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"Rocket" was the first song written for Siamese Dream. Live renditions date back to at least June 1991, before the lyrics had been completely written, so Corgan would make them up at each show. Being more melodic than "Cherub Rock" and the band's Gish-era work in the vein of the track, "Rocket" was described as a "standard Pumpkins fuzzed-out heavy blissness." The song also features a repetitive guitar line pulsing through, creating a wall of sound effect.
A 7" vinyl record was released in the UK as part of the Siamese Singles box set. Its B-side was a cover of Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down Again." The CD single was commercially released only in Australia and is considered a valuable rarity by fans. Promo CD singles were also released in the US and Spain. "Never Let Me Down Again" was recorded by request of D'arcy Wretzky, recorded at the BBC on the same day as "Landslide", perhaps in one take.
The music video features children who receive an interplanetary broadcast sent by The Smashing Pumpkins. They set out to build a rocket to fly to another planet to see SP perform. They build the advanced rocket piece-by-piece, with no help from their indifferent parents, and fly to outer space. When they arrive, they discover that the band members have grown old since their first transmission, much to the children's surprise. The band's 2001 Greatest Hits Video Collection DVD also includes a different cut of the video with only the band's performance. It was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, who also direct the iconic videos for "1979" and "Tonight, Tonight".
"Rocket" spent 5 weeks on the New Zealand Singles Chart, peaking at #26, and charted in the top 30 on the US Mainstream Rock and Canadian RPM Top Singles charts. By January 1995, it peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #89. AllMusic wrote that after the success of "Today" and "Disarm", "Rocket" solidified the band's dominance of the radio and MTV as a whole.
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"Rocket" was the first song written for Siamese Dream. Live renditions date back to at least June 1991, before the lyrics had been completely written, so Corgan would make them up at each show. Being more melodic than "Cherub Rock" and the band's Gish-era work in the vein of the track, "Rocket" was described as a "standard Pumpkins fuzzed-out heavy blissness." The song also features a repetitive guitar line pulsing through, creating a wall of sound effect.
A 7" vinyl record was released in the UK as part of the Siamese Singles box set. Its B-side was a cover of Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down Again." The CD single was commercially released only in Australia and is considered a valuable rarity by fans. Promo CD singles were also released in the US and Spain. "Never Let Me Down Again" was recorded by request of D'arcy Wretzky, recorded at the BBC on the same day as "Landslide", perhaps in one take.
The music video features children who receive an interplanetary broadcast sent by The Smashing Pumpkins. They set out to build a rocket to fly to another planet to see SP perform. They build the advanced rocket piece-by-piece, with no help from their indifferent parents, and fly to outer space. When they arrive, they discover that the band members have grown old since their first transmission, much to the children's surprise. The band's 2001 Greatest Hits Video Collection DVD also includes a different cut of the video with only the band's performance. It was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, who also direct the iconic videos for "1979" and "Tonight, Tonight".
"Rocket" spent 5 weeks on the New Zealand Singles Chart, peaking at #26, and charted in the top 30 on the US Mainstream Rock and Canadian RPM Top Singles charts. By January 1995, it peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #89. AllMusic wrote that after the success of "Today" and "Disarm", "Rocket" solidified the band's dominance of the radio and MTV as a whole.
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