This Picture (song)
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| Single by Placebo | ||
| from the album Sleeping with Ghosts | ||
| Released | July 2003 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock Rock |
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| Length | 3.34 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Writer(s) | Brian Molko; Placebo | |
| Producer(s) | ??? | |
| Placebo singles chronology | ||
| "The Bitter End" 2003 |
"This Picture" 2003 |
"Special Needs" 2003 |
This Picture is a single by alternative rock band Placebo. Released in July 2003, it was lifted from their album Sleeping with Ghosts.
This Picture tells the story of a relationship involving Sado-Masochism and an abusive female in a position of dominance.
The "Ashtray Girl" makes reference to a woman who uses her partner as an "emotional ashtray". "The cigarette burns on my chest" makes reference to a particular fetish of James Dean's. Brian Molko himself said, prior to singing it at a concert, "There's an old story that somebody told me once about James Dean. For those of you who don't know this yet, James Dean was gay. Yes, I'm sorry, it's true. He had a particular fetish where he liked to have cigarettes stubbed out on his chest. That's kind of an image that's always stayed with me, and part of the inspiration for this song."
The music video features prominent Italian actress, Asia Argento.
Remixed by Junior Sanchez on bonus remix CD of One More with Feeling
[edit] Track listings
CD
- "This Picture"
- "Soulmates"
- "Where is my Mind" - XFM live version
7"
- "This Picture"
- "Where is my Mind" - XFM live version
DVD
- This picture video
- Interview Footage
- This picture- Acoustic version recorded by RTL2 France
- Jackie-audio track.
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| Brian Molko | Stefan Olsdal | Steve Hewitt |
| Live members: William (Bill) Lloyd | Alex Lee |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Placebo | Without You I'm Nothing | Black Market Music | Sleeping with Ghosts | Meds |
| DVDs and compilations: Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003) | Once More With Feeling (video collection) | Once More with Feeling | Covers |
| Singles: "Bruise Pristine" | "Come Home" | "36 Degrees" | "Teenage Angst" | "Nancy Boy" | "Pure Morning" | "You Don't Care About Us" | "Every You Every Me" | "Without You I'm Nothing" | "Burger Queen Francais" | "Taste in Men" | "Slave to the Wage" | "Special K" | "Black-Eyed" | "The Bitter End" | "This Picture" | "Special Needs" | "English Summer Rain" | "Twenty Years" | "Protège-Moi" | "Because I Want You" | "Song to Say Goodbye" | "Infra-Red" | "Meds" |
