Fuck You (An Ode To No One)
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| Song by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||
| from the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | ||
| Released | 24 October 1995 | |
| Recorded | March - August 1995 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 4:51 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Writer(s) | Billy Corgan | |
| Producer(s) | Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan, Flood | |
| Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness track listing | ||
| "To Forgive" (7) |
"Fuck You (An Ode to No One)" (8) |
"Love" (9) |
"Fuck You (An Ode To No One)" is the eighth song on the first disc of The Smashing Pumpkins' third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It is often cited as a fan favorite and is referred to as either "An Ode to No One" or simply "Fuck You". The song is written by Billy Corgan and appears to be about his frustration with the unpleasant things in life (a messy relationship for example) and the desire to "disconnect" from it all and shut out the world. The song is one of the heavier songs on the first half of the album along with the singles "Zero" and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings".
In regards to the song, Billy Corgan is quoted as saying:
"The basic thing is just fuck everybody. It's that feeling where no one understands: 'Who the fuck are my friends? Fuck you. Fuck everybody. Fuck everything.' It's just that thought - pure frustration. And with 'disconnection,' we're talking about different levels of existence here, like in high school. I'd sit and look at that fuckin' clock and think, 'I'm not gonna make it! I can't make through the rest of this day - I'm gonna freak out, I'm gonna fuckin' strangle this teacher, I'm gonna fuckin' shoot this guy next to me!' Well how do you get through that? You just turn yourself off. How do you get through, like, your fuckin' parent beating you over the head? You just shut it off."
A live version of the song was officially released on the Pumpkins' Greatest Hits Video Collection, which was recorded at their last show before breaking up.
