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"1979" is an alternative rock song by the Smashing Pumpkins, released in early 1996 as the second single from their 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Written by frontman Billy Corgan, the track incorporates loops and samples in ways that differed from the band's earlier work. It represented a stylistic direction toward synth-pop that the band would later develop more prominently on their subsequent album Adore.
Lyrics ↗What the lyrics are about
A nostalgic coming-of-age narrative reflecting on the songwriter's transition into adolescence during the year 1979, when he turned twelve years old.
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