1979 (song)

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"1979"
SmashingPumpkins-1979.jpg
Single by the Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
B-side
  • "Ugly"
  • "The Boy"
  • "Cherry"
  • "Believe"
  • "Set the Ray to Jerry"
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1996 (1996-01-23)
Genre
Length
  • 4:24 (album, single, video version)
  • 4:16 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s) Billy Corgan
Producer(s)
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
(1995)
"1979"
(1996)
"Zero"
(1996)
Audio sample
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."1979"Billy Corgan4:24
2."Ugly"Billy Corgan2:28
3."Believe" James Iha 3:15
4."Cherry"Billy Corgan4:02

1996 maxi-CD re-issue [31]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."1979"Billy Corgan4:24
2."Ugly"Billy Corgan2:28
3."The Boy"James Iha3:04
4."Cherry"Billy Corgan4:02
5."Believe"James Iha3:15
6."Set the Ray to Jerry"Billy Corgan4:10

US 7-inch double A-side single [32]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."1979"Billy Corgan4:24
2."Bullet with Butterfly Wings"Billy Corgan4:16

1979 Mixes [33]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."1979 (Vocal Mix)"Billy Corgan5:08
2."1979 (Instrumental Mix)"Billy Corgan5:17
3."1979 (Moby Mix)"Billy Corgan6:39
4."1979 (Cement Mix)"Billy Corgan4:40

Tracks 1, 2, and 4 are remixed by Roli Mosimann. Track 3 is remixed by Moby. [34]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [78] Gold25,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [79] 3× Platinum90,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [80] Gold30,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [81] Platinum600,000
United States (RIAA) [82] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJanuary 23, 1996CD Virgin [83]
United KingdomJanuary 29, 1996
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[84]
March 11, 1996
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD (Mixes)
[85]

Licensed uses

The song is used in Clerks II and during the credits of Gran Turismo 5 . It was also released as part of a Smashing Pumpkins-themed DLC pack for Guitar Hero World Tour . [86] It was also part of the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto IV as part of the fictional Liberty Rock Radio station until April 2018 when Rockstar Games' ten-year license to the song expired. [87] The song's guitar riff was also interpolated by American boy band Why Don't We in their song "Slow Down".

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