Today
The Smashing Pumpkins * Track #3 On Siamese Dream
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Today by The Smashing Pumpkins
Release Date
Performed by
The Smashing PumpkinsProduced by
Billy Corgan & Butch VigWrited by
Billy CorganAbout
Most listeners are surprised to learn that “Today” was written sarcastically. When reading the verses however, it becomes quite apparent. In Billy Corgan’s own words, he “was completely obsessed with killing [him]self”.
While “Today” actually describes the worst day possible, the song is still one...
Today Lyrics
[Chorus 1]
Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't live for tomorrow
Tomorrow's much too long
I'll burn my eyes out
Before I get out
[Verse 1]
I wanted more
Than life could ever grant me
Bored by the chore
Of saving face
[Chorus 2]
Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
I'll tear my heart out
Before I get out
[Verse 2]
Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
I tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings
[Chorus 3]
Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day, ooh
Ooh, oh, oh, ooh
[Bridge]
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you
[Outro]
Today is the greatest
Today is the greatest day
Today is the greatest day
That I have ever really known
Today Q&A
Who wrote Today's ?
Today was written by Billy Corgan.
Who produced Today's ?
Today was produced by Billy Corgan & Butch Vig.
When did The Smashing Pumpkins release Today?
The Smashing Pumpkins released Today on Thu Sep 30 1993.
Do the Siamese Dream liner notes say anything about "Today"?
Yes, in fact they do. Billy Corgan wrote the following liner notes himself:
The song that changed my life more than any other. The ultimate in irony: a chirpy song about my near-suicide that all the kids can sing along to. Probably would not have been a hit if I had offed myself in the gloaming bef...
What has singer/songwriter Billy Corgan said about this track?
Corgan gave fans a detailed story behind this song during VH1’s Storytellers:
It was written in a very difficult period of my life. We had put out our first album Gish in 1991. We did the tour for about 14 months, the longest we had been on tour before that was about 20 days. After the tour, I en...
How did music critics react to the song?
Diffuser called it “the teen angst anthem”:
The song that started it all for the Smashing Pumpkins' ascension to arena rock status. With its distorted guitars, dreamy vocals and a music video that showed the band driving an ice cream truck, ‘Today’ is one of the core songs that defined youth in the...