"I Think I'm Paranoid" was the second single from Garbage's 1998 sophomore album Version 2.0. It was released in the summer of 1998 and became a hit in many parts of the world following up on the success of previous single releases "Stupid Girl" and "Push It". Garbage is an international rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993. ... Version 2. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Almo Sounds is a record company started in 1994 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss after they sold A&M Records. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Garbage is an international rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Garbage is an international rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993. ... A Music Video Director is someone who helps create the treatment and visual overtone of a music video Famous Music Video Directors Brett Ratner Herb Ritts Mariah Carey Hype Williams Joseph Kahn David LaChapelle Paul Hunter Categories: Music Videos ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Garbage is an international rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993. ... Version 2. ... Stupid Girl was the fourth single from Garbages 1996 self-titled debut album. ...

Song Profile

"I Think I'm Paranoid" was written and recorded at Smart Studios during the 1997 sessions for 'Version 2.0'. It was originally titled 'Bend Me'. Version 2. ...

Upbeat and pure pop, the song takes us from a swaggering and rocky chorus to sardonic nursery ryhme verses until the song ends with a very fractured breakdown.

Bass on "I Think I'm Paranoid" is by Daniel Schulman, Todd Malcolm Michelles provides the scratching, and the song also contains samples from 'Underfire' by electronic duo Terminalhead.

In keeping with it's parent albums full on production, "I Think I'm Paranoid" contains over 120 audio tracks.

Single release

"I Think I'm Paranoid" was issued as a single worldwide in July 1998. A hit in the US, the song also crashed into the UK charts at #9, the band's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit.

Worldwide, "I Think I'm Paranoid" was backed by B-sides "Deadwood", culled from "Version 2.0" at the last minute, and "Afterglow".

Music video

The video clip for "I Think I'm Paranoid" was directed in May 1998 by famed photographer Matthew Rolston in London, UK. The video concept was to be, according to Shirley "very simple, almost photographic... and then we just got bored. I flashed my knickers and stuck my fist in my mouth!" St. ...

After release the video was edited slightly to soften the focus on certain strobing lights within the video.

Remixes

Remixes of "I Think I'm Paranoid" were completed for the band by US dance duo The Crystal Method and by Jill Stark of the UK dance act Purity. The Crystal Method is an electronic music duo, comprising of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland. ... ...

Live performances

"I Think I'm Paranoid" was first performed live on 15th May 1998 in in Combined Locks, Wisconsin on the first date of the 'Version 2.0' tour. It has continued to be a live favourite throughout that tour and also on the 'beautifulgarbage' and 'Bleed Like Me' world tours. One of the periods of glaciation was also termed the Wisconsin glaciation. ... Version 2. ...

An acoustic version of "I Think I'm Paranoid" has also been performed live. A live acoustic version of the track was also released on the US compilation CD 'The End Sessions Vol 2' in November 1999.

I Think I'm Paranoid was performed live on TV shows TFI Friday, Top Of The Pops, Later With Jools Holland (UK), Fuse Comp'd (US) and Nulle Part Ailleurs (France). TFI Friday was a light entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans and broadcast on Friday nights on Channel Four from 1996 to 2000. ... Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC One and now licensed for local versions around the world. ...

Trivia

"I Think I'm Paranoid" was featured on the trailer to 2000 teen thriller movie 'Gossip' but not on the movie itself, and on demo adverts showcasing Apple's latest QuickTimeTM software in early 1999. Look up Gossip in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word gossip may refer to both: the act of spreading news from person to person, especially rumors or private information: see chat the news spread through the act of gossiping While gossip forms one of the oldest and (still) the most... Species Malus domestica Malus sieversii The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Malus domestica in the family Rosaceae, and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. ... QuickTime is a multimedia technology developed by Apple Computer, capable of handling various formats of digital video, sound, text, animation, music, and immersive virtual reality panoramic images. ...

"I Think I'm Paranoid" also appears on the North American editions of the 1999 PlayStation racing video game 'Gran Turismo 2'. The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the 1990s. ... Gran Turismo (GT) is a racing video game series developed by Polyphony Digital for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable gaming systems. ...

Legal action was taken against Garbage on 11th May 2001 by Helios Music Corp. over this track, which they claim includes material "stolen" from the song "Bend Me, Shape Me", which was a hit for US band The American Breed in 1967. It is unknown whether or not the case has been settled as of yet.

I Think I'm Paranoid quote, unquote

Butch Vig: "It's about the music business. There's a line: 'If I feel down, prop me up with another pill' which came from a bad day on the road when an associate told Shirley to take a pill to settle down. It didn't work." Bryan Butch Vig (born August 2, 1957) is both a rock musician and record producer. ...

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