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The discography of the Smashing Pumpkins, an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, consists of ten studio albums, four live albums, one digital live album series, seven compilation albums, five extended plays, 50 singles, four video albums, 29 music videos, and contributions to five soundtrack albums. This list does not include material recorded by The Smashing Pumpkins members with other side projects.
"Drops of Jupiter", initially released as "Drops of Jupiter ", is a song written and recorded by American rock band Train. It was released in February 2001 as the lead single from their second album Drops of Jupiter (2001). The song hit the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also charted in the top 40 for 29 weeks. The single from Europe had tracks "It's Love", "This Is Not Your Life", and "Sharks" as its B-sides. The song was ranked at No. 4 on Billboard's 2001 list of top singles of the year, a spot higher than the song peaked.
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