Machinehead (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Machinehead
| cover = MachineheadBush.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bush
| album = Sixteen Stone
| released = April 1996{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/216/mode/2up?q=cardigans|title=Great Rock Discography, 2004 edition|page=216}}
| recorded = 1994
| studio = Westside Studios, London{{cite web|last=Flans|first=Robyn|title=Classic Tracks: Bush’s “Glycerine”|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks/classic-tracks-bushs-glycerine|date=26 January 2024|access-date=26 March 2024}}
| venue =
| genre =
- Post-grunge{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/gavin-rossdale/536453 |title=Gavin Rossdale Biography |publisher=ARTISTdirect Music |last=Wild |first=David}}
- grunge{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-grunge-songs.html?p=2 |title=The 50 Best Grunge Songs |author=Michael Danaher |magazine=Paste |date=August 4, 2014}}
- alternative rock{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|title= The 100 Greatest Jock Jams of All Time: Staff List|magazine= Rolling Stone|date= February 8, 2024|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-jock-jams-sports-songs-all-time/|accessdate= December 29, 2024|quote=A screaming alt-rock riffer from the U.K.’s most successful grunge acolytes.}}
| length = 4:16
| label = * Trauma
| writer = Gavin Rossdale
| producer = * Clive Langer
- Alan Winstanley
- Bush
| prev_title = Glycerine
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Swallowed
| next_year = 1996
}}
"Machinehead" is a song by English rock band Bush, released in 1996 as the fifth and final single from their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone.
Music video
The music video was directed by Shawn Mortensen in London and Portsmouth. Sections of Shepherd's Bush, where the band members used to live, can be seen in the video. Gavin Rossdale's dog Winston is also in the video.{{cite web|url=http://onesecondbush.com/bush/media/videos/ |title=Music Video History at OneSecondBush.com - A Comprehensive Fan Site for the Band Bush |accessdate=2011-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220231659/http://onesecondbush.com/bush/media/videos |archivedate=20 February 2012 }}
Commercial performance
"Machinehead" reached No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 4 May 1996. It reached No. 4 on both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The song was nominated for Best Video from a Film at the 1996 MTV Music Video Awards but lost; however, it did win the MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards.
Track listing
- US CD Single IND95505
- #"Machinehead" - 4:20
- #"Comedown [Acoustic]" - 4:24
- #"X-Girlfriend" - 0:44
- UK CD Limited Edition Single (Numbered Metal Insert - 7500 Made) INDX95505
- #"Machinehead"
- #"Bud"
- #"Solomon's Bones"
- UK 10" Vinyl (Numbered) INV95505
- #"Machinehead"
- #"Comedown [Acoustic]"
- #"Solomon's Bones"
Appearances in the media
- It is played at the beginning of every Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game before the opening faceoff.
- Wrestler Jim Steele used this song as an entrance theme in All Japan Pro Wrestling.
- The song is featured in the video games Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock,List of songs in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Madden NFL 11,Madden NFL 11 Saints Row: The Third, Rock Band 3[http://www.nintendogal.com/2012/02/08/rock-band-dlc-update-2712 Rock Band DLC Update: 2/7/12] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711004723/http://www.nintendogal.com/2012/02/08/rock-band-dlc-update-2712/ |date=11 July 2012 }} and Rocksmith 2014.Rocksmith 2014#Track List
- The song was featured on Cold Case in the episode "The Plan".
- The song was used as the theme song to Paul Finebaum's radio show.
- The song is one of two Bush songs that were featured in the film Fear, the other being "Comedown".
- A production version of the song created by Metro Music and titled "Burning Tree" is featured as a theme for the WWE, most often associated with the Insurrextion event
- The song features in the film Fear Street Part One: 1994.
- The song also features in the 2023 TV series Beef.
- The song was the official theme song for AEW’s 2023 and 2024 All in event
Chart positions
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!Chart (1996) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|40|artist=Bush|chartid=3004|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Canadarock|1|artist=Bush|chartid=2967|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|49|date=1996-06-08|rowheader=true|access-date=28 December 2021}} |
| {{single chart|UK|48|artist=Bush|date=1996-06-08|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2021}} |
| {{single chart|UKrock|3|date=1996-06-08|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|43|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|4|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|4|artist=Bush|rowheader=true|access-date=11 March 2017}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Bush|title=Machinehead|access-date=25 April 2025|source=radioscope|certyear=2023|relyear=1994|award=Gold}}
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References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{youtube|5WPbqYoz9HA|"Machinehead" Official music video}}
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Category:Bush (British band) songs
Category:Songs written by Gavin Rossdale
Category:Song recordings produced by Clive Langer
Category:Song recordings produced by Alan Winstanley