What Garbage song is from the 1996 film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet"?

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The Garbage song from the 1996 film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" is "#1 Crush."

Garbage originally recorded the song during sessions for its 1995 debut album, but it was left off the standard release. The track later attracted the attention of the filmmakers behind Baz Luhrmann's stylized film Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

For the soundtrack, producer Nellee Hooper and collaborators remixed "#1 Crush," emphasizing its dark, electronic, trip-hop atmosphere. The soundtrack album, officially titled William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture, opened with the song and was released in October 1996.

A common mix-up is the song's release date: the soundtrack version belongs to the 1996 film, but the remix became an international single in 1997. The original recording had also appeared earlier as a B-side to Garbage singles, including "Vow" and "Subhuman."

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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