Ava Adore

{{Short description|1998 single by the Smashing Pumpkins}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Ava Adore

| cover = SmashingPumpkins-AvaAdore.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Smashing Pumpkins

| album = Adore

| B-side = * "Czarina"

• "Once in a While"

| released = {{start date|1998|5|18}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * Electronic rock{{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/08/29/travel-back-to-the-late-90s-with-puff-daddys-smashing-pumpkins-remix | title=Travel back to the late '90s with Puff Daddy's Smashing Pumpkins remix | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=August 29, 2014 | access-date=March 19, 2016 | author=Raymer, Miles}}

• alternative rock{{Cite web |last=Vieni |first=Manuel |date=2019-09-08 |title=Ava Adore: The Smashing Pumpkins' masterpiece video |url=https://auralcrave.com/en/2019/09/08/ava-adore-the-smashing-pumpkins-masterpiece-video/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Auralcrave |language=en-gb}}
• synth-pop{{cite web | url=http://www.wonderingsound.com/smashing-pumpkins-share-adore-bonus-tracks/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117214528/http://www.wonderingsound.com/smashing-pumpkins-share-adore-bonus-tracks/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 17, 2014 | title=Smashing Pumpkins Share 'Adore' Bonus Tracks, Including a Banjo Take and Diddy Remix | publisher=Wondering Sound | access-date=November 26, 2015 | author=Parks, Andrew}}

| length = 4:21

| label = * Virgin

• Hut

| writer = Billy Corgan

| producer = Brad Wood

| prev_title = The End Is the Beginning Is the End

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Perfect

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{External music video|{{Youtube|9uWwvQKGjLI|"Ava Adore"}}

| type = single

}}

}}

"Ava Adore" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was the first single from their fourth album, Adore, and exhibited a new sound from the band which integrated traditional instruments with loops and electronic music. "Ava Adore" and the B-sides were written by Billy Corgan.

When released as a single in May 1998, "Ava Adore" reached number one in Iceland, number two in Greece, number five in New Zealand, and the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it reached number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, number three on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and number eight on the Mainstream Rock chart.