{{Infobox song | name = Automatic Systematic Habit | cover = AutomaticSystematicHabitcover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Garbage | album = Not Your Kind of People | released = November 2012 | recorded = 2010–2011 | studio = Red Razor Sounds;<br />King Size North Studios<br />California, US | genre = * Alternative rock * post-punk revival * electronica | length = 3:18 | label = Stunvolume | writer = Garbage | producer = Garbage | prev_title = Control | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = Because the Night | next_year = 2013 }} "'''Automatic Systematic Habit'''" is the third and final European radio airplay (fifth overall) single released from alternative rock band Garbage's fifth studio album, ''Not Your Kind of People''. Copies were sent to radio stations across Europe in November 2012.<ref name="europecd">{{cite web |url=http://www.garbage-discography.co.uk/miscellaneous-releases/not-your-kind-of-people/automatic-systematic-habit-european-coopr-547-promotional-cd/ |title=Automatic Systematic Habit, European, COOPR 547, promotional CD |publisher=Garbage-discography.co.uk |accessdate=2013-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014181230/http://www.garbage-discography.co.uk/miscellaneous-releases/not-your-kind-of-people/automatic-systematic-habit-european-coopr-547-promotional-cd/ |archive-date=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=October 2013}}
Earlier in the year, Garbage released "Automatic Systematic Habit" as a free digital download via iTunes in the United States on May 8, 2012 — a week before the album was released.<ref name="spinner">{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/08/garbage-automatic-systematic-habit-interview-video/|title=Garbage Reveal the Weird Origin of 'Automatic Systematic Habit' -- Exclusive Video & Free Download|publisher=Spinner|accessdate=2013-02-18}}</ref> Garbage later pressed a limited edition 7" vinyl single for "Big Bright World" and released it through their website. It was backed with "Automatic Systematic Habit" on the B-side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garbage-discography.co.uk/singles/big-bright-world/worldwide-stnvol-006-7-inch-single-commercial-single/|title=Big Bright World discography|publisher=Garbage-discography.co.uk|accessdate=2012-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014181233/http://www.garbage-discography.co.uk/singles/big-bright-world/worldwide-stnvol-006-7-inch-single-commercial-single/|archive-date=2013-10-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=October 2013}}
==Background== The inspiration for "Automatic Systematic Habit" came from a general idea of people messing others around: "I'm a very flawed individual, but I'm very forthright and I don't play games with people", Shirley Manson explained. "At the same time, I know people aren't always so straight with me. That's been a been a real frustration for me my whole life. I find it exhausting trying to figure out what people are trying to say — or sometimes, what they're trying not to say."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ponystep.com/features/sexifying-and-selling-the-world-according-to-garbage/|title=Sexifying And Selling The World According To Garbage|publisher=Ponystep|first=Nick|last=Levine|accessdate=2013-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320182806/http://ponystep.com/features/sexifying-and-selling-the-world-according-to-garbage/|archive-date=2013-03-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> Musically, the synth-European vibe of the instrumental led to the track being referred to as "Electro" as a working title ("A dance song that was concocted just as sort of a lark, really," multi-instrumentalist Duke Erikson revealed).<ref name="spinner"/> Manson recorded her first vocal take with a German accent: "There was a pause after I finished and I said, 'Well, that's the idea. What do you think?' and I remember Steve Marker and Duke looking at each other going, 'We like it. We like it. I think you should drop the German accent.'"<ref name="spinner"/>
==Critical reception== Critical response to "Automatic Systematic Habit" was fairly positive upon the release of ''Not Your Kind of People''. Theo Spielberg of ''Spinner'' described the song as "razor-sharp [and] electro-roughed".<ref name="spinner"/>
==Track listings== *'''Digital single''' # "Automatic Systematic Habit" – 3:18
*'''Beatport remix single'''<ref name="beatportsingle"/> # "Automatic Systematic Habit" (Costa Cadeu remix) – 4:38
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release history and formats for "Automatic Systematic Habit" ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Release date ! scope="col"| Record label ! scope="col"| Format |- !scope="row"|United States |May 8, 2012 |rowspan="3"|Stunvolume |Digital download<ref name="spinner"/> |- !scope="row"|Europe |November 11, 2012 |Airplay<ref name="europecd"/> |- !scope="row"|Various |February 1, 2013 |Beatport remix single<ref name="beatportsingle">{{cite web|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/automatic-systematic-habit-costa-cadeu-remix-single/1035735|title=Automatic Systematic Habit (Costa Cadeu Remix) – Single|publisher=Beatport|accessdate=2013-02-14}}</ref> |}
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==External links== *[http://garbage.com Garbage official website]
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Category:2011 songs Category:2012 singles Category:Garbage (band) songs Category:Songs written by Shirley Manson Category:Songs written by Duke Erikson Category:Songs written by Steve Marker Category:Songs written by Butch Vig