Garbage is an American rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1993. The group's discography consists of eight studio albums, three compilation albums, one remix album, one extended play, 41 singles, four promotional singles, three video albums, and 44 music videos (many of which are alternate versions to the same song). The line-up consists of Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson and Americans Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig. They have amassed worldwide album sales of over 17 million units.

Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995 and 1996, including "Queer", "Only Happy When It Rains", and "Stupid Girl". Their debut album, Garbage, charted in the top 20 in six countries and was certified double platinum in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Garbage spent two years working on their follow-up album, Version 2.0, which charted in the top 20 in 12 countries and was certified platinum in four countries and the European Union.

The band recorded the theme song of the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. The band's third album, Beautiful Garbage (2001), failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors. Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete their fourth album Bleed Like Me in 2005, peaking at a career-high number four on the Billboard 200. The band cut short their concert tour in support of Bleed Like Me announcing an "indefinite hiatus". Garbage reconvened in 2007 and released a greatest hits compilation Absolute Garbage. The band's fifth studio album, Not Your Kind of People, was released on May 15, 2012 through the band's own label, Stunvolume.

Garbage and Screaming Females recorded a cover of "Because the Night" for Record Store Day 2013. They released a video directed by Sophie Muller. The band released their first live DVD, One Mile High... Live, in May 2013.Strange Little Birds, the band's sixth studio album, was released on June 10, 2016.On March 30, 2021, Garbage released the song "The Men Who Rule the World", the lead single from their seventh studio album, No Gods No Masters, which was released on June 11, 2021.

On September 7, 2022, Garbage announced their third greatest hits album Anthology, released on October 28. The compilation features 35 newly remastered tracks celebrating three decades of career, including "Witness To Your Love",On November 29, the band released their first cover collection, Copy/Paste, as a Record Store Day Black Friday exclusive. The compilation album includes ten classic songs covered by Garbage over the course of almost thirty years. On February 27, 2025, the band announced their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, which was released on May 30.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
USAUSAUTCANFRAGERNZSWESWIUK
GarbageReleased: August 15, 1995 Label: Almo Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download2041516551196RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: GoldWorld: 4,000,000 US: 2,400,000 GER: 230,000 UK: 701,757
Version 2.0Released: May 12, 1998 Label: Almo Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download1354214112171RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum IFPI: Platinum IFPI SWE: Gold RMNZ: Platinum SNEP: 2× GoldWorld: 4,000,000 US: 1,700,000 UK: 579,912
Beautiful GarbageReleased: October 2, 2001 Label: Interscope Formats: CD, LP, cassette, MiniDisc, digital download1319636229106ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Gold RMNZ: GoldUS: 405,000 UK: 121,397
Bleed Like MeReleased: April 12, 2005 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download44179612257154ARIA: Gold BPI: SilverUS: 284,000 UK: 84,339
Not Your Kind of PeopleReleased: May 15, 2012 Label: Stunvolume Formats: CD, LP, digital download13839171515321510US: 98,000
Strange Little BirdsReleased: June 10, 2016 Label: Stunvolume Formats: CD, LP, digital download14917692322181617US: 20,000
No Gods No MastersReleased: June 11, 2021 Label: Stunvolume / Infectious Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download3351340634135
Let All That We Imagine Be the LightReleased: May 30, 2025 Label: Stunvolume / BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download8710104172424
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
USAUSBELCANGERIREITASPASWIUK
Absolute GarbageReleased: July 23, 2007 Label: Almo, Geffen, UMe Formats: CD, digital download68182843682279597711US: 66,000BPI: Silver
The Absolute CollectionReleased: November 2, 2012 Label: Liberation Music Formats: CD, digital download88
AnthologyReleased: October 28, 2022 Label: Stunvolume / BMG Formats: 2CDs, 2LPs, digital download110544999
Copy/PasteReleased: November 29, 2024 Label: BMG Formats: LP, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

TitleDetails
Version 2.0: The Official RemixesReleased: July 6, 2018 Label: Almo, Interscope Format: Digital download

