Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
White Records Mushroom Records Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros... |
2×CD single set, cassette single Cassette single A cassette single is a music single in the form of a Compact Cassette.- History :... |
| Oct 23, 1996 | United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
Mushroom Records UK | 12" vinyl (Rabbit in The Moon mixes) |
| Oct 28, 1996 | 12" vinyl (Goldie mixes) | ||
| Nov 4, 1996 | 12" vinyl (Massive Attack mixes) | ||
| Nov 11, 1996 | 7" single, 2×CD single set | ||
| Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... |
BMG BMG Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann... |
2×CD maxis | |
| Nov 12, 1996 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Almo Sounds Almo Sounds Almo Sounds is a record label which was started in 1994 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss after they sold A&M Records to PolyGram. The intent of the label was to recreate the initial concept of A&M Records as a small, "boutique" label.... |
Airplay |
| Nov 19, 1996 | CD maxi, cassette single | ||
| May 5, 1997 | United Kingdom | Mushroom Records UK | 2×12" vinyls (as Milk Remixes) |
Comprehensive charts
| Chart (1996) | Peak |
|---|---|
| Australia Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... (ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... ) |
44 |
| Germany Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... (Media Control) |
95 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... (RIANZ) |
50 |
| United Kingdom Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... (CIN) |
10 |
| U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100... (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
118 |
| Chart (1997) | Peak |
|---|---|
| Germany Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... (Media Control) |
84 (RE) |
| U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100... (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
106 (RE) |
| United Kingdom Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... (CIN) |
74 (RE) |
Year-End chart
| Chart (1997) | Position |
|---|---|
| Iceland Topp 40 | 77 |
A Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles lists the top twenty-five singles which had not, at the time of publishing, charted on the Hot 100 chart. "Milk" technically reached #18 in 1996, and #6 upon re-entry in 1997 on this chart.
B The UK release of "Milk" was credited as "Garbage featuring Tricky"; an import
Import
The term import is derived from the conceptual meaning as to bring in the goods and services into the port of a country. The buyer of such goods and services is referred to an "importer" who is based in the country of import whereas the overseas based seller is referred to as an "exporter". Thus...
version of the single, credited only to Garbage, charted at #74 on the UK Singles Chart for a single week from January 18, 1997. The same week, the original UK pressing was listed at #85.
Credits and Personnel
- Music: Garbage
- Lyrics: Garbage
- ProducedRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
: Garbage - Performed & mixedAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
: Garbage - 2nd EngineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
: Mike Zirkel - Vocals : Shirley Manson
- KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
: Duke Erikson - Samples & Loops: Steve Marker
- Drums : Butch Vig
- BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
: Mike Kashou - Recorded at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin.