Bullet With Butterfly Wings

~ Recording by The Smashing Pumpkins

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsBullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsSingle
  • AU1995-10-23
Hut RecordingsHUTCE63
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsBullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsSingle
  • FR1995-10-23
Delabel7243 893 300 2 1
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsBullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsSingle
  • GB1995-10-23
Hut RecordingsHUTCD63
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • GB1995-10-23
  • XE1995-10
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 40864 2 8, CDHUTD 30
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (EMI Swindon/EMI Italy pressing)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • GB1995-10-23
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 40864 2 8, CDHUTD 30
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (EMI Swindon, made in UK, printed in the UK)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • -1995-10-23
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 40864 2 8, CDHUTD 30
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsBullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsSingle
  • US1995-10-24
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)8 38522 2
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • AU1995-10-24
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 40864 2 8
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (EMI Pressing)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • US1995-10-24
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 40861 2 1
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • CA1995-10-24
Virgin Music Canada7243 8 40861 2 1
1.6バレット・ウィズ・バタフライ・ウィングス4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • JP1995-10-25
東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)VJCP-25203/4
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)7243 8 40861 4 5, 7243 8 40862 4 4, 7243 8 40863 4 3
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (price code PM503)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 40864 2 8, CDHUTD 30
1.4Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsCrossing All Over! Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1996-01-29
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), GUN Records (Great Unlimited Noises)74321 33498 2, GUN 082
2.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • XE1996-04-29
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 41655 1 2
2.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • GB1996-04-29
Hut RecordingsHUTTLP30
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsBullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsSingle
  • US1996-11-06
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsThe Aeroplane Flies HighThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-11-26
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)7243 8 38583 2 3, 724383856527
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsBullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsSingle
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 3 3865 2 7
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2001-11-16
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VJCP-68343-44
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing Pumpkins{Rotten Apples} The Smashing Pumpkins Greatest HitsThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-11-19
Hut RecordingsCDHUT70
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2001-11-19
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)8 11556 2, 8115562
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2001-11-19
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 11557 2 1, CDHUTD 70, CDHUTD70
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2001-11-19
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)724381155721
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:16The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-11-20
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 11316 2 6
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten Apples (limited edition)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2001-11-20
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 11318 2 4
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten Apples (limited edition)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-11-20
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 11318 2 4
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing Pumpkins{Rotten Apples} The Smashing Pumpkins Greatest HitsThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin America (Virgin sublabel for EUROPEAN releases of artists signed by Virgin Records America, Inc.)CDVIR(WF)575
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 11556 2 2
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 11556 2 2, CDHUT70
1.31Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:20The Smashing PumpkinsRarities and B‐SidesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-04-05
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsUltimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Shout! Factory82666310730
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • XW2012-11-30
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • XW2012-11-30
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)5099997855323
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:16The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • XE2012-12-04
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)5099997855316
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • US2012-12-04
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)5099997852421
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)5099997855323
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:21The Smashing PumpkinsThe Aeroplane Flies High (deluxe edition)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-07-23
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0018549-00
1.62Bullet With Butterfly Wings (remastered 2012)4:18The Smashing PumpkinsThe Ultimate ESK8 Metal Album.Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2019-08-09
FP
1.16Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsRock clássicos internacionaisVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (deluxe edition)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • -2021-10-26
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.30Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsHalloween NightsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2022-09-30
FP
1.26Bullet With Butterfly Wings (remastered 2012)4:18The Smashing PumpkinsRock & HalloweenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-10-07
FP
1.13Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsRock This WeddingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2024-04-09
FP
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2024-10-25
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (30th anniversary edition, remastered)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • US2025-11-21
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)602478664113
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (30th anniversary edition, remastered)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • JP2025-11-21
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)UICY-16355/8
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (30th anniversary edition)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • -2025-11-21
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (www.takt.eu)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbumVirgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 40864 2 8, CDHUTD 30
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbumVirgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Hut Recordings7243 8 40864 2 8, CDHUTD 30
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsRotten Apples: Greatest Hits (streaming/iTunes release)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + CompilationVirgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
Promotion
1.1Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsBullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsSingle
Hut RecordingsHUTCDP 63
1.2Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:19The Smashing PumpkinsThe Smashing Pumpkins 1991–1998The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7087 6 14923 2 3, DPRO-14923
1.5Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:19The Smashing PumpkinsThe Smashing PumpkinsThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)DPRO-14955
37.5Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:16The Smashing PumpkinsThe Radio Essential SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promo Only
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 11318 2 4
1.5Bullet With Butterfly Wings?:??The Smashing PumpkinsUntitled and Other Choice CutsThe Smashing PumpkinsCompilation
Virgin Music Canadadpro 2151
1.2Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsTrue Power. True Faith.The Smashing PumpkinsEP + Compilation
  • US2005-03-21
EMI Music Catalogue Marketing (a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG), Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)
Bootleg
1.5Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:19The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest HitsThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (for bootleg/unofficial releases that use the "Virgin" logo)CDM01, SS-0197-0017
1.5Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:19The Smashing PumpkinsThe Everlasting Gaze – WaitingThe Smashing PumpkinsEP
  • -2000
1.2Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsLes Jolies Compiles de Jean Michard (Grunge)Various ArtistsOther + Compilation
  • -2013
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)
1.7Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:17The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits: Rotten ApplesThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (for bootleg/unofficial releases that use the "Virgin" logo), Hut Recordings (for bootleg/unofficial releases that use the "Hut Recordings" logo)7243 8 11556 2 2, CDHUT70
1.8Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsGreatest Hits 2000The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Compilation
1.15Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsSuper PumpkinsThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum + Live
Withdrawn
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (deluxe edition)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • US2012-11-30
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (hi‐res download)The Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
  • XW2012-11-30
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.34Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsАльтернативная музыка для вечеринкиVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2022-02-14
FP
(unknown)
1.6Bullet With Butterfly Wings4:18The Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie And The Infinite SadnessThe Smashing PumpkinsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDVIRD (WT) 299

Relationships

producer and mixer:Billy Corgan
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis)
Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
DJ-mixes:lars based mix 2k21 (NONAMEFEST June 2k21) by larsht_
sampled by:The Starting Line by Neil Cicierega (lead vocals)
mash-ups:Butter(fly)Face (Smashing Pumpkins vs. Lady Gaga) by ah! (mashup producer)
Inferno of Scary Skeletons & Bad Rats (Andrew Gold vs. Britney Spears vs. Bella Poarch vs. Olivia Rodrigo vs. The Smashing Pumpkins) by Titus Jones
Mullet With Butterfly Wings by Neil Cicierega
Nineties FTW – MEGA MASHUP by Wick‐it the Instigator
TOTAL MELTDOWN (AND THE GANG’S ALL HERE) by Danny Greyiers
Yeah Yeah Mashups Are Cool but for Real If You Remember the Title of the Last Song on Vol II I Need to Make Money So It Can’t Go on Forever by The Sheep Queen Experiment
music videos:Bullet With Butterfly Wings
part of:VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 91) (order: 92)
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 118) (order: 118)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2itcYu5GSP50cfgY2Un2Ak [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4qMzPtAZe0C9KWpWIzvZAP [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/62738614 [info]
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/721224400 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/1455510876 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/18306492 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/79279095 [info]
recording of:Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

lyricist and composer:Billy Corgan
publisher:Chrysalis Songs (ended)
Cinderful Music
referred to in medleys:The Alternative Polka (order: 7)
later parody versions:Matching Punches