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'', which was released in 1999. In an interview,

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revealed that the song was written for a friend who had contracted

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. The song became a minor hit, and pushed the album to platinum status. The song was a bigger hit than its predecessor " Warm Machine", but not nearly as successful as the first single from the album, "

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Track listing

*UK CD 1 single 4973352 *#"Letting the Cables Sleep (single version)" - 4:33 *#"Letting the Cables Sleep (

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Music video

The music video (directed by

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) features Gavin looking for an apartment and finding himself in a room with a woman (played by actress

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). She is dressed in black and does not acknowledge him until their hands meet on the wall. After this first touch, they begin to kiss and take off their clothes. This sequence is interlinked with scenes of them wordlessly putting their clothes back on after sex. She seems troubled by either regret or the desire to tell him something, but she leaves without a word. After this, she is sitting on a chair elsewhere while Gavin begins painting the wall with the lyrics about 'silence' and 'talking', seeming upset and frustrated. Afterwards, Gavin catches up with her on a sidewalk, and she uses sign language to say that she can't hear him. She is then pulled away by a concerned friend who uses sign language to ask her why she did not call.

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 1999 songs 2000 singles Bush (British band) songs British soft rock songs Rock ballads Song recordings produced by Clive Langer Song recordings produced by Alan Winstanley Songs written by Gavin Rossdale Interscope Records singles Trauma Records singles