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{{Song infobox|
| Name           = Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
| Cover = Smashing_Pumpkins_-_Mellon_Collie_And_The_Infinite_Sadness.jpg
| Artist         = [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
| Album          = [[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]
| Released       = [[24 October]], [[1995]]
| track_no       = 1
| Recorded       = March - August [[1995]]
(contracted; show full) this prior thing. It was a good way to wake up in the morning and work. I worked on it everyday. It dawned on me to open the album with it, and people said, "You're insane, don't open the album with a piano piece! You're insane. That's totally the wrong thing!" We wanted to open with something GRAND. We actually talked about a 64-piece orchestra version of that song, and somehow, in the end, it ended up--with some embellishment--as that particular piano piece." Although 
Melon Collie and the Infinite sadnessthe album was coinsidered very boldquite daring at the time, it was subject to much critical acclaim and songs such as the adventurous 'Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' were later noted and praislauded for their bold 'experimental-nesstion. It is widely believed that musically these 'stunts' were a breakthrough in the crossover of genres and reflect the bold brilliance of Corgan's musical genius.  {{Fact|date=July 2007}}

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[[Category: Smashing Pumpkins songs]]
[[Category:1995 songs]]
[[category: Instrumentals]]