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Special CollectionReleased: February 6, 2002 Label: Sony Music Japan Format: CD
Witness to Your LoveReleased: April 22, 2023 Label: BMG Format: Vinyl (original), digital (on April 28, 2023)
Lie to MeReleased: April 20, 2024 Label: BMG Format: Vinyl (original), digital (on May 3, 2024)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
USUS AltAUSCANGERIRENLNZSWIUK
"Vow"199597263241138Garbage
"Subhuman"50Non-album single
"Only Happy When It Rains"55168079363829Garbage
"Queer"12553713
"Stupid Girl"1996242473016324BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold
"Milk"44845010
"#1 Crush"1997120Romeo + Juliet OST
"Push It"199852531882677159Version 2.0
"I Think I'm Paranoid"6579894199
"Special"5211544215
"When I Grow Up"1999232228249
"The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
"You Look So Fine"10119
"The World Is Not Enough"3830481611The World Is Not Enough OST
"Androgyny"20012119933971176724Beautiful Garbage
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)"200272780228522ARIA: Gold
"Breaking Up the Girl"1927
"Shut Your Mouth"7420
"Why Do You Love Me"200594819126327100757Bleed Like Me
"Bleed Like Me"27
"Sex Is Not the Enemy"24
"Run Baby Run"4797
"Tell Me Where It Hurts"200750Absolute Garbage
"Blood for Poppies"201217Not Your Kind of People
"Battle in Me"
"Big Bright World"
"Control"
"Because the Night" (with Screaming Females)2013Non-album singles
"Girls Talk" (with Brody Dalle)2014
"The Chemicals" (with Brian Aubert)2015
"Empty"201639Strange Little Birds
"Magnetized"
"No Horses"2017Non-album singles
"Destroying Angels" (with John Doe and Exene Cervenka)2018
"The Men Who Rule the World"2021No Gods No Masters
"No Gods No Masters"
"Wolves"
"Witness to Your Love"2022Anthology
"Cities in Dust"2023Witness to Your Love
"There's No Future in Optimism"2025Let All That We Imagine Be the Light
"Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SPA Airplay
"Supervixen"1996Garbage
"Temptation Waits"199939Version 2.0
"Automatic Systematic Habit"2012Not Your Kind of People
"Even Though Our Love Is Doomed"2016Strange Little Birds
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Studio tracks

YearSongRelease
1996"Kick My Ass"Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation
2002"I Just Want to Have Something to Do"We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones
2008"All the Good in This Life"Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace
"Witness to Your Love"Give Listen Help: Volume 5
2011"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"(Ăhk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi) Covered
2017"Where Do the Children Play?"Music To Inspire: Artists UNited Against Human Trafficking
2018"Starman"The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie

Remixes

YearArtistSongNotes
1999Fun Lovin' Criminals"Korean Bodega"Fun Lovin' Criminals remixed "You Look So Fine" in return. Shirley Manson performs vocals on their track.

Garbage also remixed a number of their own singles, while drummer Butch Vig remixed a number of artists while Garbage were active.

