Hummer

Hummer is the fourth song from The Smashing Pumpkins' second studio album, Siamese Dream. At 6:57, it is comparatively long for a rock song. It starts with a guitar with altered distortion (sounding like a sitar) and other effects playing a quiet riff. At 29 seconds, the song abruptly flows into the main verse riff with loud, distorted guitar. Billy Corgan has said that he experienced massive writer's block during the recording of Siamese Dream, and that "Hummer" is the subject of this lack of inspiration. The lyric "When I woke up from that sleep/ I was happier than I'd ever been" could be about the end of the writer's block. Corgan has also stated that the song "is the idea that life is not designed for those who are cheerful, whistling, daydreamers, [but] designed to be cruel and mean", and was especially displeased that the Chicago Sun Times gave it a bad review because of its extremely personal subject matter. The recording includes over 40 individual tracks.

The song ranked at #8 in Rolling Stone 's reader's poll of the best Smashing Pumpkins songs.