Stone Temple Pilots Knew ‘Plush’ Would Be ‘The Song’

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Stone Temple Pilots knew from the start that “Plush” would be their breakout hit.

Bassist Robert DeLeo said as much in a recent interview: “Plush – we kinda knew that’s gonna be the song, and we kind of buried it on the record cause we knew what Atlantic was gonna do”.

DeLeo says having a hit song under their belts brought a lot of pressure to succeed – but also gave them more creative leeway on their followup album Purple.

Watch the official music video for “Plush” below.

 

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