Abuse Me

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title: "Abuse Me" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1997-singles", "1997-songs", "silverchair-songs", "song-recordings-produced-by-nick-launay", "songs-written-by-daniel-johns", "murmur-(record-label)-singles"] description: "1997 single by Silverchair" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_Me" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1997 single by Silverchair ::

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Field	Value
name	Abuse Me
cover	AbuseMeSilverchair.jpg
type	single
artist	Silverchair
album	Freak Show
B-side	Undecided
released	April 1997
genre	Alternative rock
length	4:05
label	Murmur
writer	Daniel Johns
producer	Nick Launay
prev_title	Freak
prev_year	1997
next_title	Cemetery
next_year	1997
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| name = Abuse Me | cover = AbuseMeSilverchair.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Silverchair | album = Freak Show | B-side = Undecided | released = April 1997 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = 4:05 | label = Murmur | writer = Daniel Johns | producer = Nick Launay | prev_title = Freak | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Cemetery | next_year = 1997

"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".

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

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1997) | Peak position | US Pop/Alternative Top 20 (Radio & Records) | |---|---|---| | 9 | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1997)	Position	Australia (ARIA)	Canada Top Singles (RPM)	Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)	US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)	US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)
72
53
5
23
36
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Certifications

References

References

1. (April 25, 2017). "1997 Alternative Rock Songs, Ranked". [[Spin (magazine).
2. (1997-02-22). "Billboard".
3. (March 7, 1997). "Pop/Alternative Top 20".
4. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1997". ARIA.
5. "RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks".
6. "RPM '97 Year End Top 50 Alternative Tracks". Library and Archives Canada.
7. (27 December 1997). "The Year in Music 1997".

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