Milk (song)
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{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Milk
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]
| from Album = [[Garbage (album)|Garbage]]
| B-side = "Alien Sex Fiend" <small>(Australia)</small>
| Released = <br>[[October|Oct ]], 1996 <small>(Australia)</small><br>Nov 11, 1996 <small>(UK & Europe)</small><br>Nov 11, 1996 <small>(US)</small><br>[[May 5]], [[1997]] <small>(UK [[12"]] [[remixes]])</small>
| Format = [[7"]], [[12"]], <br>[[CD maxi]], [[cassette single]]
| Recorded = LP Version<br>1994 - 1995<br>[[Smart Studios]],<br>[[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]]<br>Remix<br> May - August 1996 <br>[[Chicago, Il]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[Trip-hop]], [[Electronica]]
| Length = 3:56<br>4:02 (Remix)
| Label = [[Mushroom Records (UK)|Mushroom Records]] <small>(UK)</small><br>[[Almo Sounds]] <small>(North America)</small> <br>[[Mushroom Records (UK)|Mushroom]]/[[BMG]] <small>(Worldwide)</small>
| Writer = Garbage
| Producer = Garbage
| Reviews =
| Last single = "[[Stupid Girl (Garbage song)|Stupid Girl]]"<br/>(1996)
| This single = "'''Milk'''"<br/>(1996)
| Next single = "[[Supervixen]]"<br/>(1996)
}}
'''"Milk"''' was the fifth and final [[single (music)|single]] taken from [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]'s 1995 [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] debut album ''[[Garbage (album)|Garbage]]''.
Garbage collaborated with UK [[trip-hop]] artist [[Tricky]] on a new single remix of "Milk" in [[Chicago]] and [[New York]] in May 1996. After initial reports that the band and collaborator were unhappy with results, Garbage re-worked the track at Smart Studios and released the remix as a single.
==Song==
"Milk" was written and recorded by Garbage ([[Duke Erikson]], [[Shirley Manson]], [[Steve Marker]] and [[Butch Vig]]) at their own [[recording studio]] during the 1994-1995 sessions for ''Garbage''.
"Milk" was released worldwide in late 1996 following an acclaimed performance of the track at the 1996 [[MTV Europe Music Awards]], which [[MTV]] rated as one of the best ten ''EMAs'' performances of the nineties.
The most electronic based song on the album, "Milk" is also one of singer Shirley Manson's favourite tracks from it. She told [[Melody Maker]] "It's a [[dichotomy]], a [[paradox]]. The thing I really like about "Milk" is the fact that it's been dismissed by people as the [[ballad]] at the end of the album. To me "Milk" is the darkest, most hopeless of the songs. People say 'Oh, it's lovey-dovey, so therefore it's a love song'. But it's a very bleak song, it's about loss and the fear of loss; about things you can't have and things you will forever wait for." <ref> "Melody Maker" Issue Nov 96 (accessed Oct 10th, 2006)</ref>
Manson told [[The Face (magazine)|The Face]] "In the studio he works in a completely different fashion from us - he's hilarious, he's a hoot! The guy is so enchanting and he has so much energy. Very illuminating." <ref>[http://www.garbage.net/garbage/articles/@modern.htm/ "The Face: Modern Life Is Rubbish] ''Garbage.net'' (accessed Oct 10th, 2006)</ref>
The remix, which features [[acoustic guitar]]s and [[electronic drum]]s in place of the album version's [[synth]] was completed in two forms — the "Siren Mix" which is simply Shirley Manson singing the remix [[Solo (music)|solo]], and the "Wicked Mix" with both Shirley Manson and Tricky [[Duet (music)|together]].
==Single release==
"Milk" was released worldwide from October 1996. In the UK the "Wicked Remix" was the [[A-side]], in Europe and Australia the "Siren Remix" was the A-side and in the US the regular "album version" was the A-side. The single was the first Garbage single release to contain no exclusive [[B-sides]] (of all subsequent Garbage single releases, only 1999's "[[The World is Not Enough (song)|The World Is Not Enough]]" was released without any accompanying brand new Garbage tracks) instead the single was backed with a selection of remixes of "Milk" and previous hit "[[Stupid Girl (Garbage song)|Stupid Girl]]".
[[Festival Mushroom Records|White]] released "Milk" in [[Australia]] on [[CD single]] and [[cassette single]] in mid-October 1996. This release, following Garbage's first Australian live dates in support of ''Garbage'', contained the "Siren Mix", "Wicked Mix", "Tricky Mix" and "Album Version" of "Milk". Following a special tour edition of ''Garbage'' being issued to mark the Australian tour, a second "Milk" single was released containing the same bonus tracks: a [[Rabbit in the Moon]] remix of "Milk", [[Danny Saber]] remix of "[[Queer (Garbage song)|Queer]]", a [[Todd Terry]] remix of "Stupid Girl", a Garbage remix of album track "Dog New Tricks" and UK b-side "Alien Sex Fiend".
