“I Think I’m Paranoid” is a song by rock band Garbage and was the second single released on July 6, 1998 from their second album Version 2.0.
The song was released internationally in July 1998, following up on the success of the band’s prior hit, “Push It“. “I Think I’m Paranoid” reached the Top Ten on the UK Singles chart and Airplay charts, while across the Atlantic also becoming a hit on Billboard‘s Modern Rock Tracks chart. “I Think I’m Paranoid” became the biggest hit from Version 2.0 in Italy, where it featured on a 30-second advert campaign for Breil Watches and was placed in rotation by MTV Italy.
The music video was directed by Matthew Rolston in Los Angeles’ Occidental Studios, the video clip for “I Think I’m Paranoid” premiered in the United States on July 12 and was modified shortly after release to soften some of the strobing within the video.
The concept behind the video was simplicity, contrasting with the band’s previous effects-heavy video for “Push It”; it was shot in black and white in order to appear “almost photographic”. Rolston used mylar to create effects on-screen, and shot the band in close up, inspired by the cover of The Beatles’ album With the Beatles. In 2007, “I Think I’m Paranoid” was remastered and included on Garbage‘s greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.
Tracklist:
- I Think I’m Paranoid
- Deadwood
- Afterglow
Garbage
Duke Erikson
Shirley Manson
Steve Marker
Butch Vig
