Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)
"Tonight, Tonight" | ||||
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Single by the Smashing Pumpkins | ||||
from the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | ||||
B-side |
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Released | May 6, 1996 | |||
Flood, Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan | ||||
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology | ||||
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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 was the fourth single and second track on their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and was released in May 1996 in Europe. "Tonight, Tonight" was critically acclaimed and commercially well-received upon its release, reaching number one in Iceland, number two in New Zealand, number seven in the United Kingdom and number 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100. 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 a B-side to the single and on the original triple LP version of Mellon Collie. This single also later appeared in an extended form on the box set
Song history
Billy Corgan began writing for the follow-up to Siamese Dream after the tour in support of that album;[6] however, the recording of "Tonight, Tonight" first began while the Pumpkins were still on the Siamese Dream tour when Corgan booked the band into a local Chicago studio to record all of their song ideas on tape.[7]
On
Composition and lyrics
"Tonight, Tonight" is written in the
Lyrically, "Tonight, Tonight" hangs together with the rest of the Mellon Collie.[10] The lyrics of the song have been compared to Robert Herrick's poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time".[11]
Reception
"Tonight, Tonight" was met with critical acclaim. AllMusic reviewer Amy Hanson stated that the song "packs an emotional punch".[11] Jim Alexander of NME regarded the song as "swirling [and] grand".[12] Music Week rated it four out of five, adding, "A powerful vocals-led single with ferocious driving guitars. Their most commercial release to date which should gain a high chart placing."[13] Time's reviewer Christopher John Farley called the song "an expansive rock anthem, complete with soaring guitars and a 30-piece string section."[14] Entertainment Weekly's reviewer David Browne praised the use of strings in the song, saying that it was "whipped into a frenzy by hurricane-like strings".[15] On Mellon Collie's entry in Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, "Tonight, Tonight" was praised as "the Pumpkins at their finest".[16]
While "Tonight, Tonight" never approached the chart success of "
Music video
The
Dayton and the production crew initially had problems locating costumes for the video because the movie Titanic was being shot at the same time in Los Angeles.[24] Titanic director James Cameron rented nearly every turn-of-the-century prop and costume in the city, leaving the "Tonight, Tonight" production crew little to work with.[24] Dayton and Faris compromised by renting the leftover costumes and hiring designers to remake them into the elaborate period clothing seen in the video,[24] which took three days to shoot.[25]
The video, which debuted in May 1996, begins with a group of people celebrating the launch of a
In addition to being heavily aired on
Though regular 6-string acoustic guitars and electric bass guitar was used in the original studio recording of the song, in the music video, befitting the turn-of-the-century theme, some interesting instruments were used as 'props'; James Iha can be seen using a Gibson harp guitar and D'arcy Wretzky is seen playing an instrument that resembles the 1924 Gibson mandobass.
Single track listings
The Tonight, Tonight single was released with two different versions containing different
- US single release[29]
- "Tonight, Tonight" – 4:15
- "Meladori Magpie" – 2:41
- "Rotten Apples" – 3:02
- "Medellia of the Gray Skies" – 3:11
- The Aeroplane Flies High track listing[4]
- "Tonight, Tonight" – 4:15
- "Meladori Magpie" – 2:41
- "Rotten Apples" – 3:02
- "Jupiter's Lament" – 2:30
- "Medellia of the Gray Skies" – 3:11
- "Blank" – 2:54
- "Tonite Reprise" – 2:40
Personnel
- Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, producer, artwork
- James Iha – guitar on "Tonight, Tonight" and "Medellia of the Gray Skies"
- D'arcy Wretzky – bass on "Tonight, Tonight" and "Medellia of the Gray Skies"
- Jimmy Chamberlin – drums on "Tonight, Tonight"
- Dennis and Jimmy Flemion – instrumentation on "Medellia of the Gray Skies"
- Jeff Moleski – engineer
- Flood– producer of "Tonight, Tonight"
- Alan Moulder – producer of "Tonight, Tonight"
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Gustav Alsina – set design[1]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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New Zealand (RMNZ)[52] | Gold | 5,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[53] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | May 6, 1996 |
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May 13, 1996 | CD2 | [55] | ||
United States | June 11, 1996 | CD | Virgin | [56] |
June 25, 1996 | Contemporary hit radio | [57] | ||
Japan | July 3, 1996 | CD | [58] |
Cover versions
"Tonight, Tonight" has been covered by
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- IMDb
External links
- "Tonight, Tonight" Official music video on YouTube