When I Grow Up
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"When I Grow Up" is a 1998 song written, recorded and produced by alternative rock
band Garbage
. The song was released as the fourth international single to be taken from the band's multi-platinum second album Version 2.0
over the course of the following year.
"When I Grow Up" served as a simultaneous single release with album cut "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
" which was released in its place in a few Europe
an territories such as Germany
, Austria
, Italy
, Portugal
and Greece
. "When I Grow Up" proved to be a Top Ten hit for the band in both United Kingdom
and Spain
where the single charted very strongly. In North America
, after initially impacting the band's core alternative fanbase, "When I Grow Up" served as one of two songs released from the soundtrack
to the comedy film
Big Daddy (the other being Sheryl Crow
's cover version
of "Sweet Child O' Mine
"). The song performed moderately well on the alternative and dance charts. The release of the film in Australia
coincided with the band's second tour of the country, and while there, "When I Grow Up" went on to become Garbage's biggest hit single on the ARIA Charts
.
"When I Grow Up" was remastered
in 2007 for Garbage's greatest hits
album Absolute Garbage
.
during the 1997 sessions for Version 2.0
. Bass on "When I Grow Up" was performed by Daniel Shulman
.
Lyrically, Manson described "When I Grow Up" as being about "that delirious state of wishing and hoping and dreaming for things, not giving up. There's a great quote by Flaubert where he says, 'Sometimes the forces of the world hold us back for a while, but not for ever' ... "
at Radio One
, Atlantic 252
, XFM
and GLR, B-listed at Virgin and playlisted at a further sixty-eight regional radio stations. KISS FM
also playlisted the Danny Tenaglia remix. The music video
was placed on heavy rotation by both MTV
(who sponsored the upcoming tour) and The Box. Import copies of "When I Grow Up" from Europe were sold in a few UK record stores, leading the single to chart early at #198 on the UK Singles Chart
as the band's arena tour
kicked off in Ireland
and then routed into the United Kingdom. Supported by the tour and airplay for the single, Version 2.0 climbed back into the top forty of the UK Album Chart. Mushroom Records
issued "When I Grow Up" on January 25 as a 2×CD single set and a cassette single
. The first CD and the cassette was backed with "Can't Seem to Make You Mine"; the CD also included the Danny Tenaglia remix. The second CD single included "Tornado" and the Rickedy Raw version of "Special". After a week on sale, "When I Grow Up" debuted at #28 on the Irish Singles Chart
, and officially debuted at #9 on the UK Singles Chart. This was the band's fifth UK top ten hit. At the end of January, Garbage performed "When I Grow Up" on Friday Night's All Wright, Top of The Pops
and Pepsi Chart Show The single received strong radio play, and peaked at #7 in Ireland and at #17 in the UK. On February 1, the fourth of a series of limited edition 3" CD
Garbage singles, this edition for "When I Grow Up", was issued. The same week, the resurgent Version 2.0 album hit #12. "When I Grow Up" ultimately spent seven weeks in the Top 75.
"When I Grow Up" was released in North America
as Garbage were at the end of a two-month arena tour around the United States
opening for
for Alanis Morissette
. A month prior, the Danny Tenaglia remixes had reached nightclub
s around the country on import
from Europe achieving Hot Dance Breakout status. "When I Grow Up" subsequently debuted on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart at #47. By the end of March, third Version 2.0 single "Special" had just taken off at Top 40
radio, and the song thereafter started climbing the Hot 100. "Special" had already peaked on the alternative radio
format at the end of January, and was about to end its chart run after six months of alternative airplay. On March 20, Garbage performed both "Special" and "When I Grow Up" on Saturday Night Live
. Almo Sounds
serviced "When I Grow Up" to alternative rock
radio in the United States
on April 12. The song debuted at #40 a week after "Special" left the alternative charts.
