1979

~ Recording by The Smashing Pumpkins

Annotation

USVI29500052 is the original master
USVI21200910 is the remastered 2012 version

Annotation last modified on 2020-09-16 04:48 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.519794:26The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • GB1995-10-23
  • XE1995-10
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 40864 2 8, CDHUTD 30
2.519794:28The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (EMI Pressing)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • US1995-10-24
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 40861 2 1
2.519794:28The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • JP1995-10-25
東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)VJCP-25203/4
1.241979 (remastered 2012)4:26The Smashing PumpkinsSex, Drugs, Rock ’n’ RollVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2019-12-20
FP
2.519794:26The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (30th anniversary edition, remastered)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • JP2025-11-21
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)UICY-16355/8
Bootleg
1.2119794:24The Smashing PumpkinsTriple J: Hottest 100 of the Past 20 YearsVarious ArtistsOther + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

engineer:Flood (British producer Mark Ellis)
Jeff Moleski
Claudine Pontier
producer and mixer:Billy Corgan
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis)
Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
additionally sampled by:Surface to Air (Across the Air, Lenlow) by The Chemical Brothers (British electronic music duo) feat. Katie Enlow
mash-ups:Chinese New Year 19 Seven 9 (Smashing Pumpkins vs. SALES) by Talk Hard Productions
Cool Pumpkins by Ultimazone
Womb Raider (Frisky & Foolish Edit) by D.veloped (order: 1)
music videos:1979 (music video)
part of:Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 8) (order: 8)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/3h5zik31hTTat9jmpCZZNC [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Y8Ff1nH44jFywAtpgmleZ [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/62738627 [info]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6M0yLxLCNA [info]
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aeETEoNfOg [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/721224621 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/1455510933 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/18306505 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/79279108 [info]
recording of:1979

Related works

1979

lyricist and composer:Billy Corgan