Stand Inside Your Love

"Stand Inside Your Love"
Single by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Released	February 21, 2000
Format	CD
Studio sessions	Late 1998 – Sadlands, Chicago November 1998-September 1999 – Pumpkinland
Genre	Alternative rock, gothic rock
Length	4:12
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan
Producer(s)	Flood, Billy Corgan
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"The Everlasting Gaze" (1999) "Stand Inside Your Love" (2000) "I of the Mourning" (2000)
Machina/The Machines of God The Everlasting Gaze Raindrops + Sunshowers Stand Inside Your Love I of the Mourning The Sacred and Profane Try, Try, Try Heavy Metal Machine This Time The Imploding Voice Glass and the Ghost Children Wound The Crying Tree of Mercury With Every Light Blue Skies Bring Tears Age of Innocence

"Stand Inside Your Love" was the second single and lead international single from The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, Machina/The Machines of God (2000). The song was written by Billy Corgan.

The artwork is by Russian painter Vasily Kafanov, who also did the artwork for most of the Machina album and the "Heavy Metal Machine" promotional single.

Content

Billy Corgan said the song was dedicated to his then-girlfriend Yelena Yemchuk. He explained, "'Stand Inside Your Love' is one of those rare songs that seems to write itself really quickly... As far as the song goes, it's sort of a love song that rocks, which is pretty rare, even for me. And I even got my girlfriend dancing in the video, so it's all a tribute to my girlfriend, I guess." At the VH1 Storytellers, Corgan would call it the only "true" love song he's ever written, adding that the lyrics began with the line "Who wouldn't stand inside your love?" and in a "stream of consciousness" he wrote the remaining lyrics in about 10 minutes.

"Stand Inside Your Love" was initially conceived to be similar to the new wave style of the band's earlier hit "1979"; however, Corgan opted for what he considered "the classic Pumpkins sound […] in the sense that it sounds like it could come from any album".

The single contains one B-side, "Speed Kills", which appears in a shortened form on the vinyl and import CD versions of Machina, and in a heavier incarnation on the band's following album Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music.

The single cover of "Stand Inside Your Love" was designed by Vasily Kafanov and is primarily a depiction of the alchemical androgyne, one of the most significant symbolic representations within alchemy, and, on its most basic level, represents the perfect union between man and woman when joined as a single entity. Atop their head is a single crown, known to the Kabbalists as Kether, the source of all creation, and the first Sephiroth on the Tree of Life.

Equipment

James Iha used an E-bow, an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone and a Boss Digital Delay for the guitar solo.

Music video

Official music video

The music video of "Stand Inside Your Love" is a tribute to the play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. Billy Corgan created the video's look together with English director W.I.Z. under the heavy influence of original Salomé illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. The nipple-rubbing fat man sitting on the throne is played by Ken Davitian, better known for his role as Azamat Bagatov in the movie Borat. Corgan's then-girlfriend Yelena Yemchuk played the main character in the video. The video was filmed in Santa Clara, California in December 1999.

Director W.I.Z. said of the video and working with Corgan: "Billy has this great poetic ability to sort of shed light on the tragedies of existence. He seems to be someone who's trying to recondition the heart, to reconfigure tragedy as something we need to embrace and elevate as a proof-positive of life." He added that "The Smashing Pumpkins have a great sophistication and cinematic literacy and sense of style. It was a very rewarding experience working with them."

Sharon Osbourne cited her dislike for the music video, along with her conflicts with Corgan, as a motive for her departure from the band's management. The music video won the Most Visionary Video award at the 2000 VH1 Fashion Awards.

Lyrics

you and me
meant to be
immutable
impossible
it's destiny
pure lunacy
incalculable
inseparable

and for the last time
you're everything that i want and asked for
you're all that i dream

who wouldn't be the one you love
who wouldn't stand inside your love
protected and the lover of

a pure soul
and beautiful
you
don't understand
don't feel me now
i will breath
for the both of us
travel the world
traverse the skies
your home is here
within my heart

and for the first time
i feel as though i am reborn in my mind
recast as child and mystic sage

who wouldn't be the one you love
who wouldn't stand inside your love

for the first time
i'm telling how much i need and bleed for
your every move and waking sound in my time
i'll wrap my wrap my wire around your heart
and your mind
you're mine forever now

who wouldn't be the one you love and live for
who wouldn't stand inside your love and die for
who wouldn't be the one you love

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Corgan.

Main release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stand Inside Your Love"	4:16
2.	"Speed Kills"	5:17

US promotional release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stand Inside Your Love"	4:16
2.	"Stand Inside Your Love" (Call Out Hook)	0:17
3.	"The Everlasting Gaze"	4:01

Release history

While "The Everlasting Gaze" was the lead single in the United States from Machina, with a radio promotional single released, and a high-energy music video filmed with new band member Melissa Auf der Maur, "Stand Inside Your Love" was ultimately released as the lead international single.

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	External sites
February 21, 2000	Virgin • Hut Recordings	7423 8 96603 2 6 • HUTCD 127	CD	UK & Europe	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
February 21, 2000	Virgin • Hut Recordings	7243 8 96603 4 0 • HUTC127	Cassette	UK	Discogs		[1]
February 21, 2000	Hut Recordings	HUTTP127	12"	UK	Discogs		[1]
February 21, 2000	Virgin • EMI	7243 8 96603 2 6 • 8966032	CD	Australia	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
February, 2000	Virgin	7087 6 14932 21 • DPRO-14932	CD	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[2]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	31
Ireland (IRMA)	30
Italy (FIMI)	4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	17
Norway (VG-lista)	12
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	43
UK Singles (OCC)	23
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)	11
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)	2
US Active Rock Songs (Billboard)	9

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
Machina/The Machines of God (premaster)		Promotional
The Videos		Video • Promotional
Stand Inside Your Love	Main release	Single
Machina/The Machines of God	Main release	Studio
Ghost Children: A Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins		Tribute
Rotten Apples	North American version	Compilation
Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000)		Video
Celebrating *20* Years of Sadness		Live

Tour stats

• Total plays: 525 plays (519 full, 6 abandoned, 1 soundcheck), 90 acoustic, 2 artists
• First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1999-04-10 at Saint Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, US
• Last performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-04-16 at The World Is A Vampire festival, Bongaree, QLD, AU

External links

• "Stand Inside Your Love" at SPFC