Drown (song)
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| "Drown" | ||
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| Single by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||
| from the album Singles | ||
| Released | 30 June 1992 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 8:17 on Singles 4:30 on Rotten Apples |
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| Producer(s) | Butch Vig | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology | ||
| "Rhinoceros" (1991) |
"Drown" (1992) |
"Earphoria" (1994) |
"Drown" was a song by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins on the 1992 soundtrack to the Cameron Crowe film, Singles. Debuted during the Gish tour and written not long after that record was released, the song, a heady mixture of psychedelia and dream pop became a moderate radio hit in the summer of 1992 and gave the band significant exposure just before work commenced on Siamese Dream. "Drown" was to be released as single, but in an interview with Impact Magazine in September, 1994, Billy Corgan explained, "We wanted it to be a single, we were pushing for it. I was even willing to make it a video. Radio stations were playing it. And when it came time for the third single, they said, 'Screaming Trees'. And I was like, 'Screaming Trees??'. But what label is Alice In Chains on and what label are the Screaming Trees on? Epic, which is the label that put out the Soundtrack. And that's what killed the song".
The very first take of the song was recorded at Waterfront Studios, which belongs to Lenny Kravitz, who was also signed on Virgin Records. The take was scrapped as the output sounded more like a Kravitz recording.
The song was also released on the band's official greatest hits compilation Rotten Apples in 2001, though the length of the song was reduced from 8:17 to 4:30, cutting off a long feedback and E-Bow solo at the end. "Drown" was considered for Pisces Iscariot, but Corgan decided against it.
The song is also famous for its including in some live medleys by the band with different songs, such as "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)", "To Sheila", "Hummer" and "Shame". This is because of the extended feedback ending the song features, which is the cause for the uncut version of the song to be almost twice as long as the single version. This feedback ending makes it much easier to, when played live, integrate into the beginning of the song than to end the song on.
