⭐🎊𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 & 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄🎊⭐

Two singles from Placebo’s fifth studio album 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬 were release on the same day, March 6th, 2006, 16 years ago: 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 was chosen for the UK while 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 for all the other countries.
As well as the whole album, the singles were produced by Dimitri Tikovoï.

🔷𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 peaked at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart, staying in the charts for three weeks.
The highest positions 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 peaked at the charts were number 5 in Italy, number 6 in Greece and number 7 in Spain.

Photo credit: Mick Hutson, covers of the singles, edit by Silke

As for releasing two different lead singles, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 said:
📢“Placebo has always been a rock band. We’re not marketing champions. As a good band, we’re entitled to a good label. Everyone’s got their own part of the job to do. Their job is to decide which single will fit in with the audience it’s for. It’s their bitch of a job to choose which track will be released on this or that market. If doing their job well is to release a different single when only a few kilometers separate the countries, it’s because they have their reasons. And if they change their mind, it’s because they’ve changed their minds in between times.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2006)


🔷On both 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲𝑺 we can see blurred photographs of Steve Hewitt and Brian Molko by 𝑵𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒗 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓.


🔷𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 features quite simple yet honest and direct 𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑺. “I’d rather not say anything about it, just listen to the lyrics, everything is explained in it!” 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 said to 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑔 (𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 2006).
As for the sound, he admitted, with a bit of an irony, that he “wanted to outdo the Foo Fighters and write a great American rock song." (𝑋𝐹𝑀, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2006)
𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 turned out to be a deep pitiless confession…
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: “It's a letter to myself, about myself. I was doing so bad then... I was in a vicious circle, I only felt sadness and anger and frustration and permanent insatisfaction. I was just never happy, never. And if there doesn't come an end to that, or if you don't even want to realise there's something seriously wrong... I had to do something to change my lifestyle, and that's why I went to India. That's where I wrote that song, it's the starting point for the record, the oldest song that's on it. Can you imagine anything worse than your best friend shouting "You are one of God's mistakes, you crying, tragic waste of skin" at you? Well, I needed to tell myself that.”
(𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑜, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2006)

Photo credit: Benni Valsson

🔷𝑶𝑭𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑽𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑶𝑺 for both songs are directed by 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆́, a well-known film director who currently lives and works between Paris, London, and Los Angeles.
𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 video is based on the band’s live performance. The shooting took place at the club KOKO in Camden Town, London, on January, 24th, 2006, and a lot of real (and lucky!) Placebo fans were involved in this work.


𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3twDXn9

Read more about making of the video here:
➡️ https://bit.ly/363IcQc


As for the 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄, Philippe André created an amazing piece of art, a complete short film for which he’s got a heartfelt “BRAVO” from Brian.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3oOgjlO

If you want to know more about Philippe André’s work on the video, go to this post:
➡️ https://bit.ly/34zqnIB


🔷𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 was played live 190 times, starting with the day of making the video at KOKO and then was mostly played during the Meds tour plus early shows of the Battle For The Sun tour. The song has also got its honourable place in the Angkor Wat concert setlist in 2008. The latest performance to date took place at the famous MTV Unplugged concert in London on August 19th, 2015.
Live history of 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄 looks way more exciting. With 562 performances, it takes the fourth place among the most often played Placebo songs.
For the first time, it was also played at the KOKO, London, during a short set for devoted Placebo fans after Because I Want You video shooting. It wasn’t missed during any of the next tours and was brought on stage at the latest to date Placebo show at Sion sous les étoiles on July 13, 2018.

Photo credit: Nadav Kander, covers of the singles, edit by Silke

🔷The singles were released in different formats.

⭐𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔
𝟐-𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝑫/𝟕" 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒚𝒍
Because I Want You
Because I Want You (Remixed by Russell Lissack of Bloc Party)

𝑪𝑫
Because I Want You
36 Degrees 2005 (Recorded live at Wembley Arena)
Because I Want You (Ladytron Club Mix)
Because I Want You (video)
Because I Want You: Behind The Scenes (video)

𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅
Because I Want You
Because I Want You (Ladytron Club Mix)
Because I Want You (Demo Version)
Because I Want You (Instrumental)
Because I Want You (Remixed by Russell Lissack of Bloc Party)


⭐𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐄

𝟕" 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒚𝒍
Side A - Song to Say Goodbye (Radio edit)
Side B - Because I Want You (Ladytron remix)
𝑺𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝑪𝑫
Song to Say Goodbye (Radio edit)
Because I Want You (Russell Lissack Bloc Party remix)

𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝑪𝑫
Song to Say Goodbye (album version)
36 Degrees (Live from Wembley)
Because I Want You (Russell Lissack Bloc Party remix)
Because I Want You (Ladytron Club mix)

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