"Special" peaked at Top 40 at the start of May and on the Hot 100 and Hot 100 Airplay
charts in mid-May. The same week, "When I Grow Up" peaked at #4 on the Club Play chart; and by the first week of June, reached a high of #23 in its sixth showing on the Modern Rock chart. Around this time, "When I Grow Up" was licensed to the soundtrack
of the upcoming Adam Sandler
-vehicle Big Daddy. To help promote the movie release, Almo, in partnership with Sony
's C2 Records
, serviced two new pop radio edits
of "When I Grow Up" to Top 40 radio on June 15. A week later, as Almo
released a 12" vinyl featuring the Danny Tenaglia mix of "When I Grow Up" and a Brothers In Rhythm
mix of "Special" to record stores, a new version of the music video
featuring shots from the film premiered on MTV
and VH1
. Big Daddy opened in North America the weekend of June 25, and debuted at #1 with a box office take of almost $42 million. After dropping for two weeks, "When I Grow Up" stabilized at #24 for a fortnight before leaving the Modern Rock chart at the start of August. "When I Grow Up" had spent a total of fifteen weeks on the alternative charts and fourteen on the dance charts (where it exited at the end of June).
"When I Grow Up" was released by Festival Mushroom in New Zealand
in mid-July on CD (featuring "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", "Tornado" and the Danny tenaglia remix) and cassette single (featuring only the remix). The single debuted on the RIANZ Singles Chart as the second highest new entry at #27 at the end of the month. "When I Grow Up" peaked at #24 two weeks later. The single stayed on the charts for seven weeks before recharting at #42 at the end of September. Version 2.0 charted in New Zealand for the first time since May on the RIANZ Album chart in mid-September, reaching #26, the same week that Version 2.0 tour reached the country.
In Australia
, Festival Mushroom launched a two week national advertising campaign on Channel Ten
to promote the single and the planned limited edition album repackage (Version 2.0 Special Live Edition) which featured a bonus disc of four tracks recorded live at the Roskilde Festival
. "When I Grow Up" was released by Festival Mushroom as a CD single on August 2, and debuted the following week as the second highest new entry at #22 on the ARIA Charts
. The same week, Version 2.0 re-entered the ARIA Albums Chart
for the first time in a year. Big Daddy was released to cinemas across Australia on September 16, while Garbage visited the country to perform at Brisbane
's Livid Festival
and co-headline a tour with Alanis Morissette the following month. On October 9, Garbage appeared on Hey Hey It's Saturday
to perform the single. "When I Grow Up" moved back up the charts to #25 by the end of the month, while the Version 2.0 album surged up to #8. "When I Grow Up" eventually dropped off the ARIA chart when Garbage released follow-up single "You Look So Fine
" on December 6. That single did not make the chart. "When I Grow Up" reappeared at #47 at the end of the month and charted for a final time in mid-January 2000, having clocked up a total of twenty-one weeks. "When I Grow Up" became Garbage's most successful single release in Australia at that point in their career.
Following the success of Garbage's James Bond theme
"The World Is Not Enough
" in Germany
(where it reached #38) and across Europe
, BMG Ariola
followed up by issuing "When I Grow Up" as the sixth German single from Version 2.0 on March 6, 2000.
documented the frenzy of a Version 2.0 tour concert. director
Sophie Muller
shot footage over the course of four Garbage shows over November 17–21, 1998 in Indianapolis, Indiana
, St. Louis, Missouri
, Kansas City, Kansas
, and Madison, Wisconsin
during the band's North American tour. At all of the concerts, the band performed "When I Grow Up" twice, once in the main set
and a second time as an encore
, to provide enough footage for Muller to utilise. Footage for the music video for "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" was also filmed by Muller on the same nights. Unlike the special effects-laden videos for their previous three singles, "When I Grow Up" was intended to focus on the performance side of the band. Both videos were ready to air by December 3, 1998 and was broadcast in support of the single releases in United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
A remastered version of the "When I Grow Up" video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits
DVD
Absolute Garbage.
A second music video was directed by Muller in London
at the start of June 1999. It was filmed on a stage set backed by lighted replicas of the bands G, Version 2.0 globe and "When I Grow Up" thought balloon logos
. Three sequences within the video featured Manson performing choreographed dance moves
with two dancers. The second video was filmed to promote Big Daddy in North America; a second edit of the video incorporated footage from the movie. The video premiered on MTV
's Total Request Live
and VH1
on June 21, 1999.
The edit of "When I Grow Up" that incoporated footage from the movie was included as a bonus feature on the 2000 Big Daddy DVD.
