Bullet with Butterfly Wings

{{Infobox song

| name = Bullet with Butterfly Wings

| cover = Bullet with Butterfly Wings.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| album = Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

| B-side = * "...Said Sadly"

| released = {{start date|1995|10|16}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-10-14.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=October 14, 1995|access-date=July 10, 2021}}

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Grunge[https://books.google.com/books?id=PIyEkArSW0EC&dq=%22bullet+with+butterfly+wings%22+grunge&pg=PT2124 1001 Albums: You Must Hear Before You Die]. Hachette; 2011. Print.{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1995|pages= 547–548|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}
alternative rock{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/5/ | title=The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995 | website=Spin | date=August 6, 2015 | access-date=November 22, 2015 | author=A.U.}}
alternative metal{{cite web | url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/top/documents/02692342.htm | title=Ride on | website=The Boston Phoenix | date=February 13, 2003 | access-date=November 22, 2015 | last=Richardson, Sean | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018014606/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/top/documents/02692342.htm | archive-date=October 18, 2015 }}

}}

| length = 4:16

| label = Virgin

| writer = Billy Corgan

| producer = {{flatlist|

Flood
Alan Moulder
Billy Corgan

}}

| prev_title = Rocket

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = 1979

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|8-r-V0uK4u0|Bullet with Butterfly Wings}}}}

{{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = BulletWithButterflyWings.ogg

}}

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is a song by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was released as the lead single from their 1995 double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and is the sixth track on the first disc. This song was the band's first top-40 US hit, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also spent six weeks at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number four on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 18 on the RPM Top Singles chart and spent four weeks at number one on the RPM Alternative 30 chart, becoming Canada's most successful rock song of 1995. It also reached number one in Iceland for a week.

The song won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1997. It was named the 91st best hard rock song of all time by VH1 in 2009{{cite web|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|url=http://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/list/|website=Stereogum|date=January 5, 2009 |access-date=November 23, 2014}} and ranked number 70 on the 2008 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" of Rolling Stone.{{cite magazine|title=The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/30|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 23, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531001204/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/30|archive-date=May 31, 2008}} The song came second in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1995,{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1995.htm|title=Triple J Hottest 100 1993|website=Triple J|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=June 16, 2019}} was later voted number 51 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009{{cite web|title=Countdown {{!}} triple j's Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_51-60.htm|website=Triple J|access-date=February 10, 2016}} and placed at number 25 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years, 2013.{{cite web|title=Countdown {{!}} Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/20years/countdown/|website=Triple J|date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=November 24, 2014}}

Background

The song had its origins during the recording of 1993's Siamese Dream. According to frontman Billy Corgan, "I have a tape of us from 1993 endlessly playing the 'world is a vampire' part over and over".{{Cite news| last = Corgan | first = Billy | title = King B's | publisher = Guitar World |date=January 1997}} Corgan wrote the noted chorus "rat in a cage" on an acoustic guitar during the same session that "Landslide" was recorded.

The lyrics "Can you fake it, for just one more show?" may refer to the band's experience headlining the 1994 Lollapalooza festival, with Corgan calling it "old Job".{{cite news|last1=Pareles|first1=John|title=RECORDINGS VIEW;Alternative Rockers Think Big, Uneasily|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/22/arts/recordings-view-alternative-rockers-think-big-uneasily.html|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=October 22, 1995}}{{cite web|last1=McKelvey|first1=Iain|title=The Throwback, 1995|url=http://vulturemagazine.com.au/throwback-1995/|work=Vulture|access-date=November 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222064611/http://vulturemagazine.com.au/throwback-1995/|archive-date=December 22, 2014}} Along with other parts of the album, Corgan appears to compare himself to Jesus Christ, with the line "Tell me I'm the chosen one / Jesus was an only son".

