Burnt Orange Black

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"Burnt Orange Black"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Studio sessions
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan

"Burnt Orange Black" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins that was recorded during the March-April 2014 – Pumpkinland II sessions and likely intended for Day For Night, which was the abandoned sister-album to Monuments to an Elegy. Ultimately it was "cougared" (marked for non-inclusion) and was never officially released, though it was performed live a number of times in late 2014.

On December 11, 2023, a live recording of the song from December 5, 2014 was made commercially available as a Madame ZuZu's archive release, entitled London By Day.

Videos[edit | edit source]

Live on RTL2 (acoustic)
Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, December 11, 2014 (electric)

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

There was a time I've laughed
Was a time I've cried
You didn't want me back
You didn't want me back

While the others burnt black
While the others burnt black
While the others burnt black
While the others burnt black
While the others burnt black

I used to be so nice
And there were days that I was cruel
You didn't want me ripe
You didn't want me ripe

While the others burnt black
While the others burnt black
While the others burnt black
While the others burnt black

Let the others burn black
However near or far
It used to be that love will star

Let the others burn black
Let the others burn black
Let the others burn black
Let the others burn black

Let the others burn black
Let the others burn black
Let the others burn black
Let the others burn black

Availability

TitleType
London By DayLive

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