- When I Grow Up (Garbage song)
Infobox Single
Name = When I Grow Up
Artist = Garbage
from Album =Version 2.0
B-side = "Can't Seem To Make You Mine"
"Tornado"
Released =January 11 ,1999 (Europe)January 25 ,1999 (UK)
April 12 ,1999 (USModern Rock )June 15 ,1999 (US Top 40)
February 2000 (Germany)
Format =12" ,3" CD single ,CD maxi ,cassette single
Recorded = March 1997 - February 1998Smart Studios ,
Madison,Wisconsin
Genre =Alternative rock ,Electronica
Length = 3:24
Label = Mushroom Records (UK)Almo Sounds (US)
Writer = Garbage
Producer = Garbage
Reviews =
Last single = "Special"
(1998)
This single = "When I Grow Up" / "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing "
(1999)
Next single = "You Look So Fine "
(1999)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type =Single
Lower caption = CD2 cover"When I Grow Up" is a song by Garbage, released as the group's fourth single from their second album "
Version 2.0 ". It was released in January 1999 in theUnited Kingdom and in severalEurope an territories, while simultaneously inFrance andGermany the album track "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing " was released in its place. "When I Grow Up" was also released later in 1999 in theUnited States and inAustralia andNew Zealand , and was finally issued inGermany as the sixth "Version 2.0" single release in early 2000.One of the more successful singles lifted from "Version 2.0", "When I Grow Up" reached the U.K. Top Ten, and the Australian Top Forty. In Australia, the song became Garbage's most successful single release up until that point. "When I Grow Up" was included on the
soundtrack to the 1999 comedy "Big Daddy"."When I Grow Up" was remastered in 2007 for Garbage's
greatest hits album "Absolute Garbage ".cite web|url=http://www.garbage.com/news/news.php?uid=336| title="New Best Of Album"|publisher="Garbage.com"|accessdate=2008-07-10]ong profile
"When I Grow Up" was written and recorded at
Smart Studios during the 1997 sessions for "Version 2.0 ".Bass on "When I Grow Up" was performed by
Daniel Schulman .ingle release
"When I Grow Up" was released to radio in the U.K. and Europe onwards from
December 3 ,1998 , and was A-listed at Radio One,Atlantic 252 , XFM and GLR, and B-listed at Virgin as well as a further 68 regional radio playlists. Mushroom serviced mixes byDanny Tenaglia to clubs upfront of the single release, these becoming playlisted byKISS FM , while cable channelThe Box kept themusic video in heavy rotation."beautifulgarbage " Mushroom UK promotional history press release" (Retrieved2008 -07-10 )]The single release of "When I Grow Up" supported the band's headline arena
concert tour that kicked off onJanuary 15 inBelfast , ending inGlasgow on the 23rd. During the tour, the band performed the single on "Friday Night's All Wright" and "Top of The Pops ", while the "Pepsi Chart Show" broadcast a performance that had been pre-recorded months earlier. "When I Grow Up" hit the shops onJanuary 25 oncassette single and two-partCD single set, and debuted on theUK Singles Chart at #9. This was the band's fifth U.K. Top Ten hit. A limited edition 3" CD single of "When I Grow Up" was released to stores onFebruary 1 ."When I Grow Up" was sent to
Modern Rock format radio in theUnited States onApril 12 , following their twoGrammy nominations for parent album "Version 2.0". Previous single "Special" had taken off on Top 40 radio, while the band were supportingAlanis Morissette on tour across the U.S. Garbage performed "When I Grow Up" and "Special" on "Saturday Night Live " onMarch 20 , and "Special" had already peaked on Modern Rock radio. Stations such asKROQ andKNDD were already playing the track prior to the songs release."When I Grow Up" was licensed to the
soundtrack of the comedy film "Big Daddy ", with a U.S. theatrical release onJune 25 . Upfront of this, the track was serviced to Top 40 radio stations, and a newly filmed music video serviced toMTV onJune 15 . Garbage produced new mixes of the track for the mainstream radio formats, while a12" single featuring Danny Tenaglia's remix of the track (and aBrothers in Rhythm remix of "Special") was commercially issued. "When I Grow Up" failed to register on Top 40 charts, but placed fairly high onBillboard 'sHot Dance Music/Club Play chart.To coincide with the announcement of the band's co-headling (with Morissette) Australasian tour, and to support the repackaged "Version 2.0"
special edition , "When I Grow Up" was released in both Australia and New Zealand in July 1999. "When I Grow Up" reached the Top 30 of both countries single charts, and in Australia, enjoyed a chart run taking it to the end of the year. This was by far the most successful Australian single release of Garbage's career up to that point. Garbage performed the track on "Hey Hey It's Saturday " following it's success."When I Grow Up" saw its final release within Germany in March 2000, following the success of the band's
James Bond title theme "The World is Not Enough, which was released in December 1999.""beautifulgarbage " PIAS German promotional history press release" (Retrieved2008 -07-10 )]B-sides
"When I Grow Up" was backed with an original Garbage track titled "Tornado", which was recorded on the Garbage tour bus through the band's mobile
ProTools rig, and samples the vocals of Shannon Fischer. The song was recorded onNovember 18 while the band were in their home base of Madison.The second
b-side was acover version ofThe Seeds 1969 single "Can't Seem To Make You Mine", which was written by Seeds' memberSky Saxon . Garbage debuted the track on their tour in November 1998, and performed the track over the following three months.The single also featured a
urban radio remix of preceding single "Special" produced by Rickidy Raw.Music video
The original
music video made for "When I Grow Up" was shot while Garbage toured North America. DirectorSophie Muller shot live footage of the band over three nights, beginning onNovember 17 at theEgyptian Theater in Indianapolis. Footage was also shot at concerts performed at theDane County Expo Center in Madison (Nov 18) and at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City (Nov 20. A live video for "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" was also shot on the same dates. Both videos were ready to air onDecember 3 , 1998.. Three sequences within the video were filmed featuring Manson performing choreographed dance moves with two backing dancers. This video was released in the United States, and subtitled the "U.S. version" or "Performance version". The second music video was also released containing montage clips from the "Big Daddy" movie (subsequently known as "Big Daddy version").
A remastered version of the live video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits
DVD "Absolute Garbage". The "Performance version" has not been released on any official media, however the "Big Daddy version" of the second music video was included as aDVD bonus on the 2000 home release of "Big Daddy".Remixes
Comprehensive charts
References
External links
* [http://www.garbage.com/ Garbage official website]
* [http://www.garbage.com/exclusives/video.php/ "When I Grow Up" promo video]
* [http://www.garbage.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=15/ "When I Grow Up" lyrics]
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