You Look So Fine - Single Release

Single Release

Both the original and Fun Lovin' Criminals versions of "You Look So Fine" were serviced to radio in the United Kingdom and Ireland at the beginning of May 1999. The final single from the album would also serve to end the album promotion in the United Kingdom after launching the release of Version 2.0 Special Live Edition, a limited edition repackage with a bonus disc of four tracks recorded live at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, and would support the announcement of Garbage's last UK date on the Version 2.0 tour. "You Look So Fine" was A-listed at XFM, GLR and Capital, B-listed at Radio One, C-listed at Virgin and playlisted by a further fity-six regional radio stations becoming the #6 Most Added song at radio by the middle of the month. Pre-release club mixes of "You Look So Fine" produced by Eric Kupper peaked at #20 on the Club Charts. Setting up television and radio promotion for the single, Garbage performed "You Look So Fine" along with "I Think I'm Paranoid" and "Only Happy When it Rains" on Later With Jools Holland, recorded a four-track session for Radio One and filmed interviews for Videotech and cd:uk; Shirley also took part on the panel of the Jo Whiley Show.

Mushroom Records issued "You Look So Fine" to record stores on May 24 on a two CD single set and a cassette single. The first CD and the cassette both featured "Get Busy with the Fizzy" while the CD also included the club mix by Eric Kupper. The second CD single was backed with "Soldier Through This" and the Fun Lovin' Criminals rework. After a week on sale, "You Look So Fine" debuted at #19 on the UK singles chart. This was Garbage's eighth straight Top 20 single. The same week, the band's debut album Garbage shot back into the top 50 of the UK Album Chart peaking at #44 (its highest position since the previous August). At the start of June, Garbage followed up the chart position of "You Look So Fine" by performing the song on both Top of The Pops and TFI Friday. On June 7, the Version 2.0 repackage was issued to record stores on the same date that "You Look So Fine" was released as the final collectable 3" CD Blisterpack from the album, collecting together all of the singles bonus tracks. Seven days later, Version 2.0 recharted at #38 and subsequently climbed to #27 the following week. "You Look So Fine" ultimately spent four weeks on the UK Singles Chart, leaving the top seventy-five at the end of June.

On May 25, the day after the UK release, "You Look So Fine", was released via BMG across Europe as both a CD maxi and a card sleeved single CD. In France, the single had been serviced to Radio Campus Paris and music video playlisted by TV channels MCM and M6 from May 20. Ouï FM supported the release of the single by broadcasting live recordings of the band performing at Roskilde Festival. Garbage perform "You Look So Fine" and "When I Grow Up" on Si Musica on May 29; and performed "You Look So Fine" for Gala Ragazza in Madrid, on June 3 as Version 2.0 is certified platinum in Spain. To mark the certification, RCA issue both "You Look So Fine" and "Temptation Waits" to Spanish radio stations. "You Look So Fine" peaks at #15 on the Spanish singles chart, while also reaching #26 on the airplay chart. "Temptation Waits" peaks at #39.

On December 6, 1999, Festival Mushroom Records issued "You Look So Fine" in Australia. Version 2.0 had re-entered the ARIA Album Chart top ten a month earlier, a year and a half after its original release, thanks to the success of earlier single "When I Grow Up" and the Australian release of the album's bonus disc repackage. The single was issued as a maxi-CD backed with "Get Busy with the Fizzy" and both mixes of the title track. "You Look So Fine" just failed to make the Australian Top 100 Singles (however "When I Grow Up" re-charted during December).