Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (song)
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| "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" | ||
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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 | 2:52 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Writer(s) | Billy Corgan | |
| Producer(s) | Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan, Flood | |
| Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness track listing | ||
| "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (1) |
Tonight, Tonight (2) |
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This article refers to the song. For the album by the same title, see Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" is an instrumental song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It is the opening track from the band's 1995 album of the same name. The piano-based track was used as introductory music for much of the Mellon Collie tour.
The song was nominated for the "Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance" in 1996 but failed to win.
Corgan has said of the track: "The interesting genesis of that, is during last album--right at the end--I came up with a piece of music called "Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness." I really loved the way it sounded. I bought a piano, and I didn't really know how to play, so I wanted to write music that I could play that would help me practice. So I wrote that piano piece; it was the first thing I ever wrote on the piano. So it was somewhat based on this prior thing. It was a good way to wake up in the morning and work. I worked on it everyday. It dawned on me to open the album with it, and people said, "You're insane, don't open the album with piano piece! You're insane. That's totally the wrong thing!" We wanted to open with something GRAND. We actually talked about a 64-piece orchestra version of that song, and somehow, in the end, it ended up--with some embellishment--as that particular piano piece. "
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