Critical reception

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is widely considered one of the Smashing Pumpkins' best songs. Louder Sound and Kerrang both ranked the song number three on their lists of the greatest Smashing Pumpkins songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-best-smashing-pumpkins-songs|title=The 10 best Smashing Pumpkins songs|first=Matt|last=Bigland|work=Louder Sound|date=October 18, 2016|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-smashing-pumpkins-songs-ranked|title=The 20 greatest Smashing Pumpkins songs – ranked|first=Sam|last=Law|work=Kerrang|date=November 20, 2021|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}

The New York Times noted of a 2014 concert by the band that "one chorus always gets the Smashing Pumpkins' fans shouting along", identifying the line as: "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/arts/music/the-smashing-pumpkins-play-at-webster-hall.html |title=After Years of Rage and Fury, a Cooler-Headed Sound|first1=Jon|last1=Pareles|work=The New York Times|date=December 9, 2014}}

Music video

Filming for the music video took place in late September 1995 with Samuel Bayer as director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2syyph|title=Smashing Pumpkins making of Bullet With Butterfly Wings - video dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|access-date=November 2, 2019}}{{cite book|author=Amy Hanson|title=Smashing Pumpkins Tales of a Scorched Earth|url=https://worldcat.org/title/1028327016|date=2004|publisher=Helter Skelter |pages=214–|isbn=9781900924689}} The filming location was a quarry located in the Simi Valley hills of California, most likely the mining pits of the Gillibrand Industrial Sands facility, located adjacent to the Big Sky Film Ranch{{cite web|url=https://www.thequarryfilmsite.com/mining-pits |title=Mining Pits|publisher=The Quarry at Gillibrand |access-date=November 3, 2022}} The visual look of the video was inspired by the work of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado on gold mining;{{cite web|author=Finished challenges |url=http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2208 |title=2 out of 3 - Bullet with butterfly wings: Digital Photography Review |publisher=Dpreview.com |access-date=September 27, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~brt/sp/songs/bulletwith.html |title=Bullet with Butterfly Wings |publisher=Personal.umich.edu |access-date=September 27, 2012}} in contrast, the band used the video to debut their new glam rock wardrobes - notably, Billy Corgan's black shirt with the word "Zero" written in silver, and silver pants.{{cite book|author=SPIN Media LLC|title=SPIN|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpJ-kK1j2_MC&pg=PA53|date=June 1996|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|pages=53–|issn=0886-3032}} The video also marks the last filmed appearance of Billy Corgan prior to his decision to shave his head.{{cite news|last1=Mac|first1=Ryan|last2=Dunn|first2=Charlie|title=Review: Live 105's Not So Silent Night|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/12/14/review-live-105s-not-so-silent-night/|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=The Stanford Daily|date=December 14, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtcFs4iWlXo|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=November 2, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}

When asked why the band chose Bullet for the first video, Corgan responded "the record company did a survey of K-Mart shoppers between 30 and 40 and this is the song they came up with". "This is the blue light special", said Chamberlin,{{cite AV media|date=October 1995 |title=MTV News with Kurt Loder |medium=Motion picture |publisher=MTV}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.spfc.org/news-press/interviews.html?content_id=2781|title=spfc.org : interviews : MTV News Interview|website=www.spfc.org|access-date=November 2, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqmcgqKSGjs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/rqmcgqKSGjs |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Behind The Scenes Smashing Pumpkins Bullet With Butterfly Wings Video MTV 1995|date=November 2018 |access-date=November 2, 2019|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}} though it is likely in the context of the interview that these statements were sarcastic.

Track listings

Original US/UK CD single{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=54612 |title=Smashing Pumpkins Bullet With Butterfly Wings UK 5" CD SINGLE (54612) |publisher=Eil.com |access-date=September 27, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=241127 |title=Smashing Pumpkins Bullet With Butterfly Wings USA 5" CD SINGLE (241127) |publisher=Eil.com |access-date=September 27, 2012}}

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| writer1 = Billy Corgan

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| title2 = ...Said Sadly

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| length2 = 3:09

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"...Said Sadly" features Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt on vocals.

