Letting the Cables Sleep

"Letting the Cables Sleep"
Single by Bush
from the album The Science of Things
Released11 January 2000 (2000-01-11)
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length
  • 4:36 (album version)
  • 4:33 (single version)
  • 4:30 (edit)
LabelTrauma
SongwriterGavin Rossdale
Producers
Bush singles chronology
"Warm Machine"
(2000) 		"Letting the Cables Sleep"
(2000) 		"The People That We Love"
(2001)

"Letting the Cables Sleep" is the second single from British rock band Bush's third studio album, The Science of Things. In an interview, Gavin Rossdale revealed that the song was written for a friend who had contracted HIV.[2] The song peaked at number four on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 51 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video (directed by Joel Schumacher) features Gavin looking for an apartment and finding himself in a room with a woman (played by actress Michele Hicks).[3] 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.

Track listings

  • UK CD 1 single
  1. "Letting the Cables Sleep (single version)" – 4:33
  2. "Letting the Cables Sleep (Nightmares On Wax remix)" – 5:24
  3. "Letting the Cables Sleep (original demo)" – 4:36
  • UK CD 2 single
  1. "Letting the Cables Sleep (single version)" – 4:33
  2. "Letting the Cables Sleep (Apocalyptica remix)" – 3:57
  3. "Mouth (The Stingray Mix)" – 5:59
  • European CD single
  1. "Letting the Cables Sleep [Nightmares On Wax remix]" – 5:24
  2. "Mouth [The Stingray mix]" – 5:59
  3. "Letting the Cables Sleep [single version]" – 4:33
  • German single
  1. "Letting the Cables Sleep [edit]" – 4:30
  2. "Everything Zen" – 4:38
  3. "Swallowed" – 4:50
  4. "Mouth [The Stingray mix]" – 5:58

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 11 January 2000
Trauma [12]
United Kingdom 22 May 2000
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [13]

References

  1. ^ Aquilante, Dan (26 October 1999). "Still "Looking" Good". New York Post. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Bush, Back to the Future". Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
  3. ^ "Bush Finishes Schumacher Video, Starts U.S. Tour". MTV. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 36. 2 September 2000. p. 13. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 28/5/2000 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 28/5/2000 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart on 28/5/2000 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Bush Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Bush Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Bush Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. 30 December 2000. p. YE-88.
  12. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1332. 7 January 2000. pp. 96, 100.
  13. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting May 22, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 20 May 2000. p. 29.
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