Smashing Pumpkins: Top 50 Songs

Smashing Pumpkins Top 50 Songs

The Smashing Pumpkins were an alternative rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. The original members were Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar), D’arcy Wretzky (bass), James Iha (guitar), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums). D’arcy left in 1999 and was replaced by Melissa Auf der Maur (1999-2000). The group went on hiatus in 2000. Corgan and Chamberlin formed the short-lived group Zwan before reviving Smashing Pumpkins in 2006 with Jeff Schroeder (guitar/keyboards) and Ginger Pooley (bass: 2006-10). Other members have included Mike Byrne (drums/keyboards: 2009-14) and Nicole Florentino (bass/keyboards: 2010-14). James Iha returned in 2018 on guitar and bass. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

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Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. DMDB Top 1%: 1. 1979 (1995) DMDB Top 2%: 2. Today (1993) 3. Disarm (1993) DMDB Top 5%: 4. Bullet with Butterfly Wings (1995) 5. Tonight Tonight (1995) 6. Cherub Rock (1993) DMDB Top 10%: 7. Thirty Three (1995) 8. Perfect (1998) 9. Drown (1992) DMDB Top 20%: 10. Landslide (1994) 11. Ava Adore (1998) 12. Tarantula (2007) 13. The End Is the Beginning Is the End (1997) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 14. Honestly (Zwan, 2002) 15. Stand Inside Your Love (2000) 16. Zero (1995) 17. Muzzle (1995) 18. Rhinoceros (1991) 19. That’s the Way My Love Is (2007) 20. Rocket (1993) 21. Jackie Blue (1991) 22. G.L.O.W. (2008) 23. Eye (1997) 24. The Everlasting Gaze (1999) 25. Beguiled (2022) 26. The Celestials (2012) 27. I Am One (1999) 28. Freak (2010) 29. One and All (2014) 30. CYR (2020) 31. Spaceboy (1993) 32. Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) (2018) 33. Daydream (1991) 34. Doomsday Clock (2007) 35. Try, Try, Try (2000) 36. Solara (2018) 37. Lyric (Zwan, 2003) 38. Walking Shade (Billy Corgan, 2005) 39. I of the Mourning (2000) 40. We Only Come Out at Night (1995) 41. Siva (1991) 42. Untitled (2001) 43. Tristessa (1990) 44. To Sheila (1998) 45. Crestfallen (1998) 46. Widow Wake My Mind (2010) 47. Panopticon (2012) 48. Daughter (1989) 49. Being Beige (2014) 50. Daphne Descends (1998) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Smashing Pumpkins Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 4/20/2023.