, Chuck Taylor wrote that the song was "edgier, more daring, and lots more fun than the average pop hit", and later described the Pop Mix as "an artful slice of bubblegum". Michael Paolettea wrote of the Danny Tenaglia remixes, "with a rubbery bassline, squiggly synth patterns and "Plastic Dreams
" inspired drum programming... the song now travels down a road less rocky, but no less energetic".
Year-End Charts
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...
band 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...
. The song was released as the fourth international single to be taken from the band's multi-platinum second album Version 2.0
Version 2.0
Version 2.0 is the second album by alternative rock group Garbage. It was released worldwide in May 1998 by Mushroom Records UK and in North America by Almo Sounds. Version 2.0 was the follow-up to the band's multi-platinum debut album Garbage. Despite a slow start, Version 2.0 went on to equal its...
over the course of the following year.
"When I Grow Up" served as a simultaneous single release with album cut "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
"The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" is a song by Garbage, released as the joint-fourth single from their platinum second album Version 2.0. The single was released in a number of European countries including Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Greece...
" which was released in its place in a few Europe
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an territories such as Germany
Germany
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, Austria
Austria
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, Italy
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, Portugal
Portugal
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and Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. "When I Grow Up" proved to be a Top Ten hit for the band in both United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and Spain
Spain
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where the single charted very strongly. In North America
North America
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, after initially impacting the band's core alternative fanbase, "When I Grow Up" served as one of two songs released from the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
to the comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
Big Daddy (the other being Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
's cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "Sweet Child O' Mine
Sweet Child O' Mine
"Sweet Child o' Mine" is the third single by American rock band Guns N' Roses, and the third from their 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. Released on August 17, 1988, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only number-one single in the U.S...
"). The song performed moderately well on the alternative and dance charts. The release of the film in 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...
coincided with the band's second tour of the country, and while there, "When I Grow Up" went on to become Garbage's biggest hit single 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...
.
"When I Grow Up" was remastered
Audio mastering
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in 2007 for 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 profile
"When I Grow Up" was written and recorded at Smart StudiosSmart Studios
Smart Studios was a recording studio located at 1254 E Washington Ave in Madison, Wisconsin. It was set up in 1983 by Butch Vig and Steve Marker to produce local bands....
during the 1997 sessions for Version 2.0
Version 2.0
Version 2.0 is the second album by alternative rock group Garbage. It was released worldwide in May 1998 by Mushroom Records UK and in North America by Almo Sounds. Version 2.0 was the follow-up to the band's multi-platinum debut album Garbage. Despite a slow start, Version 2.0 went on to equal its...
. Bass on "When I Grow Up" was performed by Daniel Shulman
Daniel Shulman
Daniel Shulman is an American performer of bass guitar. Although he has made a significant contribution as a session musician, working with Run-DMC and Meredith Brooks, he is best known for his work with the Scottish-American band Garbage from 1995 until 2002....
.
Lyrically, Manson described "When I Grow Up" as being about "that delirious state of wishing and hoping and dreaming for things, not giving up. There's a great quote by Flaubert where he says, 'Sometimes the forces of the world hold us back for a while, but not for ever' ... "
Single release
"When I Grow Up" was released to UK radio stations at the end of 1998 and was A-listedPlaylist
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at Radio One
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, Atlantic 252
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, XFM
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Xfm London is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom owned by Global Radio and broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on digital radio via 30 DAB multiplexes across the country, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media....
and GLR, B-listed at Virgin and playlisted at a further sixty-eight regional radio stations. KISS FM
Kiss 100 London
Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...
also playlisted the Danny Tenaglia remix. The music video
Music video
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was placed on heavy rotation by both MTV
MTV (UK and Ireland)
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(who sponsored the upcoming tour) and The Box. Import copies of "When I Grow Up" from Europe were sold in a few UK record stores, leading the single to chart early at #198 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
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as the band's arena tour
Concert
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kicked off in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and then routed into the United Kingdom. Supported by the tour and airplay for the single, Version 2.0 climbed back into the top forty of the UK Album Chart. 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....
issued "When I Grow Up" on January 25 as a 2×CD single set and a cassette single
Cassette single
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. The first CD and the cassette was backed with "Can't Seem to Make You Mine"; the CD also included the Danny Tenaglia remix. The second CD single included "Tornado" and the Rickedy Raw version of "Special". After a week on sale, "When I Grow Up" debuted at #28 on the Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
, and officially debuted at #9 on the UK Singles Chart. This was the band's fifth UK top ten hit. At the end of January, Garbage performed "When I Grow Up" on Friday Night's All Wright, 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...
and Pepsi Chart Show The single received strong radio play, and peaked at #7 in Ireland and at #17 in the UK. On February 1, the fourth of a series of limited edition 3" CD
Mini CD
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Garbage singles, this edition for "When I Grow Up", was issued. The same week, the resurgent Version 2.0 album hit #12. "When I Grow Up" ultimately spent seven weeks in the Top 75.
