The Chemicals Between Us
by Bush

Album: The Science of Things (1999)
Charted: 46 67
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Songfacts®:

  • According to songwriter Gavin Rossdale, this song's oblique lyrics are about lying in bed with a lover with a major rift of understanding in the relationship... or, more generally, the song is about "differences between people."
  • This marked the band's final #1 single on the Alternative Songs chart before their 2002 breakup (they regrouped in 2010).
  • Lead guitarist Nigel Pulsford used a vintage digital effect called a Maestro Filter Sample and Hold on the choruses of this song.

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