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About This Track
“1979” is a song by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, “1979” was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples that were uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. The song was popular with critics and fans; Allmusic’s Amy Hanson called it a “somewhat surprising hit”. The song was nominated for the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video.
“1979” was the Smashing Pumpkins’ highest-charting single, reaching number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and on the Modern Rock Tracks charts. It peaked at number fifty-four on the U.S. Hot Digital Songs in 2005, nine years after first being released. The song was nominated for the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards.
In a 1996 Spin interview, Corgan indicated that “1979” was probably the only indication he had for what the next Pumpkins album would sound like, “something that combines technology, and a rock sensibility, and pop, and whatever, and hopefully clicks. Between [“Bullet with Butterfly Wings”] and “1979” you have the bookends of . You’ve literally the end of the rock thing, and the beginning of the new thing”.
“1979” was the Smashing Pumpkins’ highest-charting single, reaching number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and on the Modern Rock Tracks charts. It peaked at number fifty-four on the U.S. Hot Digital Songs in 2005, nine years after first being released. The song was nominated for the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards.
In a 1996 Spin interview, Corgan indicated that “1979” was probably the only indication he had for what the next Pumpkins album would sound like, “something that combines technology, and a rock sensibility, and pop, and whatever, and hopefully clicks. Between [“Bullet with Butterfly Wings”] and “1979” you have the bookends of . You’ve literally the end of the rock thing, and the beginning of the new thing”.
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O-S_sun wrote:
...1979... )))
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flowwwz wrote:
I don't know if there was ever a song that better captured the feeling of being a teenager
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lter__Impius wrote:
PoS cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9rDEYxGzao So so so much better than the original IMHO ;-)
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G0DSTAR wrote:
Such a great album.
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Chikara312 wrote:
Nostalgia.
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fuckyouty1 wrote:
classic.
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kissesneverdie wrote:
One of the greatest songs ever. It has that "we don't care because we know it'll work out in the end" vibe.
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DameDeFer wrote:
Makes me feel so good...
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megannppants wrote:
One word: nostalgia
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Ectopants wrote:
Brings me back to my childhood.
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GeronkoMan wrote:
this song has a special meaning to me and i love it
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
damn i love this used to be that one song we always burned one too back in the day...
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nightwatch79 wrote:
tęsknie za alkoholowymi imprezami studenckimi;(
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nightwatch79 wrote:
nostalgic like hell. i love this track, the video too! @baawitdaba: no :)
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nightwatch79 wrote:
''this song makes me feel young'' - always!
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genmai_cha wrote:
Every time I hear this, I love it more.
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CAVermeer wrote:
Not sure how they do it, but this track makes me feel 1979 again intensely. Makes me feel 15. I love it madly.
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aFINEmess18 wrote:
Has got to be one of my favourite songs ever
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neodude991 wrote:
Amazing song and prob one of the best from the 90's, Why didn't there play it live recently!
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rhinowing wrote:
the harmonics going all through the song (or are they keyboards? fuck it) are amazing
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