"You Look So Fine" is a

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released in 1999, and was the final single taken from

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's second album '' Version 2.0'', where it was also the closing track. "You Look So Fine" closed either the main set or

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at every headlining show Garbage performed on the two-year-long ''Version 2.0'' world tour. The release of the single was promoted by a

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version

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, on which singer

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performed a new

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. The new version was part of a

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trade between both bands, where Garbage remixed Fun Lovin' Criminals single "

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" in reciprocation. In 2007, "You Look So Fine" was

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and included on Garbage's

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album ''

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''.

Song profile

"You Look So Fine" was written, recorded and mixed at

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towards the end of their year-long sessions for ''Version 2.0''. The track began as a basic vocal/acoustic guitar/piano composition. Elements from a scrapped track titled "King of Crime" were repurposed for "You Look So Fine". Butch Vig described the song as his favourite track from ''Version 2.0'' citing its "

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covers

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quality" When Garbage had printed what they presumed was the final mix of the song, Manson had the idea to add an orchestral outro section to the song after returning to the studio from a screening of the movie ''

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''. "I was kind of rattled because I thought the movie was shit... I came back to the studio s the boys were working on "You Look So Fine"and I was all grumpy about it." Manson felt that even though it was very late at night, and the rest of the band were tired, that they instinctively knew that her suggestion was a good idea. "We knew "You Look So Fine" was going to be the last track, with a slightly cinematic feel", Erikson explained, "but the ending almost sets you up for what's going to happen next..." "You Look So Fine" was first performed live on May 15, 1998 in Combined Locks, Wisconsin on the first date of the ''Version 2.0'' tour. In advance of the song's single release in late 1998, Garbage performed the song live for

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and

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Remix trade

At the end of 1998, Garbage arranged for a

trade between themselves and

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hip-hop group

. Both bands had toured

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together a few years prior. Garbage reworked "

" from their '' 100% Colombian'' album, recording new instrumentation beneath the group's vocal. On the

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, Manson added her own

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. At the time, Garbage were on a three-month

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; the remix was recorded in available

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and

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the band had access to, directly onto

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. Fun Lovin Criminals reworked "You Look So Fine" into a

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standard. Garbage booked studio time at Rondor Studios in

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to record a new vocal for the new version. While there, the band also wrote and recorded two brand new tracks for

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use, "Get Busy with the Fizzy" and "Soldier Through This" with their touring

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issued "Korean Bodega" as a single across

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on April 26, 1999. The Garbage version (titled "Aero Mexicana remix") featured on the

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to one

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and on the

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formats. A week later, "Korean Bodega" debuted as the band's second biggest hit at #15 on the

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. All of the press advertising for the release of "Korean Bodega" heavily mentioned Garbage's remix and the fact that Shirley Manson had contributed vocals to the new version. Synching both releases up, a

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mail-out to Fun Lovin' Criminals fans was sent to promote "You Look So Fine", while a mail out for "Korean Bodega" was sent to Garbage fans. "Korean Bodega" spent three weeks on the UK charts.

Single release

Both the original and Fun Lovin' Criminals versions of "You Look So Fine" were serviced to radio in the

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and

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at the beginning of May 1999. The final single from the album would also serve to end the album promotion in the United Kingdom after launching the release of ''Version 2.0 Special Live Edition'', a

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repackage with a

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of four tracks recorded live at the

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, and would support the announcement of Garbage's last UK date on the Version 2.0 tour. "You Look So Fine" was A-listed at XFM, GLR and

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, B-listed at Radio One, C-listed at

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and playlisted by a further 56 regional

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becoming the #6 Most Added song at radio by the middle of the month. Pre-release club mixes of "You Look So Fine" produced by

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peaked at #20 on the Club Charts. Setting up television and radio promotion for the single, Garbage performed "You Look So Fine" along with "

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" and "

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" on ''

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'', recorded a four-track session for Radio One and filmed interviews for ''Videotech'' and '' cd:uk''; Shirley also took part on the panel of the Jo Whiley Show.

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issued "You Look So Fine" to record stores on May 24 on a two

set and a

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. The first CD and the cassette both featured "Get Busy with the Fizzy" while the CD also included the club mix by Eric Kupper. The second CD single was backed with "Soldier Through This" and the Fun Lovin' Criminals rework. After a week on sale, "You Look So Fine" debuted at #19 on the

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. This was Garbage's eighth straight Top 20 single. The same week, the band's debut album ''

'' shot back into the top 50 of the

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peaking at #44 (its highest position since the previous August). At the start of June, Garbage followed up the chart position of "You Look So Fine" by performing the song on both ''

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'' and ''

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''. On June 7, the ''Version 2.0'' repackage was issued to record stores on the same date that "You Look So Fine" was released as the final collectable 3" CD Blisterpack from the album, collecting together all of the singles bonus tracks. Seven days later, ''Version 2.0'' recharted at #38 and subsequently climbed to #27 the following week. "You Look So Fine" ultimately spent four weeks on the UK Singles Chart, leaving the top seventy-five at the end of June. On May 25, the day after the UK release, "You Look So Fine", was released via

