Ramona

"Ramona" is the fourth digital single from The Smashing Pumpkins' eleventh studio album, CYR, and the second radio single. It was first released on October 30, 2020 with "Wyttch" serving as an accompanying A-side. A music video directed by Linda Strawberry was released the same day. On March 22, 2021, the song was re-released by Sumerian Records to radio.

Like the debut single, "Cyr", "Ramona" was the most-added song on Mediabase's Alternative Rock add board during the fist week of its release.

Background
"Ramona" dates back to the initial sessions for Monuments to an Elegy. That version was described by Corgan as akin to a "goth band from the 80s." It was not selected to go on that album, and instead was worked on during the September-October 2014 – Pumpkinland II sessions for the aborted Day For Night album. It wasn't until the CYR sessions that the song seemed to fit.

Corgan has said the song has a bit of T. Rex influence.

Music video
The music video was written by Billy Corgan and directed and edited by Linda Strawberry. It takes inspiration from the Wild Wild West and Spaghetti Westerns as a "surreal gothic-western inspired love-story". All band members make appearances in the video. The entire shoot was done a single day over the course of about 8 hours. The video stars burlesque performer and model, Mosh, who also starred in the "Cyr" music video as well as Shiny Vol. 1 vignettes.

Additional personnel

 * Katie Cole – background vocals
 * Sierra Swan – background vocals

Music video
 * Linda Strawberry – director, editor
 * Alex Pollini – director of photography