⭐𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄⭐

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞, the third single from Placebo’s second studio album Without You I'm Nothing, was released on January 25th, 1999.

The song was written by 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and his friend 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏, lead singer of 𝐀𝐂 𝐀𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. As Brian later said, Paul “helped me out on the lyrics for Every You Every Me on the second album when I had a writer’s block.” (𝑆𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑂𝐿 2004)

Photo credit: Screenshots from the video, edit by Silke

When asked who the song was about, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 replied in his typical ironic style
“Who's it about? I'm not really too sure just yet. I think it's about a lot of people. Probably anybody... everybody who's had the displeasure of sleeping with me. (laughs) I want to stress that I said displeasure there.” (laughs)
(𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐼𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 1998)

Along with the rest of the album (apart from Pure Morning), Every You Every Me was recorded in early 1998 at Real World Studios with Steve Osborne.

The single managed to chart at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number 46 in Australia, and number 99 in Germany.

It was voted from a poll of 500,000 votes to be ranked number 83 on the list of the Hottest 100 of All Time in July 2009, conducted by Australian radio station Triple J.

Croatian metal band 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 covered Every You Every Me on their 2009 album Songs of the Lost. and in 2017, 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 covered the song on her EP When They Play That Song.

The song was featured on the soundtrack of the famous American movie 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 which became another breakthrough moment for Placebo. A lot of people, and in the US particularly, got to know the band thanks to the film and stayed fans ever since.

⭐ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗) - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞
https://bit.ly/3gzikM8

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: "I studied drama, I know the original [Dangerous Liaisons] and we watched it on the tour bus when they wanted to use our song. I said: 'If he doesn't die in the end, if it's a happy ending, we don't do it.' It's quite perverted and manipulative, so the theme of the song fits in quite well."
(𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑆𝑢𝑛, 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 29𝑡ℎ, 1999)

Single cover

The single was released as a 2-CD set and on cassette, but promotional copies on 12-inch vinyl also exist.

⭐ 𝐂𝐃 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞
Every You Every Me (single mix)
Nancy Boy (Blue Amazon mix)
https://bit.ly/3JAGXaE
Every You Every Me (Jimmy Cauty's Infected by the Scourge of the Earth mix)
https://bit.ly/3qD49fz

⭐ 𝐂𝐃 𝟐
Every You Every Me (album version)
Every You Every Me (Sneaker Pimps version)
https://bit.ly/31hzuvH
Every You Every Me (Brothers in Rhythm Glam Club mix)
https://bit.ly/3HtTYRg

⭐ I also found a couple of other remixes for you.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐃𝐉𝐊𝐀𝐎𝐒𝟏𝟏 𝟐-𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐗)
https://bit.ly/3FOrLUO
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐋𝐞𝐱𝐲 & 𝐊-𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕)
https://bit.ly/3pKf8Vh

Single cover

There are two versions of the official video, both filmed live at London's 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 on October 24th, 1998, during Without You I'm Nothing world tour. The version with only live footage was released in 1999 at the same time as the single. Another one, directed by Matthew Amos, includes clips from 𝑪𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 and was included into 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐕𝐃 (2004).

📹 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨) 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗
http://bit.ly/2SSBvbl

📹 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧)
https://bit.ly/3JrqIfQ

However, there’s a third video for Every You Every Me (so called 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐭 or 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧) that was recorded on November 11th, 1998, but wasn’t released with the single due to management’s decision and remained buried in the band’s archive for 18 years! It was revealed on October 7th, 2016, to mark the release of the compilation album 𝑨 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎. The scenes from this video were used as intro at the shows of 20 Years of Placebo tour.

📹 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
https://bit.ly/2RTnQ2n

📢 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: “The live video was filmed at Brixton Academy. It was first time we used live footage. This song was the theme tune to the film ‘Cruel Intentions’, which was ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ transported to Upper West Side of New York. It’s a teen film. There’s another version where they intercut it with parts from the film. Even though I’m wearing a rather fetching John Richmond dress, which cost a lot of money, I still look silly. It’s one of my many fashion crimes I was guilty of early in our career.
This video’s also a bit of a cop-out, because we made another video, which didn’t involve performance. It was about twins and never got released. It was banned by management. So we had to pull one together from footage that we’d filmed at Brixton Academy.”
(𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑉𝐷, 2004)

Every You Every Me has got a very impressive 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. It was performed on stage at least 745 times, more than any other Placebo song!

Post by Olga