Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)
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The single cover of "Tonight, Tonight" is credited to Billy Corgan. | ||||
| Single by the Smashing Pumpkins | ||||
| from the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | ||||
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| Released | May 6, 1996 | |||
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| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | Virgin, Hut | |||
| Songwriter | Billy Corgan | |||
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"Tonight, Tonight" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, written by the band's frontman, Billy Corgan. It is from their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), and was released as the album's fourth single on the May 6, 1996. The song was both written and produced by Corgan, who produced the track alongside Flood and Alan Moulder. The song is an alternative rock, art rock, and symphonic rock record.
"Tonight, Tonight" was critically acclaimed and commercially well-received upon its release, reaching number one in Iceland and the top 20 in Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United Kingdom. It was additionally certified Gold in the United Kingdom and Platinum in New Zealand. The music video accompanying the song was also successful and won several awards.
A shorter acoustic version of the song, "Tonite Reprise", was included as one of six B-sides to the single and on the original triple LP version of Mellon Collie. The single also later appeared in an extended form on the box set The Aeroplane Flies High (1996). Additionally, the song appears on the band's greatest hits release, Rotten Apples (2001), and its music video appeared on the DVD The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000) (2001).