Cherry Lips

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"Cherry Lips"
Single by Garbage
from the album beautifulgarbage
B-side "Enough Is Never Enough"
"Use Me"
Released December 27, 2001 (Japan)
January 7, 2002 (Europe)
January 14, 2002 (Australia)
January 21, 2002 (UK)
Format 12", CD single, Maxi single
Recorded April - May 2001,
Smart Studios,
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Genre Alternative, pop rock
Length 3:12
Label Mushroom Records (UK)
Mushroom/PIAS (EU & OZ)
Sony Music (Japan)
Writer(s) Garbage
Producer Garbage
Certification Gold (ARIA)
Garbage singles chronology
"Androgyny"
(2001)		 "Cherry Lips"
(2002)		 "Breaking Up the Girl"
(2002)
Alternate cover
CD2 single cover

"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" (also known as "Cherry Lips") is a 2002 single, taken from alternative rock group Garbage's third studio album Beautiful Garbage. It was the second international single taken from the album, except in North America, where "Breaking Up the Girl" was released instead. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of "Cherry Lips" was donated to the International Red Cross.

"Cherry Lips" became Garbage's biggest Australian hit single to date, where it peaked at #7 in the ARIA Singles chart and achieved gold certification.

In 2007, "Cherry Lips" was remastered and included on Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.[1]

Contents

[edit] Song profile

"Cherry Lips" was written and recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. Written just as Garbage were about to begin mixing their third album, "Cherry Lips" was a late inclusion to the album. The song began as a keyboard melody, and was originally known by the working title "Wonderjam". While recording the song, Steve Marker played a tuba, and recorded the output of the audio being run through a wah-wah pedal.

Shirley Manson wrote the lyrics based loosely around two novels she had just read, Sarah and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, written by author Laura Albert under the pseudonym of JT LeRoy. In the album sleeve notes, Manson dedicated "Cherry Lips" to "The Terminator", another alias of JT LeRoy. Manson later felt that "Cherry Lips" was "an adrenaline rush" and "probably the most celebratory song we've ever written".

"Cherry Lips" was first performed live with "Androgyny" on October 2 at an instore held in Chicago's Virgin Megastore.

In March 2003, "Cherry Lips" featured on the PlayStation 2 game Amplitude. While playing the "Cherry Lips" level, the game shows footage taken from the "Breaking Up The Girl" music video.

[edit] Single release

"Cherry Lips" was sent to radio internationally to begin airing from on December 3, 2001, while its remixes were serviced to clubs from November 26.[2] The first international release was from Japan, where a CD maxi featuring remixes was issued through Sony Music Int'l on December 27.[3] A European release through PIAS on January 7 on CD maxi, CD single and 12" single (depending on territory) found success in a number of countries, including in Italy, where it reached #8.

Promotion for the UK release was limited to the start of January 2002, when Garbage performed "Cherry Lips" on cd:uk and Popworld. Following this, Garbage joined the Big Day Out touring festival for all dates in Australia and New Zealand, as well as perform on Channel V to promote the single. The local exposure for the single helped "Cherry Lips" reach #2 on the Australian airplay charts, and was released on two CDs on January 14 to peak at #7 on their singles chart. "Cherry Lips" was Garbage's first Top 10 single in Australia, and to date, their most successful. After reaching sales of 35,000 copies, the single was certified gold.[4]

In the UK, "Cherry Lips" was released on January 26 on two CDs and a 12" format, but could only reach #22 on the UK Singles chart however managed to stay in the Top 40 for four weeks. Garbage performed "Cherry Lips" on The Tonight Show on June 3, but Interscope did not release it or any further singles from Beautiful Garbage in North America.

[edit] B-sides

"Cherry Lips"" was backed by two b-sides, "Enough Is Never Enough" and "Use Me", both written and recorded during the Beautiful Garbage album sessions in Smart Studios. "Enough Is Never Enough" was originally titled "Pay You Back". After Manson changed some lyrics after they failed to work within the context of the song, Manson felt the title had to change also.

Both "Enough is Never Enough" and "Use Me" were later included on the Japanese Special Collection E.P.

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Cherry Lips" was filmed on October 21, 2001 in a vacant loft in Brooklyn, New York City and was directed by Joseph Kahn.

The video debuted on VIVA on December 17.

MTV found fault with scenes where Manson stamped on lightbulbs, so Mushroom withdrew the original edit of the video, and reworked it slightly, adding in extra post-production effects. The revised edit of the video was airing by early January 2002, and was included as a CD-ROM extra on the "Cherry Lips" single. A remastered version of the music video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD Absolute Garbage.[1]

[edit] Remixes and alternate versions

Track title Length Remixer/Producer Commercial release
"Cherry Lips (Le Royale mix)" 3:16 Garbage Yes
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (DJEJ's Go-Go Jam)" 6:10 Eli Janney Yes
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Howie B remix)" 8:39 Howie B Yes
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Dark Vocal With Accapella Mix Edit)" 3:03 MaUVe No
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Dark Vocal With Accapella Mix)" 7:48 Yes
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Tha S-Man's Release Mix Edit)" 3:40 Roger Sanchez Yes
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Tha S-Man's Release Mix)" 6:49 Yes
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Tha S-Man's Release Dub)" No

In 2005, Garbage remixed "Cherry Lips" themselves (titling the remix "Le Royale mix") for the b-side of the "Why Do You Love Me" DVD single. In 2007, the Roger Sanchez remix was remastered, edited and included on the Absolute Garbage bonus disc Garbage Mixes.[1]

[edit] Critical reception

"Cherry Lips" came in at #11 in the 2001 Triple J Hottest 100.

[edit] Comprehensive charts

Year Single Chart Position
2002 "Cherry Lips" UK Singles Chart #22
2002 "Cherry Lips" Australian Singles Chart #7 & #53 Year End chart [1]
2002 "Cherry Lips" New Zealand Singles Chart #14
2002 "Cherry Lips" Italian Singles Chart #8

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c ""New Best Of Album"". Garbage.com. http://www.garbage.com/news/news.php?uid=336. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
  2. ^ Festival Mushroom Records "Cherry Lips" press release
  3. ^ "BeautifulGarbage". SonyMusic.Co.Jp. http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Special/Garbage/. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
  4. ^ Festival Mushroom Records "Breaking Up the Girl" press release

[edit] External links

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