Release
On February 15, 2005, "Why Do You Love Me" was released to Alternative, Modern Rock and Triple-A radio in the States, and for that week to February 22 was #1 Most Added track at Modern Rock radio. On February 23, the song debuted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at #39 and was the 'Greatest Gainer' with the largest increase in detections. In the United Kingdom, "Why Do You Love Me" premiered on February 18 on Jo Whiley's Radio One show. It was C-listed at Radio One and XFM. On March 8, "Why Do You Love Me" was made available as a digital download in US and Canada. The following week "Why Do You Love Me" debuted at #97 and #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts respectively, becoming the band's most successful single since 1999's "Special". "Why Do You Love Me" was released in the UK on April 4 on CD, DVD and limited edition 7". After reaching #4 in the mid-week chart, it debuted on April 10 at #7 after selling 10,089 copies—their highest charting single since 1996's "Stupid Girl"—and also breaking a run of six consecutive singles to fall short of the Top 10.
Bleed Like Me was released worldwide on April 11, selling 27,375 copies in its first week to debut at #4 on the UK Albums Chart. The following day, the album arrived at North American stores, and also reached number 4 at the Billboard 200, becoming the band's first top ten with 75,000 copies sold. Bleed Like Me also debuted in the Top Tens in Australia, Greece, France, Sweden, Japan, Hong Kong, Belgium and Canada. In its second week in the United States, Bleed Like Me dropped twenty places to #24, on sales of 32,000. By 2011, the album had sold 284,000 copies in North America.
On September 11, FMR released a Bleed Like Me special edition with a bonus DVD for the Australian market. ARIA certified Bleed Like Me gold for shipping 35,000 units in its first three weeks.
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