Some songs vanish for years, only to return when they mean something new. Push It by Garbage resurfaced for me one late night, while flipping through a Serbian rock TV channel – one of those random moments the internet can’t quite replicate. The track instantly pulled me back to childhood memories, but this time, it resonated on a different level – raw, restless, and oddly fitting for this phase of life.
Released in 1998 on their second album Version 2.0, Push It sits at the intersection of grunge, electronica, and dream pop – a perfect snapshot of the late ’90s experimental sound. Shirley Manson’s voice floats between aggression and vulnerability, while the production layers guitars, synths, and distortion into something both chaotic and strangely soothing.
The music video, directed by Andrea Giacobbe, is pure visual surrealism – a strange collage of suburban imagery, masked figures, and dreamlike transitions. It’s part art installation, part fever dream, and it perfectly mirrors the tension of the song: desire, control, release.
It’s fascinating how music like this ages – not as nostalgia, but as rediscovery. Push It feels as relevant now as it did then, an anthem for moments when you’re pushing forward through uncertainty, with beauty flickering in the static.
Both images are screenshots from the obscure music video.
