"Push" is a song by Canadian

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band Moist. It was released in 1994 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, ''

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''. The song peaked at number 32 on Canada's Singles Chart. The song was also nominated for " Single of the Year" at the 1995 Juno Awards. It is considered to be one of the band's

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Music video

The music video for "Push" was shot on January 20, 1994, and cost $3000 Canadian dollars. The video was directed by

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and filmed in

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. The video reached #1 on the MuchMusic Countdown for the week of June 10, 1994. The video won the " Best Video" award at the 1995 Juno Awards. The video was critiqued on the 1995 ''

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'' episode "Bad Dog" and was included on the Beavis and Butthead Mike Judge Collection DVD along with 10 other music videos.

Charts

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* 1994 singles Moist (Canadian band) songs 1994 songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by David Usher {{1990s-rock-song-stub