Samantha

"Samantha" is a song by Hole that was co-written together by Billy Corgan, Courtney Love, and Linda Perry. The song was originally planned to be the lead single for Nobody's Daughter, but ultimately was not released even as a single reputedly due to the controversy over its composition. It did however have an official music video, directed by Pablo Ganguli and Alphan Eseli.

Background
"Samantha" is one of twenty-six original songs that Courtney Love wrote following her six-month lockdown in rehab in September 2005 after violating drug probation. With additional musical input from Billy Corgan and Linda Perry, the song was composed and recorded in 2006, and later reworked the 2008-2009 recording sessions for Nobody's Daughter.

As on Hole's "Celebrity Skin", Billy Corgan composed the main guitar riff to "Samantha" whilst rehearsing with Love at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. Corgan's lead guitar recording, originally featured on a studio version of the song, was omitted from the final mix by Love and replaced with a cello. Corgan has claimed that the song, along with others such as "Pacific Coast Highway", cannot be released without his approval, saying that he "has not signed off on any of those songs" and "so it would be a real big problem." "Pacific Coast Highway" was eventually released as a single, indicating that Corgan's issue may have been resolved.