1996 Re-issue{{cite web |url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=76593 |title=Smashing Pumpkins The Aeroplane Flies High USA BOX SET (76593) |publisher=Eil.com |date=December 9, 1996 |access-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530130243/http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=76593 |archive-date=May 30, 2010 }}

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| writer1 = Billy Corgan

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| length1 = 4:16

| title2 = ...Said Sadly

| writer2 = James Iha

| length2 = 3:09

| title3 = You're All I've Got Tonight

| writer3 = Ric Ocasek

| length3 = 3:10

| title4 = Clones (We're All)

| writer4 = David Carron

| length4 = 2:43

| title5 = A Night Like This

| writer5 = Robert Smith

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Destination Unknown

| writer6 = Dale Bozzio/Terry Bozzio/Warren Cuccurullo

| length6 = 4:14

| title7 = Dreaming

| writer7 = Debbie Harry, Chris Stein

| length7 = 5:11

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US 7" double A-side single{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=224570 |title=Smashing Pumpkins 1978/Bullet With Butterfly Wings USA 7" RECORD (224570) |publisher=Eil.com |date=September 27, 2002 |access-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204183120/http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=224570 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 }}

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| writer1 = Billy Corgan

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| length1 = 4:24

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|writer2 = Billy Corgan

| length2 = 4:16

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row"\|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-11-04.pdf\|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=12\|issue=44\|page=21\|date=November 4, 1995\|access-date=June 19, 2020}} \|66
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995–1996) !Peak position
{{single chart\|Australia\|19\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|song=Bullet with Butterfly Wings\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|18\|chartid=2864\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
{{single chart\|Canadarock\|1\|chartid=9053\|rowheader=true\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|song=Bullet with Butterfly Wings\|access-date=March 19, 2018}}
{{single chart\|France\|17\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|song=Bullet with Butterfly Wings\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
scope="row"\|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news\|url=https://timarit.is/page/2936095#page/n33/mode/2up\|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (20.1. '96 – 26.1. '96)\|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir\|language=is\|page=38\|date=January 20, 1996\|access-date=October 2, 2019}} \|1
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|18\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
scope="row"\|Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tip){{cite web\|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Smashing+Pumpkins&titel=Bullet+With+Butterfly+Wings&cat=s\|title=The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet with Butterfly Wings\|publisher=Single Top 100\|language=nl\|access-date=July 18, 2021}} \|9
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|41\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|song=Bullet with Butterfly Wings\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
{{single chart\|Scotland\|21\|date=19951028\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 12, 2019}}
{{single chart\|UK\|20\|date=19951028\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 12, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|22\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
{{single chart\|Billboardalternativesongs\|2\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
{{single chart\|Billboardmainstreamrock\|4\|artist=The Smashing Pumpkins\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 23, 2016}}
scope="row"\|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web\|url=https://www.popmusichistory.co.uk/_files/ugd/b4848d_4f9128176360450ba51be67a0468e9fa.pdf\|title=U.S. Cash Box Charts\|website=popmusichistory\|access-date=December 8, 2023}} \|27

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995) !Position
scope="row"\|Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9212&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9212.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9212\|title=RPM Top 50 Alternative Tracks of 1995\|magazine=RPM\|via=Library and Archives Canada\|access-date=March 19, 2018}} \|1

