"Tonight, Tonight" is a song by American

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band

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, written by the band's frontman,

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. It was the fourth single and second track on the first disc from their third album, ''

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'' is the third studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on October 24, 1995, in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States on Virgin Records. Produced by ...

'', and was released in May 1996 in Europe. "Tonight, Tonight" was critically acclaimed and commercially well-received upon its release, reaching number one in Iceland, number two in New Zealand, number seven in the United Kingdom and number 36 on the US ''Billboard''

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. The music video accompanying the song was also successful and won several awards. A shorter acoustic version of the song, "Tonite Reprise", was included as a B-side to the single and on the triple LP version of ''Mellon Collie''. This single also later appeared in an extended form on the box set ''

The Aeroplane Flies High ''The Aeroplane Flies High'' is a five-disc box set released by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins in 1996. It contains expanded versions of the five singles from their album ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'' and also inc ...

''. Additionally, the song appears on the band's greatest hits release, ''

Rotten Apples ''Rotten Apples'' (''The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits'' as titled on the album's cover) is a greatest hits compilation album by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the US, it was released on November 20, 2001, along with a b ...

''.

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(CBC) used the song in their closing montage for the

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and

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used the song in their montage for the 2012 Euros.

Song history

Billy Corgan began writing for the follow-up to ''

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'' after the tour in support of that album; however, the recording of "Tonight, Tonight" first began while the Pumpkins were still on the ''Siamese Dream'' tour when Corgan booked the band into a local

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studio to record all of their song ideas on tape. On ''

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'', Corgan has said that the song pays homage to

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, with its

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esque lyrics and theme, and that the song is addressed to himself, who escaped from an abusive childhood against all odds, so as to keep him believing in himself.

Composition and lyrics

"Tonight, Tonight" is written in the

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, performed on instruments tuned down a

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so the actual pitch is G/F #. In the original recording sessions, "Tonight, Tonight" was initially written in the key of C instead of G. However, since Corgan was unable to sing the song in C, he wrote a version during the ''Mellon Collie'' recording sessions to suit his range. The strings for the song were arranged by Billy Corgan and

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, and recorded with the

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. Corgan said that recording with a 30-piece string-section for the song "was probably one of the most exciting recording experiences I have ever had." Lyrically, "Tonight, Tonight" hangs together with the rest of the ''Mellon Collie''. The lyrics of the song have been compared to Robert Herrick's poem "

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Reception

"Tonight, Tonight" was met with critical acclaim.

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reviewer Amy Hanson stated that the song "packs an emotional punch". Jim Alexander of ''

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'' regarded the song as "swirling ndgrand". ''

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'' rated it four out of five, adding, "A powerful vocals-led single with ferocious driving guitars. Their most commercial release to date which should gain a high chart placing." ''Time'''s reviewer Christopher John Farley called the song "an expansive rock anthem, complete with soaring guitars and a 30-piece string section." ''

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s reviewer David Browne praised the use of strings in the song, saying that it was "whipped into a frenzy by hurricane-like strings". On ''Mellon Collie''s entry in ''

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''s

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, "Tonight, Tonight" was praised as "the Pumpkins at their finest". While "Tonight, Tonight" never approached the chart success of "

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", it was among the most successful singles from ''Mellon Collie''. Its highest position on any national chart was a number two peak on the

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. Its highest position in the United States was at number four on ''Billboard''

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. It also achieved number five on the

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and number 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Tonight, Tonight – Smashing Pumpkins" billboard.com. Retrieved March 6, 2011. The song also charted at number 7 on the

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, and peaked at number 21 on the

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on June 9, 1996. It placed at 50th in a list of best rock songs of all time broadcast by

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Music video

The

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, directed by

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, starred

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and

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, a married couple who were, at the time, cast members on the sketch comedy program ''

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'' and would later gain international fame for their voicework on ''

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''. The original idea for the music video was for a

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-style video, complete with "people diving into champagne glasses". The band was set to begin production on the video when they discovered that the

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had done a similarly styled video for their song "

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", which was almost identical to what they had wanted to do. The second idea for the video was that as the band played on a

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stage, the camera would go into audience members' eyes and the viewer would see that person's vision of the song. The third and final concept, inspired by

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'', came from directors Dayton and Faris, whose inspiration for the video came from the album cover for ''Mellon Collie'', which reminded them of early silent films.Commentary for "Tonight, Tonight" music video. ''The Smashing Pumpkins 1991–2000: Greatest Hits Video Collection'' (Virgin Records, 2001). Hence, the video was filmed much like a turn-of-the-century silent film using theater-style backdrops and primitive

