Bonedriven

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Bonedriven | cover = bush_bonedriven.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Bush | album = Razorblade Suitcase | released = 20 October 1997<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: singles|magazine=Music Week|date=18 Oct 1997|page=49}}</ref> | recorded = 1995–1996 | studio = | venue = | genre = Alternative rock | length = 4:32 (Album Version) 4:07 (Radio Edit) | label = Trauma/Interscope | writer = Gavin Rossdale | producer = Steve Albini | prev_title = Greedy Fly | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Cold Contagious | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = single | cover = bonedriven2.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = UK CD 2 Cover }} }}

"'''Bonedriven'''" is a song by the British rock band Bush, released in October 1997. It is the third single from the band's second album ''Razorblade Suitcase'' (1996). It followed the band's hit singles "Swallowed" and "Greedy Fly." "Bonedriven" and "Cold Contagious" are the only Bush singles from 1994–1999 not to be included on the band's 2005 greatest hits compilation, ''The Best of '94–'99'', apparently excluded in favor of two additional tracks from the band's remix album ''Deconstructed'' that were not released as singles.

== Details == === Lyrics and themes === Gavin Rossdale commented in 1999 that "Bonedriven" was themed around the band themselves.<ref name="twentyseven" />

The title, "Bonedriven", refers to Guy "Bone" Johnson who was the band's bus driver on their 1995 tour.<ref name="twentyseven" />

=== Music === "Bonedriven" features strings arranged by guitarist Nigel Pulsford.<ref name="twentyseven">{{cite book |last1=Nine |first1=Jennifer |title=Bush: Twenty-seventh Letter : the Official History |date=1999 |publisher=Virgin |isbn=9780753501894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdL0GIkAkycC |accessdate=26 July 2020}}</ref>

==Music video== The video was the last video to be made off the ''Razorblade Suitcase'' album. Directed by Mark Lebon from 21 to 24 May 1997 in London, the music video was made because BMW approached the band and wanted to use the song in an ad, and they also offered a BMW Z3 to each of the band members. The video was very low budget as the band had no BMW backing, and director Mark Lebon had to follow the band as they toured in the US for a month to shoot live footage from their shows to use in the video on a handheld mini dv camera.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onesecondbush.com/bush/media/videos/ |title=Music Video History at OneSecondBush.com - A Comprehensive Fan Site for the Band Bush |accessdate=2011-11-01 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220231659/http://onesecondbush.com/bush/media/videos |archivedate=20 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Commercial performance== While reasonably popular in the U.K. (charting at #49), the song failed to chart at all in the United States. "Bonedriven" is notable as the first single Bush had released that wasn't a massive hit, unlike the highly successful singles from their debut album ''Sixteen Stone'' and the first two singles from ''Razorblade Suitcase''. "Bonedriven" began a trend of lower-profile singles from Bush, with the exception of "The Chemicals Between Us," the first single from the album ''The Science of Things'', and "Letting the Cables Sleep," also from that album. It is the first single released by the band that did not chart on the Modern Rock Tracks, (a chart in which Bush is in the top 20 most successful artists), the band would not release another single that didn't chart until 2001 from the band's album ''Golden State''.

==Cover art== The single's cover may be based on that of R.E.M.'s Lifes Rich Pageant.

==Track listing== *'''UK CD 1 Single''' IND95553 *#"Bonedriven (Radio Edit)" - 4:09 *#"Synapse (Philip Steir Remix)" - 6:24 *#"Personal Holloway (Soundclash Republic Mix)" - 6:22 *#"Straight No Chaser" - 4:00 *'''UK CD 2 Single''' INDX95553 *#"Bonedriven" - 4:34 *#"Bonedriven (Beat Me Clever Mix)" - 4:17 *#"Everything Zen (Derek De Large Mix)" - 7:17

==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !Chart (1997) !Peak position |- {{single chart|Scotland|49|date=1997-10-26|rowheader=true|access-date=28 December 2021}} |- {{single chart|UK|49|date=1997-10-26|rowheader=true|access-date=28 December 2021}} |}

==External links== * [http://www.onesecondbush.com Bush fansite] * [http://www.bush-music.com Bush-Music.com]

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

Category:1996 songs Category:1997 singles Category:Bush (British band) songs Category:Song recordings produced by Steve Albini Category:Songs written by Gavin Rossdale Category:Interscope Records singles Category:Trauma Records singles