"You Look so Fine" was not played during the 'beautifulgarbage' tour, but Shirley performed a verse and a chorus of the song a cappella at some concerts.
On the 'Bleed Like Me' tour, "You Look so Fine" was performed properly once on the 15th June 2005 in Spain as an encore. An incomplete rendition was performed in Toronto in April 2005.
The release of the single was promoted by a lounge version of the song arranged by Fun Lovin' Criminals, on which singer Shirley Manson performed a new vocal. The new version was part of a remix trade between both bands, where Garbage remixed Fun Lovin' Criminals single "Korean Bodega" in reciprocation.
In 2007, "You Look So Fine" was remastered and included on Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.
"You Look So Fine" was written, recorded and mixed at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. One of the very final songs written during the recording of Version 2.0, "You Look So Fine" was created from a scrapped track titled "King of Crime" which had been abandoned very late in 1997. "You Look So Fine" was completed just as mixing for the album began in January 1998.
"You Look So Fine" was first performed live on May 15, 1998 in Combined Locks, Wisconsin on the first date of the Version 2.0 tour. In advance of the song's eventual single release in late 1998, Garbage performed the song on TV recordings for MTV Europe and MusiquePlus.
In 2001, electronica group West London Deep sampled Manson's vocal from "You Look So Fine" in their white label track "You're Taking Me Over". Manson later refused clearance for the sample and the commercial release of track was scrapped. Remixes of "You're Taking Me Over" by Inner City, Problem Kids and Desyn Masiello & Leon Roberts had already been circulated promotionally. The song was withdrawn, reworked and re-released without Manson's vocal and retitled "Gonna Make You My Lover".
In the run up the release of "You Look So Fine", Mushroom Records released promotional CDs to radio stations featuring both a radio edit of "You Look So Fine" and the reworked Fun Lovin' Criminals version. The Fun Lovin' Criminals had released Garbage's remix of their single, "Korean Bodega", on April 26, and their record company Chrysalis Records heavily promoted Garbage's remix, and the fact that Shirley Manson had contributed vocals to the remix. Much of the print ads for "Korean Bodega" pointed out that "You Look So Fine" and the Fun Lovin Criminals remix would be released the next month, and details of Garbage's single was sent out to fans on both artists mailing lists.
On May 15, Garbage performed "You Look So Fine" on Later With Jools Holland, and the same week record the track during a performance for Radio One's Evening Session. "You Look So Fine" is A-listed at XFM, GLR and Capital, B-listed at Radio One and C-listed at Virgin and playlisted at 56 regional radio stations. Mushroom serviced remixes by Eric Kupper to clubs and DJs, which enabled the track to register highly in pre-release industry charts.
"You Look So Fine" was the fifth and final 3" CD single release during the Version 2.0 album cycle.
"You Look So Fine" was commercially released in the UK on May 24 on a two CD single set and cassette single. It charted at #19 on the UK singles chart, becoming Garbage's eighth Top 20 single. Like the previous UK singles from Version 2.0, a limited edition 3" CD format was issued on June 6. Garbage could not promote the release during its first week on sale, but after the single had charted, the band returned to the UK from their European concert tour to perform the track on both Top of The Pops and TFI Friday.
On May 25, the day after the UK release, "You Look So Fine", was released via BMG across Europe as both a CD maxi and a card sleeved single CD. Garbage perform "You Look So Fine" for Gala Ragazza in Madrid on June 3 as Version 2.0 is certified platinum in Spain.To mark this, RCA issue both "You Look So Fine" and "Temptation Waits" to Spanish radio stations.
Later in the year, Festival Mushroom Records issued the single in Australia and New Zealand on December 6, in a maxi CD format, mirroring the European release.By this time, Garbage had finished the tour for Version 2.0 and international promotion was aimed at Garbage's next single, Bond theme "The World Is Not Enough".
The music video for "You Look So Fine" was directed by Stéphane Sednaoui for Propaganda Films. It was filmed on February 26, 1999 on a Los Angeles soundstage.ASP World Champion surfer champion Kelly Slater was cast as the man washed up on the shore that Manson "rescues", and much press was made from his cameo role in the video. While the male members of Garbage were filmed for the video, during offline editing, most of their shots were left unused after the director and the band felt their shots looked "naff".
With a concept for the video to visually look like a "mixture of a piece by Ingmar Bergman and a Samurai warrior movie", the director created a rock pool and white sand dune landscape dominated by a large pair of eyes in the background sky. Throughout the video, an effect similar to bioluminescent insects flying at night is also employed. The establishing shot is of the landscape, which fades to reveal Manson tending to an unconscious man who has washed up on the shore. While she tends to him, the male members of Garbage are seen lurking in silhouette in the background, while she sees her own reflection acting independently of her at the man's other side. After a while, the man regains consciousness as the sky changes to pink and the image onscreen changes to soft focus, before fading out as Manson sings the final lyrics.
