"Why Do You Love Me" is a 2005 song written, performed and produced by alternative rock band Garbage and was released worldwide as the lead single to promote their fourth studio album Bleed Like Me. The single was the first taste of the band's change in direction, eschewing the electronic-leaning production of their previous album for guitar-led rock.
The song became a surprise hit when it was released. In the United States, "Why Do You Love Me" gave Garbage its first showing on the Billboard Hot 100 in six years, since "Special" reached No. 52 in May 1999; and the band's fifth Modern Rock top ten, and first since "I Think I'm Paranoid" spent the month of September 1998 at #6. Across the Atlantic, the song was Garbage's first UK Singles Chart top ten since "When I Grow Up" peaked at No. 9 in January 1999. "Why Do You Love Me" propelled the Bleed Like Me album to the top five in Australia, United Kingdom and in the United States, where the album debuted at a career-high #4.
In 2007, "Why Do You Love Me" was remastered and included on Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.
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