🎉⭐️𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘⭐️🎉

🌠𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔…🌠

The third single from Placebo’s fourth studio album 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, was released on this day, September 15th, back in 2003.
It reached no. 27 in the UK Singles Chart.
The single was released as CD, DVD and 7” vinyl.

Photo credit: Placebo single artwork; Franck Courtès, 2003; screenshot from the video / edit by Olga

🔹𝐂𝐃🔹
Special needs Edit
English Summer Rain (Freelance Hellraiser Mix)
Plasticine (Lounge Version)

🔹𝐃𝐕𝐃🔹
Special Needs Video
Making of the Video
Special Needs (Album Version)
The Bitter End (Junior Sanchez Mix)

🔹𝟕" 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐥🔹
Special Needs
English Summer Rain (Freelance Hellraiser Mix)


⭐️Sleeve photography and art direction was done by 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒈.
📢As 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 said to 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, the lyrics are a “tale of a celebrity has-been told from a wheelchair. Someone reminiscing how the shoe is on the other foot and worrying that they’ll be written out of their ex’s biography.”
There’s a mix of deeply private and professional artistic meaning, as 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 continued explaining.
📢“When you’re releasing your first couple of records you do think that you’re invincible. As a young artist there’s always this voice in the back of your head telling you you’re shit, that you’re not as good as the next guy. By the time you get to your fourth album that voice has changed. You know you can’t be shit because you’ve just sold X amount of records, but now it’s telling you you’re a has-been. As an artist that’s been on my mind and that’s why it’s crept into songs like ‘Centrefolds’ and ‘Special Needs’, this idea of washed-up celebrity.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 2003)

The song hasn’t come out at once but needed several years to get its final shape.
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: "I’ve been working on this song at the time of Without You I'm Nothing. It was hanging somewhere in the air but it came out only last year. It was not ready, that's all… I find it very interesting to be able to do a song in a few minutes and having to wait for six years to write another. "
(𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑁°382: 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ-𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 2003)

Photo credit: Carole Epinette

For the fans of remixes…
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 - 𝐀. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐱
➡️ https://bit.ly/3pb6rCy
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 - 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐄𝐲𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱
➡️ https://bit.ly/3p7aHCK
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 - 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬’ 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭
➡️ https://bit.ly/3QzXD4Q


⭐️𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎⭐️
➡️ https://bit.ly/3PstmE9

Captivating video for 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒, full of melancholic romantic vibe, is fondly loved by most Placebo fans.
It was directed by 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑮𝒐𝒓𝒆 who’s also created music videos for the likes of Massive Attack, New Order, Amy Winehouse, a-ha and Róisín Murphy. Filming was done in a 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒍 in Hackney, a district in East London.
🌠The video tells a story of a couple, apparently separated, reminiscing their relationship and making out. Those scenes are alternated with the shots of the band playing at the dimed abandoned location which adds to the feeling of loneliness.

📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: “The idea behind it is kind of the idea of people making love to a memory. Two people making love whilst not being in the same room. Making love to a memory is something you do quite a bit by yourself after you break up with someone. So we wanted to illustrate that. It involved getting people in there dressed completely in blue and taking them out afterwards at the editing suite. We actually used compressed air on the skin to give the impression of finger marks“
(𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑉𝐷, 2004).

⭐️Among Placebo's most often played live songs, 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒 is currently no. 6. Between its live debut at the 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑, and performance at 𝐒𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐞̀𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖, the song was brought on stage 521 times.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t been included into the 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 setlists so far. We’ll see how it goes with the upcoming shows😊

Photo credit: David Willis

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑
➡️ https://bit.ly/3SHE4co

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐧, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔
➡️ https://bit.ly/3zEiKMc

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐅𝐍𝐀𝐂, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎
➡️ https://bit.ly/2ZpYcUJ

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐃𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
➡️ https://bit.ly/3BZ5k0a

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