Single Release
On April 10, "Sex Is Not the Enemy" was confirmed by Garbage drummer Butch Vig confirmed to fans in Los Angeles that the track would be the second UK single taken from Bleed Like Me.
In the weeks prior to release, XFM was the only major radio station to playlist "Sex Is Not the Enemy" - neither Radio One or Radio 2 did. Garbage did not perform any television promo for the single bar a few interviews on TRL, Popworld, CD:UK and hit40uk. On June 9, Garbage headlined a sold-out concert at Brixton Academy and a day later performed at the Download Festival in advance of the single; on June 19, they returned to the UK to perform the single along with "Why Do You Love Me" at T4's televised Party on the Beach show.
On June 13 "Sex Is Not the Enemy" was released in the United Kingdom on CD, DVD and limited edition 7" vinyl. At the start of that week, the 7" was issued in a regular card picture sleeve, but by the end of the week, stores were stocking copies with a red tape cover. "Sex Is Not the Enemy" debuted on the UK singles chart at #24; the next week falling to #66 before leaving the chart. The single performed only slightly better on the Scottish chart, reaching #22.
Warners serviced a few remixes of the tracks to clubs and on July 3 a digital download bundle of the single and B-side "Honeybee" was made available from iTunes but these did not improve sales of the single. By August 29, new unofficial 12" vinyls were in circulation featuring remixes of the song by Freaks (Justin Harris & Luke Solomon ) and by DJ Hell/Fischerspooner side-project Naughty.
Despite rumours of a U.S. release for "Sex Is Not the Enemy", and a July 4 video premiere on Music Choice, no single was released.
In September 2005, "Sex Is Not the Enemy" was released to Australian radio up-front of the band's September 21 Australian tour Canberra debut show; and on September 11 FMR released a Bleed Like Me special edition with a bonus DVD, which included the "Sex Is Not The Enemy" promo video and "making of" documentary.
"Sex Is Not the Enemy" ended up being the final single release from Bleed Like Me in both Australia and the United Kingdom. When Garbage disbanded on a self-imposed hiatus following the completion of the Australian tour and the UK release of "Sex Is Not the Enemy", follow-up "Run Baby Run" was cancelled. On May 22, 2007 it was officially confirmed that "Sex Is Not The Enemy" would not be included on the band's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage, most likely due to the song's commercial failure in the UK.
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