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Stupid Girl
Garbage
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- Album
- Garbage (20th Anniversary Edition/Remastered)
- Released
- 1995
- Genres
- Length
- 4:19
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Label
- Almo Sounds
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About this song
"Stupid Girl" is track #8 on Garbage's self-titled debut album and became one of the band's most iconic songs, reaching #4 in the UK and #24 in the US. It was built around a drum and bass sample from The Clash's "Train In Vain", with Shirley Manson adding lyrics. The music video was directed by Samuel Bayer, who shot a simple performance of the song over four hours and then edited it himself, and it is one of Manson's favourite Garbage videos.
What it's about
The song is presented as a feminist anthem, with Manson's lyrics focused on female empowerment.
Fun facts
- Samples “Orange Crush by R.E.M.” and “Train in Vain by The Clash”.
- Covered 3 times, including “Stupid Girl by Vitamin String Quartet”.
- Written by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.
- Produced by Garbage.
- Recorded at Smart Studios (Madison.