A month before the commercial release of "Milk", [[A&E Records|Mushroom Records]] released a three-part [[12" single]]s through [[HMV]] stores as a "taster release". These vinyls were limited to 500 copies each and came in a [[Die (manufacturing)|die-cut]] [[Embossing|embossed]] card sleeve (one [[leather]] look, one [[gravel]], one [[rippled]]), each with a different [[Dayglo]] colour inner sleeve. <ref name="recordcollector">"''[[Record Collector]]'' #209" (Retrieved - [[2008]]-[[02-06]])</ref>
"Milk - The Wicked Remix" featuring Tricky was released commercially by Mushroom Records in the [[United Kingdom]] on [[November 11]], 1996. It was released on two [[CD single]]s and a limited edition [[7" single]] of 14,000 copies. This special edition vinyl format came housed in a [[white]] ripple-effect card sleeve, with a [[videogram]] image mounted on front, and a nine-panel white and blood red poster within. <ref name="recordcollector"/> The single was backed with remixes of "Milk" by [[Tricky]], [[Goldie]], [[Massive Attack]] and [[Rabbit in the Moon]], remixes of "Stupid Girl" by [[Danny Saber]] and [[Todd Terry]]. <ref name="recordcollector"/>
"Milk" was the last of the special vinyl formats Garbage and Mushroom Records released in the UK market, due to rules by the then-UK chart compilers CIN which forbid chart eligibility to singles with elaborate packagings from January 1997.
Perfectly timing the singles release immediately prior to Garbage's "Breakthrough Artist" award win, "Best Group" and "Best Song" nominations and the groups acclaimed performance of "Milk" at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards, in [[London]] on [[November 14]], 1996, "Milk" debuted at #10 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] the following Sunday, becoming Garbage's second top ten hit in the UK.
Throughout Europe, [[BMG]] issued the single as simply "Milk", and featured the "Siren Mix" as the singles A-side. The sleeve design and tracklisting was otherwise similar to the UK releases, however on the second single the Danny Saber remix of "Stupid Girl" was replaced with the "Milk - Wicked Remix".
In [[North America]], where Garbage were supporting the [[Smashing Pumpkins]]' [[arena]] [[concert tour|tour]], [[Almo Sounds]] issued the album version of "Milk" on [[November 19]], 1996, on [[Maxi single|maxi-CD]] and [[Cassette single|maxi-cassette]] containing a completely unique sleeve design from other worldwide releases. The [[US]] single was backed with both the "Wicked Mix" and "Siren Mix" as well as a remix of "Milk" by Rabbit In The Moon. "Milk" ultimately failed to reach the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart, but managed to settle just outside of the chart at #106 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart. "Milk"s lack of US success could be attributed to being usurped by Garbage's inclusion on the ''[[William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet]]'' [[soundtrack]]; a new remix of former b-side "[[Number One Crush|#1 Crush]]" which became a [[Modern Rock Tracks]] #1 hit and [[Hot 100 Airplay]] #29 hit around the same time as "Milk"s single release.
Mushroom Records issued a set of four collectable 12" singles set on [[May 5]], [[1997]]. Differing from the original 12" remix set, this collection was packaged in simple plain [[black]] card sleeves and featured mixes of "Queer", "Stupid Girl", and two of "Milk". The first "Milk" release contained all three Massive Attack remixes and the second contained both Goldie remixes. This special set was the last UK market release by Mushroom Records for the bands debut album, intended to bridge the gap between the release of "Milk" in late 1996 and the band's [[Version 2.0|second album]] in mid-1998.
==Tracklistings==
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===Commercial releases===
*UK 7" <small>Mushroom SX1494</small>
#"Milk - The Wicked Mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
#"Milk - The Tricky Mix" - 4:19
*UK CD1 <small>Mushroom D1494</small>
#"Milk - The Wicked Mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
#"Milk - Completely Trashed Mix" - 6:31
#"Milk - Album Version" - 3:52
#"Stupid Girl - Tee's Radio Mix" - 3:45
*UK CD2 <small>Mushroom DX1494</small>
#"Milk - The Wicked Mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
#"Milk - Classic Remix" - 4:47
#"Milk - Udder Remix" - 4:49
#"Stupid Girl - Danny Saber remix" - 4:26
*US CD maxi <small>Almo Sounds AMSDS-89007<small/>
*US cassette <small>Almo Sounds AMSCS-89007<small/>
#"Milk - Album Version" - 3:52
#"Milk - The Siren Mix" - 4:02
#"Milk - Udder Remix" - 4:49
#"Milk - The Wicked Mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
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*OZ CD maxi <small>White D1380</small>
*OZ cassette <small>White C1380</small>
#"Milk - The Siren Mix" - 4:02
#"Milk - The Wicked Mix" (featuring Tricky) - 4:02
#"Milk - The Tricky Mix" - 4:19
#"Milk - Album Version" - 3:52
*OZ CD maxi <small>White D1519</small>
#"Milk - Rabbit In The Moon Mix - 5:49
#"Stupid Girl - Tee's Radio Mix" - 3:45
#"Queer - Danny Saber Mix - 5:39
#"Dog New Tricks - The Pal Mix" - 4:02
#"Alien Sex Fiend" - 4:37
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*Tricky completed a remix of the track, the "Tricky Mix", in which he and Shirley Manson recorded another completely new vocal for the song.