The "You Look So Fine" video was first commercially released on All About Garbage, a covermounted CD-ROM issued by Italian magazine Tribe in 1999. A remastered version of the music video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD Absolute Garbage.
Garbage recorded two new tracks, "Soldier Through This" and "Get Busy With The Fizzy" for the b-side of the single. In a change from the band's home studio in Madison, Wisconsin, the band instead chose to book studio time in late February at Rondor Studios in Los Angeles, California. The band recorded both tracks, as well as the vocal for the Fun Lovin Criminal's version of "You Look So Fine" during this studio time.
"Get Busy With The Fizzy" was co-written with Garbage's touring bassist Daniel Shulman. Although Shulman performed bass guitar for the group between 1995 and 2002, and often contributed to the basslines written while in the recording studio, "Get Busy With The Fizzy" remains the sole Garbage track Shulman has received any writing credit. "Get Busy With The Fizzy" was included on the b-side of "You Look So Fine" internationally, however "Soldier Through This" was only released in the UK.
You Look So Fine
Garbage Lyrics
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I want to break your heart
And give you mine
You're taking me over
It's so insane
You've got me tethered and chained
I hear your name
I'm not like all the other girls
I can't take it like the other girls
I won't share it like the other girls
That you used to know
You look so fine
Knocked down
Cried out
Been down just to find out
I'm through living for you
I'm open wide
I want to take you home
We're wasting time
You're the only one for me
You look so fine
I'm like the desert tonight
Leave her behind
If you want to show me
I'm not like all the other girls
I won't take it like the other girls
I won't fake it like the other girls
That you used to know
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Over and over
Loving me one more time
Hide inside me tonight
Do what you want to do
Just pretend happy end
Let me know let it show
Ending with letting go (three times)
Let's pretend happy end (four times)
The song "You Look So Fine" by Garbage is an intense and emotionally charged love song. The lyrics suggest that the singer is deeply infatuated with their lover and willing to give up everything for them. The line "You look so fine, I want to break your heart and give you mine" is particularly poignant, as it suggests that the singer is willing to sacrifice their own happiness for that of their lover. The line "I'm not like all the other girls, I won't take it like the other girls" implies that the singer is determined not to be hurt in the same way that others have been.
Throughout the song, the singer expresses their undying devotion to their lover, even in the face of hardship. They sing that their lover has them "tethered and chained" and that they are "falling over" in love with them. The chorus is repeated several times throughout the song, emphasizing the depth of the singer's feelings.
The repeated phrase "Let's pretend happy end" at the end of the song is particularly poignant, as it suggests that the singer knows that their relationship is not perfect, but they are willing to pretend in order to hold onto their love. Overall, the lyrics to "You Look So Fine" are powerful and emotional, exploring the complexities of love and devotion.
Line by Line Meaning
You look so fine
You are incredibly attractive
I want to break your heart And give you mine
I want to love you so much that I'm willing to have my own heart broken in the process
You're taking me over
I am completely under your spell
It's so insane You've got me tethered and chained I hear your name And I'm falling over
Your hold on me is so strong that I feel trapped and powerless, and even the sound of your name makes me lose my composure
I'm not like all the other girls I can't take it like the other girls I won't share it like the other girls That you used to know
I am unique and different from the other people you've been with, and I cannot tolerate being hurt or sharing your affection with anyone else
Knocked down Cried out Been down just to find out I'm through living for you
I've hit rock bottom and suffered so much just to realize that I can't keep living my life for you
I'm open wide I want to take you home We're wasting time You're the only one for me
I'm willing to open myself up completely to you and I want to start a life with you, because you're the only person I want to be with
I'm like the desert tonight Leave her behind If you want to show me
I feel empty and barren without you, so if you want to prove your love to me, you need to leave your past behind
I'm not like all the other girls I won't take it like the other girls I won't fake it like the other girls That you used to know
I won't tolerate being treated the same way as your past lovers, and I won't pretend to be someone I'm not just to please you
You're taking me over Over and over I'm falling over Over and over
Your power over me is constant and relentless, and I keep losing control around you
Loving me one more time Hide inside me tonight Do what you want to do Just pretend happy end Let me know let it show Ending with letting go (three times)
Even though I know our relationship is over, I still crave your love and affection, and I'm willing to pretend that everything is alright to have this one last moment with you before letting go
Let's pretend happy end (four times)
Let's just pretend that our relationship had a happy ending, even though it didn't
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: DOUGLAS ELWIN ERICKSON, SHIRLEY ANN MANSON, STEVE W. MARKER, BRYAN DAVID VIG
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Eduardo Valdez
Lyric: Garbage - You Look So Fine
You look so fine
I want to break your heart
And give you mine
You're taking me over
It's so insane
You've got me tethered and chained
I hear your name
And I'm falling over
I'm not like all the other girls
I can't take it like the other girls
I won't share it like the other girls
That you used to know
You look so fine
Knocked down
Cried out
Been down just to find out
I'm through bleeding for you
I'm open wide
I want to take you home
We'll waste some time
You're the only one for me
You look so fine
I'm like the desert tonight
Leave her behind
If you want to show me
I'm not like all the other girls
I won't take it like the other girls
I won't fake it like the other girls
That you used to know
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Over and over
You're taking me over
Drown in me one more time (over and over)
Hide inside me tonight (I'm falling over)
Do what you want to do (over and over)
Just pretend happy end (you're taking me over)
Let me know let it show (over and over)
Ending with letting go (I'm falling over)
Ending with letting go
Ending with letting go
Let's pretend
Happy end
Blue24U
Looks like everyone disagreeing with you doesn't realize how unpopular they are for all their great tracks and albums released. Of their released albums not including B sides they have no bad songs to speak of. I can listen to all of their album releases back to back without skipping. That in and kf itself is rare for a band or musical group.
