Alternate Versions
| Track title | Length | Producer |
|---|---|---|
| "Why Do You Love Me (Clean Album version)" | 3:52 | Garbage |
| "Why Do You Love Me (French Radio edit)" | 3:26 | |
| "Why Do You Love Me (Radio edit)" | 3:55 | |
| "Why Do You Love Me (Brand New Radio edit)" | 3:08 |
"Why Do You Love Me" was edited numerous times for radio airplay after its initial radio impact dates. The first versions sent to radio worldwide had varied between the album version and a clean version, removing the word "shit". In France, the middle 8 section of the song was removed for airplay.
In the United Kingdom, Warner Music sent out a revised version of "Why Do You Love Me" to help increase the song's audience as the singles commercial release date approached. This revision replaced the intro guitar riff with a few bars of the verse on rhythm guitar. A shortened version of this revision was also released, which completely removed the opening guitar riff from throughout the song, as well as removing the first bridge and middle 8 sections. This version was edited so that instead of ending abruptly, the last four bars are repeated over and over while fading out.
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