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}} "1979" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'', "1979" was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples that were uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. The song was written as a coming of age story by Corgan. In the year 1979, Corgan was 12 and this is what he considered his transition into adolescence. The song was popular with critics and fans; Allmusic's Amy Hanson called it a "somewhat surprising hit". The song was nominated for the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video. The song appears in ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' on the station Liberty Rock Radio 97.8, "1979" is also a playable song in ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' as part of the Smashing Pumpkins track pack DLC. The song also featured during the end credits of the sim racing game ''Gran Turismo 5''. == Background and music == According to statements in interviews, Corgan worked nonstop after the ''Siamese Dream'' tour and wrote about 56 songs for ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'', the last of which was "1979". As the ''Mellon Collie'' sessions came to a conclusion, "1979" was just a couple of chord changes and a snippet of a melody without words. When the time came to choose the songs that were to appear on the album, producer Flood said that "1979" was "not good enough" and wanted to drop it from the record. This, however, inspired Corgan to finish it in four hours. The next day, Flood heard "1979" once and decided immediately to put it on the album.〔 Corgan considers "1979" the most personally important song on ''Mellon Collie''. The song features a sample of Corgan's voice repeated throughout. During recording, Corgan was singing "ooh" as the melody line, so he and Flood decided to record him singing to a tape. The pair electronically manipulated several samples and looped them against a drumbeat. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1979 (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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