Abuse Me

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"Abuse Me"
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Template:Infobox song/link by Silverchair
from the album Freak Show
B-side"Undecided"
ReleasedApril 1997
GenreAlternative rock[1]
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LabelMurmur
[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Daniel Johns
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Nick Launay
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"Freak"
(1997) 		"Abuse Me"
(1997) 		"Cemetery"
(1997)

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"Abuse Me" is a song by the Australian rock band Silverchair. It was released as the second single from their 1997 album, Freak Show. In the United States, Sony chose "Abuse Me" as the first single from Freak Show despite protests by the band's manager. "Freak" was the Australian lead single and the preferred lead single from the album. It was also released on their The Best of Volume 1. The single peaked at number four on both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, making it their second biggest hit in the United States (after "Tomorrow").

The single contained the B-side "Undecided", (not to be confused with "Undecided" from Frogstomp) a Masters Apprentices cover, which featured Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman playing lead guitar. Also included on the single was a remix of "Freak", produced by Paul Mac, marking the first time that Daniel Johns and Paul Mac worked together.

Background

Johns said about the song: "With 'Abuse Me', I just wanted to get all the feelings off my chest, the feelings I'd had when I read all the negative commentary. The song is basically saying, 'Say what you like. We don't give a fuck what you think. We're just playing our music'." Johns also said that "every song I've ever heard sounds like another song I've heard".[2]

Track listing

Australian CD single (MATTCD049)/limited 7-inch (MATTV049)

  1. "Abuse Me"
  2. "Undecided"
  3. "Freak (Remix for Us Rejects)"
  • The song "Undecided" is not the Silverchair original song included in the Frogstomp album. This song was originally by The Masters Apprentices.
    • The limited 7-inch edition is now deleted and rare.

UK CD1 (6643681)

  1. "Abuse Me"
  2. "Freak (Remix for Us Rejects)"

UK CD2 (6647905)

  1. "Abuse Me"
  2. "Surfin' Bird"
  3. "Slab" (Nicklaunoise Mix)
  • Contains fold-out poster.

European CD single (6647902)

  1. "Abuse Me"
  2. "Freak (Remix for Us Rejects)"
  3. "Blind"

Charts

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] Gold 35,000 

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1997 Alternative Rock Songs, Ranked". Spin. 25 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Billboard". 22 February 1997.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pop/Alternative Top 20" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1573. 7 March 1997. p. 38. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1997". ARIA. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved 13 April 2018 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RPM '97 Year End Top 50 Alternative Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Year in Music 1997". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 52. 27 December 1997. p. YE-73.
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