Untitled (song)
| "Untitled" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||
| From the album Rotten Apples | ||
| Single Released | 2001 | |
| Single Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Song Length | ??:?? | |
| Record label | Virgin Records | |
| Producer | Billy Corgan. | |
| Chart positions | ?? | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins single chronology | ||
| "Try, Try, Try" 2000 | "Untitled" 2000 | |
"Untitled" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was their final ever release and recording as a band. "Untitled" was written by Billy Corgan.
On 29 November 2000, at an interview just prior to their penultimate show, Billy Corgan debuted this song on Chicago radio station Q101 and said that the song was recorded as a "sort of special see-ya-later song".
Q101 gave away a single copy of the single that was given to them by Corgan. The single featured the artwork of Rotten Apples, their upcoming Greatest Hits album, and as the only copy, would be currently valued in the thousands.
An official single was issued by Virgin Records in Europe with outtakes from the MACHINA/The Machines of God sessions as b-sides.
Two music videos for the song were released. The first was an edited collage of footage of the band from 1988 to 2000, and was only released through television and online content providers in the late summer of 2001. A second one was released as a secret feature (easter egg) on the band's Greatest Hits DVD. The video simply features footage of the band recording the song at the Chicago Recording Company, the band's preferred studio. Stills from this footage were used on the cover of the European single.
Some have said that "Untitled" sounds more like the Pumpkins of their more successful albums Gish and Siamese Dream. Corgan went on to say that they could always produce music that sounded like their older albums, but always chose to pioneer new sounds instead of re-use old ones. The new and experimental sounds the Pumpkins used after Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness are seen by most as the reason the band became less popular, which eventually led to their break-up.
Neither D'Arcy Wretzky or her replacement Melissa Auf der Maur were present at the recording, only the three core members active in the band at the beginning and end, so bass duties were handled by James Iha.
Single tracklist
- "Untitled" (Corgan)
- "Try, Try, Try (Alternate Version)" (Corgan)
- "Age of Innocence (Early Version)" (Corgan)
Categories: Smashing Pumpkins songs | 2000 songs