"When I Grow Up" was released in North America
North America
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as Garbage were at the end of a two-month arena tour around the United States
United States
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opening for
Opening act
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for Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
. A month prior, the Danny Tenaglia remixes had reached nightclub
Nightclub
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s around the country on import
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from Europe achieving Hot Dance Breakout status. "When I Grow Up" subsequently debuted on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart at #47. By the end of March, third Version 2.0 single "Special" had just taken off at Top 40
Contemporary hit radio
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radio, and the song thereafter started climbing the Hot 100. "Special" had already peaked on the alternative radio
Alternative Radio
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format at the end of January, and was about to end its chart run after six months of alternative airplay. On March 20, Garbage performed both "Special" and "When I Grow Up" on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
. 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....
serviced "When I Grow Up" to alternative rock
Alternative rock
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radio in the United States
United States
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on April 12. The song debuted at #40 a week after "Special" left the alternative charts.
"Special" peaked at Top 40 at the start of May and on the Hot 100 and Hot 100 Airplay
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...
charts in mid-May. The same week, "When I Grow Up" peaked at #4 on the Club Play chart; and by the first week of June, reached a high of #23 in its sixth showing on the Modern Rock chart. Around this time, "When I Grow Up" was licensed to the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of the upcoming Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...
-vehicle Big Daddy. To help promote the movie release, Almo, in partnership with Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
's C2 Records
Columbia Records
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, serviced two new pop radio edits
Radio edit
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of "When I Grow Up" to Top 40 radio on June 15. A week later, as Almo
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 a 12" vinyl featuring the Danny Tenaglia mix of "When I Grow Up" and a Brothers In Rhythm
Brothers in Rhythm
Brothers In Rhythm is a house music duo consisting of producers / remixers and DJs Steve Anderson and Dave Seaman. As a duo and individually, they have remixed and/or produced tracks by Lulu, M People, Secret Life, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue, Garbage,...
mix of "Special" to record stores, a new version of the music video
Music 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...
featuring shots from the film premiered on MTV
MTV
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and VH1
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. Big Daddy opened in North America the weekend of June 25, and debuted at #1 with a box office take of almost $42 million. After dropping for two weeks, "When I Grow Up" stabilized at #24 for a fortnight before leaving the Modern Rock chart at the start of August. "When I Grow Up" had spent a total of fifteen weeks on the alternative charts and fourteen on the dance charts (where it exited at the end of June).
"When I Grow Up" was released by Festival Mushroom in New Zealand
New Zealand
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in mid-July on CD (featuring "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", "Tornado" and the Danny tenaglia remix) and cassette single (featuring only the remix). The single debuted on the RIANZ Singles Chart as the second highest new entry at #27 at the end of the month. "When I Grow Up" peaked at #24 two weeks later. The single stayed on the charts for seven weeks before recharting at #42 at the end of September. Version 2.0 charted in New Zealand for the first time since May on the RIANZ Album chart in mid-September, reaching #26, the same week that Version 2.0 tour reached the country.
In Australia
Australia
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, Festival Mushroom launched a two week national advertising campaign on Channel Ten
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to promote the single and the planned limited edition album repackage (Version 2.0 Special Live Edition) which featured a bonus disc of four tracks recorded live at the Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
. "When I Grow Up" was released by Festival Mushroom as a CD single on August 2, and debuted the following week as the second highest new entry at #22 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...
