Bullet with Butterfly Wings
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"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is a Grammy-winning 1995 alternative rock song by The Smashing Pumpkins, known for its heavy guitars, dark lyrics, and the iconic refrain "the world is a vampire."
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Smashing Pumpkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| bassist | D'arcy Wretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 22 ⓘ |
| composer | Billy Corgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drummer | Jimmy Chamberlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | 1979 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
grunge ⓘ |
| guitarist |
Billy Corgan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Iha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyric | the world is a vampire ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Bullet with Butterfly Wings music video ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideoDirector | Samuel Bayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLine | The world is a vampire ⓘ |
| hasRiffStyle | distorted guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasSongStructure | verse-chorus ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
angst ⓘ frustration ⓘ |
| isFromAlbumDisc | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – Twilight to Starlight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | The Smashing Pumpkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTrackNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Billy Corgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Billy Corgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
7-inch vinyl single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dark lyrics ⓘ heavy guitars ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Smashing Pumpkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Disarm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Moulder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billy Corgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedForLabel | Virgin Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Hut Recordings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-10-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
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