Little Things (Bush song)

"Little Things"
Single by Bush
from the album Sixteen Stone
Released	30 May 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Grunge
Length	4:24 (album version) 4:02 (edit)
Label	Trauma Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Gavin Rossdale
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley Bush
Bush singles chronology
"Everything Zen" (1995) "Little Things" (1995) "Comedown" (1995)

"Little Things" is a song by rock band Bush, released on 30 May 1995 as the second single from their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone.

Composition

In a November 2017 interview with Songfacts, Gavin Rossdale explained the song's inspiration:

The lyrical inspiration was the simple realization of that whole thing about don't be letting the details get you down. I was always feeling encumbered by life and overtaken by life and dwarfed by life, and my feelings and my paranoias and my worries were larger than anything else. So, there was always that pain to try to keep all of those worries at bay. That's just a song about paranoia for the future and paranoia of life. I think it has something to do with trying to be strong in the face of adversity.^[1]

Music video

The video was shot throughout January and February 1995 in an old mansion in Long Island, NY, and Los Angeles, and at the band's studio. The video was directed by Matt Mahurin who also directed their previous video for "Everything Zen"

The video cuts between images of a grinning woman wearing black face paint, an albino snake, a fire-eating woman, a man's reflection in a river, and a man kissing a classical or neo-classical statute and then dragging it around with him. This imagery alternates with film of Gavin Rossdale and other band members performing the song.

Track listing

• Enhanced CD Super Single INTDE-95745
  1. "Little Things'"
  2. "Little Things [Live]"
  3. "Bud"
  4. "Everything Zen [Music Video]"
  5. "Little Things [Music Video]"

• AUS CD single 92531 / INTDS95757 (both cardsleeve and jewelcase versions)
  1. "Little Things" - 4:25
  2. "Swim [Live]" - 6:39
  3. "X-Girlfriend" - 0:47

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[2] 177 Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[3] 2 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 184 UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[5] 6 US Radio Songs (Billboard)[6] 46 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] 4 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[9] 7

References

1. "Gavin Rossdale of Bush: Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
3. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9037." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
4. "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > Darren B – David Byrne". zobbel.de. Retrieved 24 December 2016. N.B. This site displays 'uncompressed' chart peaks (no exclusion rules applied) for singles charting between 76 and 200, from November 1994 to May 2001.
5. "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
6. "Bush Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
7. "Bush Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
8. "Bush Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
9. "RPM Top 50 Alternative Tracks of 1995". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2018.