Fuck You

"Fuck You" (or "An Ode to No One", as listed on original packaging) is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It is often cited as a fan favorite. The song is written by Billy Corgan and appears to be about his frustration with the unpleasant things in life (a messy relationship for example) and the desire to "disconnect" from it all and shut out the world. The song is one of the heavier songs on the first half of the album along with the singles "Zero" and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings".

In a Rolling Stone interview, Corgan was asked who "you" was. He replied "The basic thing is just fuck everybody. It's that feeling where no one understands: 'Who the fuck are my friends? Fuck you. Fuck everybody. Fuck everything.'".

For the solo in 'Fuck You (An Ode to No One),' I played until my fingers saw blood, You can't play a weak guitar solo in such a propulsive song. It's got to be attack-style." He explains this method by saying "... I put on the headphones and stand one foot away from the amp. I turn the amp up so loud that I literally have to play harder than the feedback, because if I stop playing even for an instant, the whole thing explodes.

A live version of the song was officially released on the Greatest Hits Video Collection, which was recorded at their last show before the 2000 breakup.