The release of "Swallowed" followed the fifth and final single off of the band's 1994 debut album Sixteen Stone, "Machinehead", by only six months.

"[5] David Sinclair from The Times described it as "an undeniably catchy tune, once you get past the meaningless lyric and self-conscious Nirvana-isms.

It was also Bush's biggest hit in their native Britain, where it peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart.

[8] The accompanying music video for "Swallowed", directed by Jamie Morgan, was filmed in October 1996 and released later that month, is set in a retro apartment with myriad alternative youths.

[9] A neon crucifix (which would later become the album cover for Deconstructed) is frequently interspersed amongst the antics of houseguests.