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across

as both a

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and a card sleeved single CD. In France, the single had been serviced to

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and music video playlisted by TV channels MCM and M6 from May 20.''Version 2.0 Special Live Edition'' POS brochure, published by BMG France, May 1999

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supported the release of the single by broadcasting live recordings of the band performing at

. Garbage perform "You Look So Fine" and " When I Grow Up" on ''Si Musica'' on May 29; and performed "You Look So Fine" for ''Gala Ragazza'' in

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, on June 3 as ''Version 2.0'' is

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. To mark the certification,

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issue both "You Look So Fine" and "

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" to Spanish

. "You Look So Fine" peaks at #15 on the Spanish singles chart, while also reaching #26 on the airplay chart. "Temptation Waits" peaks at #39. On December 6, 1999,

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issued "You Look So Fine" in

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. ''Version 2.0'' had re-entered the ARIA Album Chart top ten a month earlier, a year and a half after its original release, thanks to the success of earlier single "When I Grow Up" and the Australian release of the album's

repackage. The single was issued as a maxi-CD backed with "Get Busy with the Fizzy" and both mixes of the title track. "You Look So Fine" just failed to make the Australian ARIA Top 100 Singles chart, peaking at #101.

Commercial track listings

*UK cassette single ''Mushroom MUSH49MCS'' *Europe CD single ''BMG 74321 65744 2'' #"You Look So Fine" – 3:50 #"Get Busy with the Fizzy" – 2:55 *UK 12" LP commercial promo ''TRASH 31'' #"You Look So Fine"(Eric Kupper Deep Drama Mix) – 8:40 *UK CD1 ''Mushroom MUSH49CDS'' #"You Look So Fine" – 3:50 #"Get Busy with the Fizzy" – 2:55 #"You Look So Fine" (Eric Kupper's Deep Drama mix) – 8:40 *UK CD2 ''Mushroom MUSH49CDSX'' #"You Look So Fine" – 3:50 #"Soldier Through This" – 3:47 #"You Look So Fine" (Fun Lovin' Criminals version) – 3:36 *UK 3" CD single ''Mushroom MUSH49CDSXXX'' #"You Look So Fine" – 3:50 #"Get Busy with the Fizzy" – 2:55 #"Soldier Through This" – 3:47 #"You Look So Fine" (Fun Lovin' Criminals version) – 3:36 #"You Look So Fine" (Eric Kupper's Deep Drama mix edit) – 3:56 *Australia CD maxi ''Festival Mushroom MUSH01900.2'' *Europe CD maxi ''BMG 74321 65764 2'' #"You Look So Fine" – 3:50 #"Get Busy with the Fizzy" – 2:55 #"You Look So Fine" (Fun Lovin' Criminals version) – 3:36 #"You Look So Fine" (Eric Kupper's Deep Drama mix edit) – 3:56

Music video

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for "You Look So Fine" was

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for

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. It was filmed on February 26, 1999 on a

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. ASP World Champion surfer champion

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was cast as the man washed up on the shore that Manson "rescues", and much press was made from his cameo role in the video. While the male members of Garbage were filmed for the video, during

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, most of their shots were left unused after the director and the band felt their shots looked "naff". Originally, actor

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was cast as the role of the rescued man, but dropped out the night before filming. With a

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for the video to visually look like a "mixture of a piece by

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and a Samurai warrior movie", the director created a

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and white

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landscape dominated by a large pair of eyes in the background sky. Throughout the video, an

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similar to

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flying at night is also employed. The

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is of the landscape, which fades to reveal Manson tending to an

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man who has washed up on the shore. While she tends to him, the male members of Garbage are seen lurking in

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in the background, while she sees her own reflection acting independently of her at the man's other side. After a while, the man regains consciousness as the sky changes to pink and the image onscreen changes to

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, before fading out as Manson sings the final lyrics. The "You Look So Fine" video was first commercially released on ''All About Garbage'', a

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issued by Italian magazine ''Tribe'' in 1999. A remastered version of the music video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD ''

'' and uploaded to the band's

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channel in 2015

Remixes and alternate versions

In 2002, British

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group West London Deep

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Manson's vocal from "You Look So Fine" on their

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"You're Taking Me Over". Manson later refused clearance for the sample and the song's commercial release was canceled and withdrawn after remixes by Inner City, Problem Kids and Desyn Masiello & Leon Roberts had been circulated promotionally. West London Deep reworked the track without Manson's vocal and retitled it "Gonna Make You My Lover". In 2007, Fun Lovin' Criminals' remix was remastered and included on the ''Absolute Garbage'' bonus disc ''Garbage Mixes''.

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Garbage official website"You Look So Fine" music video"You Look So Fine" release discography
{{Authority control 1999 singles Garbage (band) songs Music videos directed by Stéphane Sednaoui Song recordings produced by Butch Vig 1998 songs Mushroom Records singles Songs written by Shirley Manson Songs written by Duke Erikson Songs written by Steve Marker Songs written by Butch Vig