The End Is the Beginning Is the End
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| "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" | ||
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| Single by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||
| from the album Music from and Inspired by the Batman and Robin Motion Picture | ||
| Released | June 2, 1997 | |
| Format | Cassette tape and CD | |
| Recorded | 1997 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 5:07 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Writer(s) | Billy Corgan | |
| Producer(s) | Nellee Hooper & Billy Corgan | |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology | ||
| "Thirty-Three" (1996) |
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (1997) |
"Ava Adore" (1998) |
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (or TEITBITE among fans) is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the first full-band song released by the Pumpkins in the aftermath of their very popular album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, its world tour, and the departure of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. It was the first album to include a performance by drummer Matt Walker; he would later perform on several tracks on Adore and all of James Iha's Let It Come Down.
The song was released on the Batman and Robin soundtrack and was written by Billy Corgan. The song won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The video was also nominated at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Special Effects and Best Direction.
Many fans saw the new and partially electronic sound of "TEITBITE" as a taste of the sound of the next Smashing Pumpkins album. However, despite being written and demoed in the same sessions as Adore, "TEITBITE" had a much edgier, metal-guitar driven sound than anything that would emerge on the Pumpkins' fourth studio album.
The single contained three other versions of the song. Two are electronica-inspired instrumentals of the song, while the other ("The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning") is a mellow version with different lyrics.
TEITBITE, along with "Eye," released on the Lost Highway soundtrack, and "Christmastime," from A Very Special Christmas 3, is one of three Pumpkins songs released on "various artists" compilations between Mellon Collie and Adore.
Despite having a high budget music video (directed by Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris) and the promotion of being "the Batman song", "TEITBITE" was not considered a success, although it did spawn a remix single, titled "The End Is the Beginning Is the End: The Remixes". The band performed the song live several times around its release in 1997, but have never really acknowledged its presence in their repertoire since.
Since the single and video were released under Warner Bros. Music, the band were unable to use them for future releases, leaving them notably absent from their Greatest Hits DVD and CD releases. However, the song was added to the iTunes version of the "Greatest Hits" album as a bonus track.
The music video for this song appears on Disc 2 of the Batman and Robin: Special Edition DVD (also on the Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997 DVD boxset), released in October 2005.
It was the 90th highest selling single in Australia in 1997.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Single tracklist
- "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Corgan)
- "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" (Corgan)
- "The Ethers Tragic" (Corgan)
- "The Guns of Love Disastrous" (Corgan)
[edit] The Remixes single tracklist
- The End Is the Beginning Is the End (Stuck in the Middle With Fluke Vox Mix)
- The End Is the Beginning Is the End (Stuck in the Middle With Fluke Alternative Mix)
- The End Is the Beginning Is the End (Rabbit in the Moon's Melancholy & the Infinite Madness Mix)
- The End Is the Beginning Is the End (Hallucination's Gotham Ghetto Beats)
- The End Is the Beginning Is the End (Rabbit in the Moon's Infinite Radio Edit)
