"Every You Every Me" is a song by British

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, released as the third single from their second album, '' Without You I'm Nothing'', on 25 January 1999. It was released as a 2-CD set and on cassette, but promotional copies on 12-inch vinyl exist. The single managed to chart at number 46 in Australia, number 99 in Germany, and number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. There are two versions of the video, both filmed live at London's

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; one includes clips from the film ''

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''. An alternative video taking place at a casino was filmed in November 1998 but would not be released until 18 years later as part of the promotion for ''

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''. It was voted from a poll of 500,000 votes to be ranked number 83 on the list of the Hottest 100 of All Time in July 2009, conducted by Australian radio station

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covered "Every You Every Me" on their 2009 album ''Songs of the Lost''. and in 2017,

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covered the song on her EP '' When They Play That Song''. The song was featured on the ''Cruel Intentions'' soundtrack.

Background

Along with the rest of the album (apart from "

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"), "Every You Every Me" was recorded in early 1998 at

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with

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. When asked who it was about,

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replied with "Who's it about? I'm not really too sure just yet. I think it's about a lot of people. Probably anybody... everybody who's had the displeasure of sleeping with me." About his choice to include it in the ''Cruel Intentions'' soundtrack, Molko said that he "studied drama, I know the original (''

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'') and we watched it on the tour bus when they wanted to use our song. I said: 'If he doesn't die in the end, if it's a happy ending, we don't do it.' It's quite perverted and manipulative, so the theme of the song fits in quite well."

Track listings

UK CD1 and cassette single, European CD single # "Every You Every Me" (single mix) # "

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" (Blue Amazon mix) # "Every You Every Me" (Infected by the Scourge of the Earth mix) UK CD2 # "Every You Every Me" (album version) # "Every You Every Me" (

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version) # "Every You Every Me" (

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remix)

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{{Authority control Placebo (band) songs 1999 singles 1998 songs Hut Records singles Songs written by Brian Molko Songs written by Stefan Olsdal Songs written by Steve Hewitt