*Of Massive Attack's mixes, the "D Mix" features a 22-piece live orchestra.
==Music video==
[[Image:Milkrecutvideo.JPG|thumb|right|[[Shirley Manson]] in the "Milk" video.]]The [[music video|promo clip]] for "Milk" was filmed on [[August 19]] in [[London]] and directed by [[Stéphane Sednaoui]] for [[Propaganda Films]]. It was ready to air on [[August 28]]. Sednaoui filmed the entire sequence in a single [[long take|tracking shot]] set to the album version of the song. So the footage could be used for a remix version of the video, Sednaoui created a second version of the video using [[close up]] shots of Manson to insert into the footage. This [[montage]] edit was dubbed with both the Siren remix and Wicked remix for international airplay.
Manson features heavily in the "Milk" video; standing solitary within a blue [[wind tunnel]] and backed with red [[spotlights]] and white [[strobing]]. During the [[choruses]], the camera pans away to each of the male members of Garbage. As it ends, the blue is replaced with green shades, and the camera moves to Manson, ending on a small [[disco ball]] held in Manson's hand.
The "Milk" video was first commercially released on [[VHS]] and [[Video-CD]] on 1996's ''[[Garbage Video]]''.<ref>""The Screens Are Full of Garbage", ''[[Melody Maker]]'', issue dated [[December 7]], [[1996]]" (Retrieved - [[2008]]-[[02-05]]</ref> A remastered version, re-cut to the remix version, was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD ''[[Absolute_Garbage#Absolute_Garbage_DVD|Absolute Garbage]]''.<ref name="absolutegarbage">{{cite web|url=http://www.garbage.com/news/news.php?uid=336| title="New Best Of Album"|publisher=''Garbage.com''|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref> Neither the Siren or Wicked mix versions of the video have been commercially released.
==Credits and Personnel==
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'''Album Version'''
*Music: Garbage
*Lyrics: Garbage
*[[Record producer|Produced]]: Garbage
*Performed & [[Audio mixing|mixed]]: Garbage
*2nd [[Audio engineering|Engineer]]: Mike Zirkel
*Vocals : Shirley Manson
*[[Keyboards]] : Duke Erikson
*Samples & Loops: Steve Marker
*Drums : Butch Vig
*[[Bass guitar|Bass]]: Mike Kashou
*Recorded at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin.
'''The Siren Mixes'''
*Remixed: Garbage
*2nd Engineer: Mike Zirkel
*Remixed at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
'''The Wicked Mix'''
*Remixed: Garbage
*2nd Engineer: Mike Zirkel
*Additional vocals: Tricky
*Remixed at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
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'''Goldie remixes'''
*Remixed: Goldie and [[Rob Playford]]
*Remixed at Manic One Studios, [[London]]
'''Massive Attack remixes'''
*Remixed: Massive Attack
*[[String instrument|String]] [[arrangement]]: [[Craig Armstrong]]
*Fixer: Isobel Griffiths
*Remixed at Massive Attack Studios, [[Bristol]]
'''Rabbit In The Moon remixes'''
*Remixed: Rabbit In The Moon
*[[Audio mastering|Mastered]]: George Lambert at Tape To Tape, London
'''The Tricky Mix'''
*Remixed: Tricky
*Engineered: Rock Smith<br><small>''Rock Smith appears courtesy of [[Phat Wax Records]]''</small>
*Vocals: Shirley Manson and Tricky
*Remixed at Platinum Island Studios, [[New York City|New York]]
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==Comprehensive charts==
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="width: 40em;"
!Year||Single||Chart||Position
|-
|1996
|"Milk (The Wicked Mix)"
|[[UK Singles Chart|Official UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|#10
|-
|1997
|"Milk"
|US [[ARC Weekly Top 40]]
|align="center"|#27
|-
|1996
|"Milk (The Siren Mix)"
|[[ARIA Charts|Official Australian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|#44
|-
|1996/7
|"Milk"
|US [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles|Billboard Hot 100 - Bubbling Under]]
|align="center"|#106
|-
|1997
|"Milk" (Import)
|Official UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|#74
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.garbage.com/ Garbage official website]
*[http://www.garbage.com/exclusives/video.php?page=2/ "Milk" video (Album version)]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=qRWJ1a7t0jc/ "Milk" video (Album version re-edit)]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=HhIZEXM6-tw/ "Milk" video (Siren mix)]
*[http://www.garbage.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=9/ "Milk" lyrics]
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