Hummer (song)
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| Song by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||
| from the album Siamese Dream | ||
| Released | 27 July 1993 | |
| Recorded | 1992 - 1993 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 6:57 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Writer(s) | Billy Corgan | |
| Producer(s) | Butch Vig, Billy Corgan | |
| Siamese Dream track listing | ||
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"Hummer" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It is the fourth track on their 1993 breakthrough album, Siamese Dream, and is 6:57 long. This is comparatively long for a rock song; the Pumpkins are known for their long, intense songs. The song starts with a guitar with altered distortion (sounding like a sitar) and other effects playing a quiet riff. At 29 seconds, the song abruptly flows into the main verse riff with loud, distorted guitar. Billy Corgan has said that he experienced massive writer's block during the recording of Siamese Dream, and that Hummer is the subject of this lack of inspiration. The lyric "When I woke up from that sleep/ I was happier than I'd ever been" could be about the end of the writer's block. Corgan has also stated that "Hummer" "is the idea that life is not designed for those who are cheerful, whistling, daydreamers, (but) designed to be cruel and mean"[1], and was especially displeased that the Chicago Sun Times gave it a bad review because of its extremely personal subject matter.
This song includes over 40 individual tracks layered to produce an epic sound quality. Additionally, this is rumored to be one of the songs recorded by Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin due to an ongoing disagreement with D'arcy and James Iha.