When you look at their music sales they aren't big sellers.
They did their first 2 albums and gave a big middle finger to the record industry when they asked for v 3.0 and gave them Beautiful Garbage instead.
They are the epitome of a band who could have been sell outs but chose to make the best music possible even if it meant passing up huge money.
They have my respect as performers above so many others because they chose to go their own route.
Compare their songs to their contemporaries and there are other artists of the genre who have more higher ranking hits, though fee of then have the emotional depth and range that Garbage is able to achieve.
I really do love Garbage and agree they are absolutely under rated.
Lina Ters
You look so fine
I want to break your heart
And give you mine
You're taking me over
It's so insane
You've got me tethered and chained
I hear your name
And I'm falling over
I'm not like all the other girls
I can't take it like the other girls
I won't share it like the other girls
That you used to know
You look so fine
Knocked down
Cried out
Been down just to find out
I'm through
Bleeding for you
I'm open wide
I want to take you home
We'll waste some time
You're the only one for me
You look so fine
I'm like the desert tonight
Leave her behind
If you want to show me
I'm not like all the other girls
I won't take it like the other girls
I won't fake it like the other girls
That you used to know
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Over and over
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Over and over
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Drown in me one more time
Hide inside me tonight
Do what you want to do
Just pretend happy end
Let me know let it show
Ending with letting go
Ending with letting go
Ending with letting go
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Henrique Ramos
"You Look So Fine"
[Verse 1]
You look so fine
I want to break your heart
And give you mine
You're taking me over
It's so insane
You've got me tethered and chained
I hear your name
And I'm falling over
[Chorus]
I'm not like all the other girls
I can't take it like the other girls
I won't share it like the other girls
That you used to know
You look so fine
[Breakdown]
Knocked down
Cried out
Been down just to find out
I'm through
Bleeding for you
[Verse 2]
I'm open wide
I want to take you home
We'll waste some time
You're the only one for me
You look so fine
I'm like the desert tonight
Leave her behind
If you want to show me
[Chorus]
I'm not like all the other girls
I won't take it like the other girls
I won't fake it like the other girls
That you used to know
[Outro]
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Over and over
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Over and over
You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Drown in me one more time
Hide inside me tonight
Do what you want to do
Just pretend happy end
Let me know let it show
Ending with letting go
Ending with letting go
Ending with letting go
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Let's pretend, happy end
Written By Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker & Duke Erikson
Album VERSION 2.0 (1998)
Alan T
One of the best love songs ever recorded. Shirley conveys the pain and hope for joy so beautifully.
Sheryl mac
You expressed what I couldn't beautifully.
Momo
Yes she does!😉
Siikosys
How do I "like" this twice???
Valencia Alejandro
She kill this man, and she is singing to dead body
Allan Clark
Incredible front for a band,saw garage at the barrowland ballroom in Glasgow in the late nineties, Shirley had us all eating out her hand, so charming but with a real spiky attitude
Jaden Addams
I first heard this song as a 17-year-old wandering through Best Buy in the late 90s. I stopped because of the haunting rythym of the piano and ethereal chorus. As the song came to a close, I hunted down a store employee to try and find out what the song was, and they told me. Now, in that day, as poor as I was, you either bought the album, or good luck on EVER hearing that song again.
So I bought the album and to this day, it was one of the best I ever had. And every now and then, I come back to this, which turned out to be the last song on the album, the icing on the cake. And it's still just as hauntingly beautiful as the first time.
Steve Stults
I'm 71 and my daughter used to listen to Garbage in the 90s. Don't like everything they did ( I never like EVERYTHING a group does ) but this song is awesome. Garbage did a couple of others I really like
JosephVisaggi
2.0 is one of the best albums of all time. One of just a handful that every track is solid on.
Blue Dhalia
No matter how high anyone would rate garbage.. they are one of the most underrated bands around!