. The same week, Version 2.0 re-entered the ARIA Albums 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...
for the first time in a year. Big Daddy was released to cinemas across Australia on September 16, while Garbage visited the country to perform at Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
's Livid Festival
Livid
Livid was an Australian alternative rock music festival held annually from 1989 to 2003. Masterminded by Peter Walsh and Natalie Jeremijenko, the original idea of showcasing both the arts and music in the one event was standardised as late as October/early November from 1991 until 2003...
and co-headline a tour with Alanis Morissette the following month. On October 9, Garbage appeared 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...
to perform the single. "When I Grow Up" moved back up the charts to #25 by the end of the month, while the Version 2.0 album surged up to #8. "When I Grow Up" eventually dropped off the ARIA chart when Garbage released follow-up single "You Look So Fine
You Look So Fine
"You Look So Fine" is a single released in 1999, and was the final single taken from Garbage's second album Version 2.0, where it was also the closing track...
" on December 6. That single did not make the chart. "When I Grow Up" reappeared at #47 at the end of the month and charted for a final time in mid-January 2000, having clocked up a total of twenty-one weeks. "When I Grow Up" became Garbage's most successful single release in Australia at that point in their career.
Following the success of Garbage's James Bond theme
James Bond music
The James Bond series of films from EON Productions has had numerous signature tunes over the years, many of which are now considered classic pieces of cinematic music...
"The World Is Not Enough
The World is Not Enough (song)
"The World Is Not Enough" is a 1999 orchestral rock song performed by alternative rock group Garbage, and was the theme single of the James Bond film of the same name. The song and accompanying soundtrack were released internationally by Radioactive Records as the feature film premiered in theaters...
" in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(where it reached #38) and across 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 Ariola
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...
followed up by issuing "When I Grow Up" as the sixth German single from Version 2.0 on March 6, 2000.
Track listings
- UK cassette Mushroom MUSH43MCS
- "When I Grow Up" – 3:24
- "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" – 2:55
- UK CD1 Mushroom MUSH43CDS
- "When I Grow Up" – 3:24
- "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" – 2:55
- "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix) – 11:08
- UK CD2 Mushroom MUSH43CDSX
- "When I Grow Up" – 3:24
- "Tornado" – 3:45
- "Special" (Rickidy Raw's R+B mix) – 3:25
- UK 3" CD Mushroom MUSH43CDSXXX
- "When I Grow Up" – 3:24
- "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" – 2:55
- "Tornado" – 3:45
- "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix) – 9:59
- American 12" single Almo Sounds AMS12-88007
- "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix) – 11:08
- "Special" (Brothers in Rhythm mix) – 7:24
- "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix edit) – 4:00
- American 5" single Almo Sounds AMS5P-8083
- "When I Grow Up" (Alt Pop Mix) – 3:21
- "When I Grow Up" (Pop Mix Main) – 3:21
- "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club Mix Edit) – 4:00
- Australia CD maxi Festival MUSH01863.2
- Europe CD maxi BMG 74321 63492 2
- "When I Grow Up" – 3:24
- "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" – 2:55
- "Tornado" – 3:45
- "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix) – 9:59
- Europe CD single BMG 74321 63493 2
- "When I Grow Up" – 3:24
- "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" – 2:55
Music video
The original "When I Grow Up" music videoMusic 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...
documented the frenzy of a Version 2.0 tour concert. director
Music video director
A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...
Sophie Muller
Sophie Muller
Sophie Muller is a British music video director, noted for her long-time collaborations with artists like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, No Doubt, Sade, Shakira, Shakespears Sister, Garbage, Blur, Annie Lennox and Eurythmics.-Background:...
shot footage over the course of four Garbage shows over November 17–21, 1998 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
, St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, and Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
during the band's North American tour. At all of the concerts, the band performed "When I Grow Up" twice, once in the main set
Set list
A set list, or setlist, is a document that lists the songs that a band or musical artist intends to play, or has played, during a specific concert performance...
and a second time as an encore
Encore (concert)
An encore is an additional performance added to the end of a concert, from the French "encore", which means "again", "some more"; multiple encores are not uncommon. Encores originated spontaneously, when audiences would continue to applaud and demand additional performance from the artist after the...
, to provide enough footage for Muller to utilise. Footage for the music video for "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" was also filmed by Muller on the same nights. Unlike the special effects-laden videos for their previous three singles, "When I Grow Up" was intended to focus on the performance side of the band. Both videos were ready to air by December 3, 1998 and was broadcast in support of the single releases in United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
A remastered version of the "When I Grow Up" video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
Absolute Garbage.
