The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins' first official release was the “I Am One” single, originally recorded in 1989 and released in 1990 on 7" vinyl (only 1500 copies were pressed and now sell for approximately $175 USD). The single also contains “Not Worth Asking”, the first of many B-sides the band would put out...
[Verse 1]
I am one as you are three
Try to find a messiah in your trinity
Your city to burn, your city to burn
Try to look for something in your city to burn
You’ll burn
[Chorus]
Am I as I seem?
I’m down
Down
So down
[Verse 2]
Time is right for a guiding light
Try to turn to reasons in your bitter life
Your city to burn, your city to burn
Try to look for something in your city to burn
You’ll burn
[Bridge]
See you, don’t you just want to
See you, I am one
See you, don’t you just want to
See you
[Outro]
See you, don’t you just want to
See you, I am one
See you, don’t you just want to
See you, I am one
I Am One was written by James Iha & Billy Corgan.
I Am One was produced by Billy Corgan & Butch Vig.
The Smashing Pumpkins released I Am One on Tue May 01 1990.
In the liner notes Corgan wrote for the 2011 reissue of Gish, he gives some insight into this song:
A statement of spiritual unity, based on the gnosis of the holy trinity. Lyrically stripped from an article I’d read on Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Our first single, re-born here faster, Jack-over-the-cand...
While it is not well known, an official music video was recorded for “I Am One,” recorded one year before Gish was ever released. The video itself wasn’t released for another ten years!