Eye (song)

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"Eye"
Single by The Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Lost Highway Soundtrack
Released1997
Recorded1997
Genre
Length4:51
Label Nothing/Interscope
Songwriter Billy Corgan
Producer Billy Corgan
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"Thirty-Three"
(1996)		"Eye"
(1997)		"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"
(1997)

"Eye" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released in 1997 on the soundtrack to the David Lynch film Lost Highway . Along with the song "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" from Batman & Robin and "Christmastime" from A Very Special Christmas 3 , "Eye" represented a period of work on compilations done by the Pumpkins in between the release of the two albums Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Adore . It also appeared on their greatest hits collection Rotten Apples .

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It was the band's first song released after the firing of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin the previous summer.

Song history

In the aftermath of the quadruple-platinum Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness , Smashing Pumpkins’ lead singer Billy Corgan’s music publisher suggested he collaborate with basketball superstar and rapper Shaquille O'Neal, who had begun work on You Can't Stop the Reign . [3] [4] Corgan began work on a programmed backing track loosely inspired by Dr. Dre, but the collaboration fell through. [4] [5] Meanwhile, Lynch and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor were assembling the soundtrack to Lynch's new film, Lost Highway. Lynch, who later would call Corgan a "magical musician", [6] rejected Corgan's submission, "Tear", which would eventually be included on Adore. [4] Corgan quickly finished off "Eye" and Lynch loved it, using it in a nightclub scene in the film. [4]

An acoustic version of the song was performed in 1997 at the Bridge School Benefit concert. The performance featured Twiggy Ramirez and Marilyn Manson. [7]

So far, "Eye" has been performed live by the band on their 1997, 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2016 tours, opting for a guitar-driven sound with live drums (by Matt Walker, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Mike Byrne, respectively) in lieu of a drum machine. [8] It has also been played in their 2018 and 2019 tour with Jimmy Chamberlin.

Reception

The song reached number eight on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1997. [9] Corgan later said the surprise success of "Eye" as a single inspired the band to continue with the new electronica-tinged direction as they began work on Adore. [10]

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Staff (February 26, 1998). "Album review". The Daily Aztec . Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Brian Galindo, Alex Naidus & Ryan Creed (November 5, 2023). "37 Alt Rock Songs You Haven't Thought About Since The Late '90s". BuzzFeed . Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Richard. "Signal to Noise: The Sonic Diary of the Smashing Pumpkins Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine . EQ Magazine. October 2008.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Justin Coloma (director), Amy Kettenburg (producer/interviewer) (2009-11-04). DLF.TV Visits Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins (FLV). David Lynch Foundation. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Lost Highway put David Lynch onto America's car stereos". The A.V. Club .
  6. ↑ Turner, Gustavo. ""Billy Corgan is a Magical Musician" Declares David Lynch Archived 2009-11-08 at the Wayback Machine ". LA Weekly Blogs. 2009-11-04.
  7. ↑ Manno, Lizzie (October 18, 2018). "Watch The Smashing Pumpkins Rock San Francisco on This Day in 1997". Paste . Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ spfc.org - Tour History - Eye.
  9. ↑ Billboard Chart History - Smashing Pumpkins
  10. ↑ Corgan, Billy. "Coming Down the Mountain Archived 2009-10-07 at the Wayback Machine ". The Confessions of Billy Corgan.
  11. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (17.4. '97 – 23.4. '97)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). April 18, 1997. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  12. ↑ "The Smashing Pumpkins Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  13. ↑ "The Smashing Pumpkins Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard . Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Árslistinn 1997 – Íslenski Listinn – 100 Vinsælustu Lögin". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 2, 1998. p. 25. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Best of '97: Modern Rock Track". Airplay Monitor . Vol. 5, no. 52. December 26, 1997. p. 30.
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