The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

Music

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Jonathan Dayton

Status Released

Release Date 1996-01-23

Storyline

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another child in a large tire. Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger. Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout.