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{{Song infobox|
| Name           = Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
| Cover = 
| Artist         = [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
| Album          = [[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]
| Released       = [[24 October]], [[1995]]
| track_no       = 1
| Recorded       = March - August [[1995]]
| Genre          = [[Alternative Rock]]
| Length         = 2:52
| Writer         = [[Billy Corgan]]
| Label          = [[Virgin Records]]
| Producer       = [[Alan Moulder]], [[Billy Corgan]], [[Mark Ellis (record producer)|Flood]]
|}
| Chart position = <!-- none -->
| prev           = 
| prev_no        = 
| next           = [[Tonight, Tonight]]
| next_no        = 2
}}
''This article refers to the song. For the album by the same title, see [[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]].''

'''"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"''' is an instrumental song by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]. It is the opening track from the band's [[1995]] album [[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness|of the same name]]. The [[piano]]-based track was used as introductory music for much of the ''Mellon Collie'' tour.

The song was nominated for the "[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance]]" in 1996 but failed to win.

Corgan has said of the track: "The interesting genesis of that, is during the last album--right at the end--I came up with a piece of music called "Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness." I really loved the way it sounded. I bought a piano, and I didn't really know how to play, so I wanted to write music that I could play that would help me practice. So I wrote that piano piece; it was the first thing I ever wrote on the piano. So it was somewhat based on 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 sadness was coinsidered very bold 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 praised for their bold 'experimental-ness. 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]]