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Zero (The Smashing Pumpkins song)

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"Zero"
Single by the Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
ReleasedApril 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
Genre
Length
  • 2:41
  • 40:53 (EP)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan
Producer(s)
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"1979"
(1996)
"Zero"
(1996)
"Tonight, Tonight"
(1996)

"Zero" is a 1996 song by The Smashing Pumpkins and is the third single from their third studio album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It went to number 1 in Spain and number 3 in New Zealand.

Track listing

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All songs written and composed by Billy Corgan. Additional writers are noted. 

Standard CD and cassette EP[4][5]
No. Title Length
1. "Zero"   2:39
2. "God"   3:09
3. "Mouths of Babes"   3:46
4. "Tribute to Johnny"   2:34
5. "Marquis in Spades"   3:17
6. "Pennies"   2:28
7. "Pastichio Medley" (length incorrectly printed as "25:59") 22:57

Pastichio Medley

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"Pastichio Medley" is the last of the songs on the single/EP and is a medley of demos from Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The medley features 73 songs, listed below:[6]

  1. "The Demon" (0:00–0:10)
  2. "Thunderbolt" (0:10–0:24)
  3. "Dearth" (0:24–0:35)
  4. "Knuckles" (0:35–0:52)
  5. "Star Song" (0:52–1:15)
  6. "Firepower" (1:15–1:28)
  7. "New Waver" (1:28–1:41)
  8. "Space Jam" (1:41–1:57)
  9. "Zoom" (1:57–2:17)
  10. "So Very Sad About Us" (2:17–2:27)
  11. "Phang" (1/2) (2:27–2:37)
  12. "Phang" (2/2) (2:37–2:47)
  13. "Speed Racer" (2:47–3:02)
  14. "The Eternal E" (3:02–3:17)
  15. "Hairy Eyeball" (3:17–3:21)
  16. "The Groover" (3:21–4:04)
  17. "Hell Bent for Hell" (4:04–4:20)
  18. "Rachel" (4:20–4:36)
  19. "A Dog's Prayer" (1/2) (4:36–4:47)
  20. "A Dog's Prayer" (2/2) (4:47–5:26)
  21. "Blast" (5:26–5:48)
  22. "The Black Rider" (5:48–5:59)
  23. "Slurpee" (5:59–6:17)
  24. "Flipper" (6:17–6:39)
  25. "The Viper" (6:39–6:48)
  26. "Bitch" (6:48–6:55)
  27. "Fried" (6:55–7:06)
  28. "Harmonio" (7:06–7:16)
  29. "U.S.A." (7:16–7:24)
  30. "The Tracer" (1/2) (7:24–7:36)
  31. "Envelope Woman" (7:36–7:49)
  32. "The Tracer" (2/2) (7:49–8:00)
  33. "Plastic Guy" (8:00–8:09)
  34. "Glasgow 3am" (8:09–8:17)
  35. "The Road Is Long" (8:17–8:26)
  36. "Funkified" (8:26–8:34)
  37. "Rigamarole" (8:34–8:46)
  38. "Depresso" (8:46–9:03)
  39. "The Streets Are Hot Tonite" (9:03–9:15)
  40. "Dawn at 16" (9:15–9:39)
  41. "Spazmatazz" (9:39–9:49)
  42. "Fucker" (9:49–9:59)
  43. "In the Arms of Sheep" (9:59–10:16)
  44. "Speed" (10:16–10:39)
  45. "77" (10:39–10:50)
  46. "Me Rock You Snow" (10:50–11:02)
  47. "Feelium" (11:02–11:14)
  48. "Is Alex Milton" (11:14–11:24)
  49. "Rubberman" (11:24–11:35)
  50. "Spacer" (11:35–11:42)
  51. "Rock Me" (11:42–11:51)
  52. "Weeping Willowly" (11:51–12:02)
  53. "Rings" (12:02–12:17)
  54. "So So Pretty" (12:17–12:29)
  55. "Lucky Lad" (12:29–12:43)
  56. "Jackboot" (12:43–12:57)
  57. "Millieu" (12:57–13:06)
  58. "Disconnected" (13:06–13:24)
  59. "Let Your Lazer Love Light Shine Down" (13:24–13:33)
  60. "Phreak" (13:33–13:37)
  61. "Porkbelly" (13:37–13:49)
  62. "Robot Lover" (13:49–13:58)
  63. "Jimmy James" (13:58–14:05)
  64. "America" (14:05–14:14)
  65. "Slinkeepie" (14:14–14:33)
  66. "Dummy Tum Tummy" (14:33–14:44)
  67. "Fakir" (14:44–14:52)
  68. "Jake" (14:52–15:03)
  69. "Camaro" (15:03–15:18)
  70. "Moonkids" (15:18–15:25)
  71. "Make It Fungus" (15:25–15:35)
  72. "V-8" (15:35–15:49)
  73. "Die" (15:49–22:57)

References

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  1. 1001 Albums: You Must Hear Before You Die. Hachette; 2011. Print.
  2. Segretto, Mike (2022). "1995". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 547–548. ISBN 9781493064601.
  3. Cite error: The named reference LouderSound was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  4. Zero (US CD EP liner notes). The Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records. 1996. 7243 8 38573 2 6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Zero (US cassette EP sleeve). The Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records. 1996. 7243 8 38545 4 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. "spfc.org : songlist : Pastichio Medley".