Frontman, Daniel Johns said this about the song:
With ‘Abuse Me’, I just wanted to get all the feelings off my chest, the feelings I’d had when I read all the negative commentary. The song is basically saying, ‘Say what you like. We don’t give a fuck what you think. We’re just playing our music’.“...
[Verse 1]
Need to ask a question
Calling out my name
Nothing seems to bother
Wish I had a clue
[Chorus]
C'mon abuse me more I like it
[Verse 2]
Well I don't think you like me
Well I hate you as well
No one seems to like you
Wish I couldn't tell
[Chorus]
C'mon abuse me more I like it
C'mon keep talking 'cause it's true
C'mon abuse me more I like it
C'mon keep talking 'cause it's true
[Bridge]
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard, overboard
[Chorus]
C'mon abuse me more I like it
C'mon keep talking 'cause it's true
[Bridge]
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard, overboard
Abuse Me was written by Daniel Johns.
Abuse Me was produced by Nick Launay.
Band manager John Watson felt that the release of this song as the lead off single instead of “Freak”, which was the first single around the rest of the world, led to the lower sales numbers of sophomore album Freak Show in the U.S.. He said:
Sony in America were so sure Abuse Me was going to be a...