Smashing Young Man

"Smashing Young Man"
Single by Collective Soul
from the album Collective Soul
Released	1995
Recorded	Late 1994 Miami, Florida (Criteria Studios)
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	3:45
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Ed Roland
Producer(s)	Ed Roland Matt Serletic
Collective Soul singles chronology
"December" (1995) "Smashing Young Man" (1995) "The World I Know" (1995)
Music video
"Smashing Young Man" on YouTube

"Smashing Young Man" is a song by American alternative rock band Collective Soul. It is the third single from their second studio album Collective Soul . The song was rumored to have been written as an insult to Smashing Pumpkins lead singer, Billy Corgan, who accused Collective Soul of plagiarizing music.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

1. "Smashing Young Man" — 3:45
2. "December" (Acoustic live track) — 3:25
3. "Bleed" (Acoustic live track) — 4:02

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart [1]	19
Quebec Airplay (ADISQ) [2]	49
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks [3]	8

References

1. "Top Singles - Volume 62, No. 14, November 06, 1995". RPM . Retrieved 2011-02-13.
2. "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
3. Collective Soul - Awards : AllMusic