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|text="'''Siva'''" is the first [[:Category:Singles|single]] from [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' debut album ''[[Gish]]'', and was written by [[Billy Corgan]]. "Siva" was also the first music video filmed by the band. Corgan originally titled the song "Shiva", referring to the [[W:Tantra|Tantric]] concepts of [[W:Shiva|Shiva]] and [[W:Shakti|Shakti]] as opposing masculine and feminine forces, ignorant of any further implications of the name. Upon realizing that the name was more readily connected with the Hindu god [[W:Shiva|Shiva]], he removed the letter "h" from the title to lessen this association. In January 2008, the song was made available as downloadable track for the video game ''[[w:Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]''.
|text="'''[[Siva]]'''" is the first [[:Category:Singles|single]] from [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' debut album ''[[Gish]]'', and was written by [[Billy Corgan]]. "Siva" was also the first music video filmed by the band. Corgan originally titled the song "Shiva", referring to the [[W:Tantra|Tantric]] concepts of [[W:Shiva|Shiva]] and [[W:Shakti|Shakti]] as opposing masculine and feminine forces, ignorant of any further implications of the name. Upon realizing that the name was more readily connected with the Hindu god [[W:Shiva|Shiva]], he removed the letter "h" from the title to lessen this association. In January 2008, the song was made available as downloadable track for the video game ''[[w:Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]''.
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"Siva" is the first single from The Smashing Pumpkins' debut album Gish, and was written by Billy Corgan. "Siva" was also the first music video filmed by the band. Corgan originally titled the song "Shiva", referring to the Tantric concepts of Shiva and Shakti as opposing masculine and feminine forces, ignorant of any further implications of the name. Upon realizing that the name was more readily connected with the Hindu god Shiva, he removed the letter "h" from the title to lessen this association. In January 2008, the song was made available as downloadable track for the video game Rock Band.