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, with most of the backdrops and puppetwork created by artist Wayne White. Dayton and the production crew initially had problems locating costumes for the video because the movie ''

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'' was being shot at the same time in

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. ''Titanic'' director

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rented nearly every turn-of-the-century prop and costume in the city, leaving the "Tonight, Tonight" production crew little to work with. Dayton and Faris compromised by renting the leftover costumes and hiring designers to remake them into the elaborate period clothing seen in the video, which took three days to shoot. The video, which debuted in May 1996, begins with a group of people celebrating the launch of a

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to the

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. Kenny's character kisses Talley's character's hand as the two enter the zeppelin, which was being held to the ground by people dressed as

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s using

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. The zeppelin approaches the Moon, which has a

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like the Moon's face in ''A Trip to the Moon''. Shots of the band performing in similar, turn-of-the-century attire using older, acoustic instruments are interspersed. The two characters jump off the zeppelin and land onto the Moon's surface, slowing their descent using umbrellas. Suddenly, several hostile humanoid

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s appear, surrounding the couple. Kenny's character gets ready to defend them, but Talley's character intervenes and hits a few creatures with her

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, which vaporizes them, but the two are trapped and tied. The two form a plan, and then break free of the ropes and attack the aliens with their umbrellas. The couple escapes on a rocket similar to the one in ''A Trip to the Moon'' and land in the sea, where a

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resembling the sea-god

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puts on a performance for them, including an

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, singing

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s, and

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, before sending them back to the surface in a

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. In the end, the ship "S.S. Méliès", named after the movie director, rescues the couple. The music video was heavily aired on

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and won several awards. Corgan remarked that "I don't think we've ever had people react

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..it just seemed to touch a nerve." It won six awards at the

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: Video of the Year, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction in a Video (Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris), Best Special Effects in a Video (Special Effects: Chris Staves), Best Art Direction in a Video (Art Director: K. K. Barrett and Wayne White) and Best Cinematography in a Video (Director of Photography: Declan Quinn). "Tonight, Tonight" was nominated for Best Editing in a Video (Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen) and Viewer's Choice, and was also nominated for Best Music Video, Short Form at the

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. It is still considered one of the greatest music videos of all time, ranking number 40 on ''

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'''s list of the top 100 music videos of all time. Though regular 6-string acoustic guitars and electric bass guitar was used in the original studio recording of the song, in the music video, befitting the turn-of-the-century theme, some interesting instruments were used as 'props'; James Iha can be seen using a Gibson

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and D'arcy Wretzky is seen playing an instrument that resembles the 1924 Gibson

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Single track listings

The ''Tonight, Tonight'' single was released with two different versions containing different

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s, one as a standard single and the other as a CD included in the singles box set, ''

''. All songs written by

. *US single release # "Tonight, Tonight" – 4:15 # "Meladori Magpie" – 2:41 # "Rotten Apples" – 3:02 # "Medellia of the Gray Skies" – 3:11 *''The Aeroplane Flies High'' track listing # "Tonight, Tonight" – 4:15 # "Meladori Magpie" – 2:41 # "Rotten Apples" – 3:02 # "Jupiter's Lament" – 2:30 # "Medellia of the Gray Skies" – 3:11 # "Blank" – 2:54 # "Tonite Reprise" – 2:40

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, producer, artwork *

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– guitar on "Tonight, Tonight" and "Medellia of the Gray Skies" *

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– bass on "Tonight, Tonight" and "Medellia of the Gray Skies" *

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– drums on "Tonight, Tonight" *

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and

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– instrumentation on "Medellia of the Gray Skies" * Jeff Moleski – engineer *

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– producer of "Tonight, Tonight" *

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– producer of "Tonight, Tonight" * Howie Weinberg – mastering * Gustav Alsina – set design

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Cover versions

"Tonight, Tonight" has been covered by

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band Passion Pit, whose version was featured on

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''Pioneer Sessions 2010 Revival Recordings'' and was also featured during the season 1, episode 3 of

's ''

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'' (''Pack Mentality''.); Their cover plays near the end of the movie ''

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''.

Panic! at the Disco Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. They recorded their firs ...

, as a live recording, wherein they replaced the lyrics "The place where you were born" with "The place where

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was born", and '' The Voice U.S'' contestant

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, who covered this song on the show's first live round.

References

External links

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