"Machinehead" is a song by English rock band Bush, released in 1996 as the fifth and final single from their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone. In 2024, the staff of Consequence included the song on their list of "50 Kick-Butt Post-Grunge Songs We Can Get Behind".
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Reception
"Machinehead" reached No. 43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 4 May 1996. It reached No. 4 on both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The song was nominated for Best Video from a Film at the 1996 MTV Music Video Awards but lost; however, it did win the MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards.
Music video
The music video was directed by Shawn Mortensen in London and Portsmouth. Sections of Shepherd's Bush, where the band members used to live, can be seen in the video. Gavin Rossdale's dog Winston is also in the video.
Track listings
US CD single
"Machinehead" – 4:20
"Comedown" (acoustic)" – 4:24
"X-Girlfriend" – 0:44
UK limited-edition CD single
"Machinehead"
"Bud"
"Solomon's Bones"
UK 10-inch vinyl
"Machinehead"
"Comedown [Acoustic]"
"Solomon's Bones"
In popular culture
The song is used as the entry theme for the Columbus Blue Jackets hockey team. Since 2023, the song has been used as the theme song for AEW's All In wrestling pay-per-view events.