A second music video was directed by Muller 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...
at the start of June 1999. It was filmed on a stage set backed by lighted replicas of the bands G, Version 2.0 globe and "When I Grow Up" thought balloon logos
Logos
' is an important term in philosophy, psychology, rhetoric and religion. Originally a word meaning "a ground", "a plea", "an opinion", "an expectation", "word," "speech," "account," "reason," it became a technical term in philosophy, beginning with Heraclitus ' is an important term in...
. Three sequences within the video featured Manson performing choreographed dance moves
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
with two dancers. The second video was filmed to promote Big Daddy in North America; a second edit of the video incorporated footage from the movie. The video premiered on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Total Request Live
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
and VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
on June 21, 1999.
The edit of "When I Grow Up" that incoporated footage from the movie was included as a bonus feature on the 2000 Big Daddy DVD.
Alternate versions
| Track title | Length | Remixer/Producer |
|---|---|---|
| "When I Grow Up" (Alt Pop mix) | 3:22 | 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... |
| "When I Grow Up" (Pop mix main) | 3:22 | |
| "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix) | 9:58 | Danny Tenaglia Danny Tenaglia Danny Tenaglia is a New York-based DJ and Grammy nominated record producer.-Early life:At the age of ten, Tenaglia first started to collect records. In 1979 he began going to nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's genre-less blend of music appealed to him... |
| "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix) 12" version | 11:17 | |
| "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Club mix (radio edit)) | 3:59 | |
| "When I Grow Up" (Danny Tenaglia's Golden Shower dub) | 9:23 | |
| "When I Grow Up" (Shirlapella) | 2:26 |
Critical reception
"When I Grow Up" experienced a mostly positive response from music journalists upon the impact of Version 2.0 and at its own single release. In reviews for BillboardBillboard (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...
, Chuck Taylor wrote that the song was "edgier, more daring, and lots more fun than the average pop hit", and later described the Pop Mix as "an artful slice of bubblegum". Michael Paolettea wrote of the Danny Tenaglia remixes, "with a rubbery bassline, squiggly synth patterns and "Plastic Dreams
Plastic Dreams
"Plastic Dreams" is a 1992 song recorded by dance music producers Jaydee. It was the artist's debut single and remains generally considered to be one of the classics of the house music genre...
" inspired drum programming... the song now travels down a road less rocky, but no less energetic".
Release history
| Release date | Territory | Record label | Format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1999 | 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 | CD maxi, CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... |
| Jan 25, 1999 | 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 | 2×CD single set, cassette single Cassette single A cassette single is a music single in the form of a Compact Cassette.- History :... |
| Feb 1, 1999 | 3" CD single | ||
| Apr 12, 1999 | 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 Airplay * Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.It may also refer to:* AirPlay, an audio & video streaming technology from Apple Inc.* Airplay , Foster & Graydon music project from 1980* Citroën C1, Citroën C1 Airplay... : Modern rock Modern rock Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre... |
| Jun 15, 1999 | Almo Sounds / C2 Records Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
Airplay: CHR/Top 40 Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts... |
|
| June 22, 1999 | Almo Sounds | 12" vinyl 12-inch single The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality... |
|
| July 1999 | New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
Festival Mushroom Records | CD maxi, cassette single |
| Aug 2, 1998 | 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... |
CD maxi | |
| Mar 6, 2000 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
BMG Ariola Ariola Records Ariola Records is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment... |
CD maxi |
Comprehensive charts
| Chart (1999) | 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... ) |
22 |
| Europe Top 50 Airplay (Music & Media) | 34 |
| Europe Top 100 (Music & Media) | 39 |
| Ireland Airplay (IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... ) |
7 |
| Ireland Singles Chart (IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... ) |
28 |
| 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) |
24 |
| Spain Singles Chart (AFYVE) | 5 |
| Spain Top 40 Airplay Chart (AFYVE) | 15 |
| 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 ... (CIN) |
9 |
| UK Indie Singles UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered... (CIN) |
3 |
| UK Airplay Chart (Music Control) | 17 |
| U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks (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... ) |
23 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play (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... ) |
4 |
Year-End Charts
| Chart (1999) | Peak |
|---|---|
| Australia ARIA Singles Chart | 98 |