The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning

"The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It is one of four versions of "The End Is the Beginning Is the End", and along with the main version, was included on the Batman & Robin soundtrack. Unlike the other versions, "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" has a slower, gothic feel to it with different lyrics for the verses. It also appeared on Rarities and B-Sides and the 2014 reissue of Adore.

The song was used in a trailer for the 2009 superhero film Watchmen directed by Zack Snyder. Its appearance in that trailer helped the song break into the iTunes Top 100 during the summer of 2008 as well as reaching #53 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, and The Smashing Pumpkins added this version to their tour roster in August. The band played "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" through the rest of their 2008 tour and in future tours. Prior to its inclusion in the trailer, it was "a version of that song that never seemed to get any notice", but as Corgan ultimately discovered, "[certainly] the massive jump in online sales seems to indicate it might be worth it for us and for the movie". Corgan complimented its use in the trailer, but joked that his fans "seem to be confused when the outside world appreciates our work".

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Note that Billboard incorrectly lists title as "The End is the Beginning is the End".