- Perfect (The Smashing Pumpkins song)
Artist =The Smashing Pumpkins
from Album = Adore
Released =September 7 1998
Format =Cassette tape and 2CD s
Recorded = 1997
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 3:22
Label =Virgin Records
Writer =Billy Corgan
Producer =Billy Corgan
Last single = "Ava Adore "
(1998)
This single = "Perfect"
(1998)
Next single = "The Everlasting Gaze "
(1999) | Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Adore
Type = studio
prev_track = "Ava Adore "
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Perfect"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Daphne Descends "
next_no = 4"Perfect" is a song by
The Smashing Pumpkins . It was the second single from their fourth album, "Adore" (1998).Promotion and reception
The band performed the song once on "
Saturday Night Live ", introduced byCameron Diaz . The single contains numerous remixes of the song, including one byNellee Hooper .The song was also remixed byPuff Daddy . [ [http://spfreaks.com/Default.aspx?page=COLLDETAILS&item=333 Perfect Puff Daddy Remix] . Image of the in-house single at spfreaks.com, a fan site.]Due to the lackluster performance of "Perfect" and "Adore", no more official singles were released from the album, though "Crestfallen" and "
To Sheila " were released on a promotional basis.Music video
To expand on the similarities between "Perfect" and "1979", the band released a
music video which continued the story of the characters in "1979". They were able to find and use 4 out of the 5 original actors from the "1979" video, includingGiuseppe Andrews . The fifth was in jail. [Band commentary, "Perfect". "Greatest Hits Video Collection ".] The same crew of directors was hired, which consisted of husband-and-wife teamJonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris . The video also contains footage of the band performing for selected fans. The set played at the taping included heavier songs the band was not performing during regular concerts at the time, such as "Where Boys Fear to Tread", "Bodies" and "Pug".The video debuted on
MTV 's "120 Minutes " on September 16th, 1998.Track listing
CD "Perfect (Part 1)":
# "Perfect" - 3:27
# "Summer" - 3:14
# "Perfect (Nellee Hooper Mix)" - 4:14CD "Perfect (Part 2)":
# "Perfect" - 3:23
# "Perfect (Perfecto Mix)" - 7:00
# "Daphne Descends (Kerry B. Mix)" - 3:53CD "Perfect (UK Version)":
# "Album Version" - 3:23
# "Nellee Hooper Mix" - 4:14
# "Nellee Hooper Instrumental" - 4:12
# "Perfecto Mix" - 7:00
# "Electro Breakbeat Mix" - 6:02
# "Perfecto Dub" - 7:04CD "Perfect (US Version)":
# "Perfect" - 3:23
# "Summer" - 3:14
# "Daphne Decends (Kerry B. Mix)" - 3:53
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