Live tracks

YearTrack nameRecordedRelease
1999"Dumb"26 June 1998, Roskilde FestivalVersion 2.0 Special Live Edition
"Stupid Girl"
"Temptation Waits"
"Vow"
"When I Grow Up""When I Grow Up" (Live at Roskilde)
"Special"1 October 1998, RIMAC Arena, San Diego, CaliforniaLaunch #23 (CD-ROM magazine)
"Only Happy When It Rains"26 October 1998, PhiladelphiaSonic Sessions: Volume 3 (Y100 compilation)
"Stupid Girl"12 December 1998, Los AngelesThe Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas
2000"I Think I'm Paranoid"23 September 1998, SeattleThe End Sessions (KNDD compilation)
2002"Wild Horses"Unspecified show on Beautiful Garbage tour, 2002"Shut Your Mouth"
"Only Happy When It Rains"
2003"Special"20 March 1999, Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music (DVD compilation)
"I Think I'm Paranoid"14 May 1999, Later... with Jools HollandLater... Louder with Jools Holland (DVD compilation)
"Shut Your Mouth"26 August 2002, The Kerrang! Awards 2002Kerrang! The DVD (Compilation)
2005"Cherry Lips"Unspecified show on Beautiful Garbage tour, 2002Bleed Like Me (Australian Tour Edition)
"Only Happy When It Rains"13 August 2005, Future, Atlanta, GeorgiaLive X 10: Recently & Relived (99x compilation)
"Only Happy When It Rains"14 May 1999, Later... with Jools HollandLater With Jools Holland - Even Louder (DVD compilation)
"Only Happy When It Rains"8 September 2005, Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, EmeryvilleStripped Down/Unplugged: Volume III (KCNL compilation)
2006"Special"9 May 2002, Riviera Theatre for XRT Sunday Night Concert, Chicago, ILONXRT: Live From the Archives Vol 9 (WXRT compilation)
2013"I Think I'm Paranoid"7 August 2012, XRT StudiosONXRT: Live From The Archives Vol. 14 (WXRT compilation)
2016"Queer"4 April 2005, Cologne Palladium, for RockpalastLivesongs Der Besten Bands Des Festivalsommers 2016 (Musikexpress compilation)
2017"Milk"5 October 2015, Madison, WI Orpheum TheaterThis Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake 12"
"You Look So Fine"9 October 2012, Houston, TX House of Blues
"Cup of Coffee"25 November 2012, Brussels Ancienne Belgique
"Bleed Like Me"6 September 2016, Houston Revention Center
"Beloved Freak"
"Even Though Our Love is Doomed"
"Only Happy When It Rains"1996, 107.7 acoustic sessionThe Glamour and The Squalor soundtrack

Videography

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
USUK
Garbage VideoReleased: November 26, 1996 Label: Almo Formats: VHS, VCD1012
Absolute GarbageReleased: July 23, 2007 Label: Almo, Geffen, UMe Format: DVD5
One Mile High... LiveReleased: May 27, 2013 Label: Eagle Rock Formats: DVD, Blu-ray611
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector
"Vow"1995Samuel Bayer
"Queer"Stéphane Sednaoui
"Only Happy When It Rains"1996Samuel Bayer
"Stupid Girl" (Official & Todd Terry mix version)
"Sleep"Karen Lamond
"Milk" (Official & Tricky mix version)Stéphane Sednaoui
"Push It"1998Andrea Giacobbe
"I Think I'm Paranoid"Matthew Rolston
"Special"Dawn Shadforth
"When I Grow Up" (live version)Sophie Muller
"The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
"You Look So Fine"1999Stéphane Sednaoui
"When I Grow Up" (Big Daddy version)Sophie Muller
"The World Is Not Enough"Philipp Stölzl
"Androgyny"2001Don Cameron
"Cherry Lips"Joseph Kahn
"Breaking Up the Girl"2002Francis Lawrence
"Shut Your Mouth" (animated version)Henry Moore Selder
"Shut Your Mouth" (live version)Elliot Chaffer
"Why Do You Love Me"2005Sophie Muller
"Bleed Like Me"
"Sex Is Not the Enemy"
"Run Baby Run"
"Tell Me Where It Hurts"2007
"Blood for Poppies"2012Matt Irwin
"Big Bright World"Julie Orser
"Because the Night" (with Screaming Females)2013Sophie Muller
"Girls Talk" (with Brody Dalle)2014
"The Chemicals" (with Brian Aubert)2015
"Empty"2016Samuel Bayer
"Magnetized"Scott Stuckey
"No Horses"2017
"The Men Who Rule the World"2021Javi Mi Amor
"No Gods No Masters"Scott Stuckey
"Wolves"Javi Mi Amor
"The Creeps"
"Anonymous XXX"
"Witness to Your Love"2022Bryan M. Ferguson
"Godhead"Eduardo Bernal Pérez
"Cities in Dust"2023Javi Mi Amor
"There's No Future in Optimism"2025Benjy Kirkman

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