"Warm Machine" is a song by British rock band

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. It was released on 11 February 2000 as the second UK single from the band's third album, ''

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'' (1999).

Music video

The video was directed by Russel Thomas and Steve Jones on 18 December 1999. The live footage is taken from a show which took place at the Bayfront Amphitheratre in

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on 18 December, while the sections of the video with the band playing on a dark stage were filmed in a

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studio. The song was actually played twice at the Miami show.

Commercial performance

Although the song was not as successful as the other singles from ''The Science of Things'', only managing to reach No. 38 on the U.S.

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chart and No. 16 on the U.S.

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chart, the song became the band's third most successful song in their native Britain (behind "

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") reaching No. 45 on the

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. There is evidence on SoundCloud that Warm Machine was used as a reference track for " All the Right Moves" (2009) and "Do You Feel It?" from the

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EP, ''

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'' (2014).

Track listing

*UK CD 1 Single 4972752 (Cardsleeve) *#"Warm Machine (Radio Version)" - 3:48 *#"Swallowed (Live at

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In Montreal)" - 5:06 *#"In a Lonely Place ( Tricky Mix)" - 7:32 *UK CD 2 Single 4973532 (Cardsleeve) *#"Warm Machine" *#"Warm Machine (Radio Version)" *#"

(Live In Montreal)" *#"

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(Original Demo Version)"

Chart performance

References

External links

Bush Fansite

Bush-Music.com
1999 songs 2000 singles Bush (British band) songs Songs written by Gavin Rossdale Song recordings produced by Clive Langer Song recordings produced by Alan Winstanley Interscope Records singles Trauma Records singles {{2000s-rock-single-stub