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1995)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9212&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9212.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9212|title=RPM Top 50 Alternative Tracks of 1995|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=March 19, 2018}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Position
scope="row"\|Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9740\|title=RPM Year End Alternative 30\|magazine=RPM\|via=Library and Archives Canada\|access-date=January 13, 2019}} \|32
scope="row"\|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news\|url=https://timarit.is/page/2949469#page/n15/mode/2up\|title=Árslistinn 1996\|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir\|language=is\|page=16\|date=January 2, 1997\|access-date=May 30, 2020}} \|75
scope="row"\|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url={{Google books\|sQkEAAAAMBAJ\|pg=RA1-PA42-IA9\|plainurl=yes}}\|title=The Year in Music 1996: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks\|magazine=Billboard\|via=Google Books\|volume=108\|issue=52\|page=YE-76\|date=December 28, 1996\|issn=0006-2510\|access-date=December 25, 2023}} \|31
scope="row"\|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1996/BBAM-1996-12-27.pdf\|title=Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Modern Rock Tracks\|magazine=Airplay Monitor\|volume=4\|issue=53\|page=24\|date=December 27, 1996\|access-date=December 25, 2023}} \|50

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM){{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9740|title=RPM Year End Alternative 30|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=January 13, 2019}}

|32

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2949469#page/n15/mode/2up|title=Árslistinn 1996|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=16|date=January 2, 1997|access-date=May 30, 2020}}

|75

scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url={{Google books|sQkEAAAAMBAJ|pg=RA1-PA42-IA9|plainurl=yes}}|title=The Year in Music 1996: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books|volume=108|issue=52|page=YE-76|date=December 28, 1996|issn=0006-2510|access-date=December 25, 2023}}

|31

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1996/BBAM-1996-12-27.pdf|title=Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=4|issue=53|page=24|date=December 27, 1996|access-date=December 25, 2023}}

|50

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Smashing Pumpkins|title=Bullet with Butterfly Wings|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=2021|source=radioscope|access-date=January 12, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Smashing Pumpkins|title=Bullet with Butterfly Wings|award=Silver|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|id=17914-1082-1|access-date=March 8, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Smashing Pumpkins|title=Bullet with Butterfly Wings|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|access-date=November 25, 2016}}

Cover versions

Hawthorne Heights made a cover of this song, released as part of a 2007 Smashing Pumpkins tribute album from MySpace Records.{{cite web|last1=Melia|first1=Daniel|title=Deftones, Panic! At The Disco for Smashing Pumpkins tribute album|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/31203/deftones-panic-at-the-disco-for-smashing-pumpkins-tribute-album|website=Gigwise|access-date=November 10, 2014}}
MØ made a cover of this song; this version was released as a one-off single in 2019.{{cite web|author=MØ|title=Bullet With Butterfly Wings|website=Pitchfork Media|date=October 23, 2019 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mo-covers-smashing-pumpkins-bullet-with-butterfly-wings-listen/|access-date=January 22, 2020}}

In other media

The song is used, slightly edited, as the title song for the Animal Planet reality television series Whale Wars, which follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as they chase Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.{{cite web|last1=Feeney|first1=Steve|title=Review: Pumpkins a smash at State Theatre|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2012/12/01/smashing-pumpkins-loud-and-lyrical_2012-12-02/|website=Portland Press Herald|date=December 2012 |access-date=November 10, 2014}} The song is also used in the South Park episode "Whale Whores", which parodies Whale Wars.{{cite web|title=The Fight Is On|url=http://www.southparkstudios-q.mtvi.com/clips/254169/the-fight-is-on|website=Southparkstudios.com|access-date=November 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110055013/http://www.southparkstudios-q.mtvi.com/clips/254169/the-fight-is-on|archive-date=November 10, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

"Weird Al" Yankovic performed the chorus in "The Alternative Polka" from his Bad Hair Day album.{{cite web|title="Weird Al" Yankovic - Bad Hair Day|url=http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/discog.html?discog_id=235|website=Spfc.org|access-date=November 10, 2014}}

The song was featured as a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero 5.{{cite web|last1=Brudvig|first1=Erik|title=OFFICIAL GUITAR HERO 5 SONG LIST|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/29/official-guitar-hero-5-song-list|website=IGN|date=July 29, 2009 |access-date=November 10, 2014}}

It was also used in the launch trailer for Dead Space 2.{{cite web|title=Dead Space 2|url=http://www.ea.com/dead-space-2/videos/ds2-launch-trailer|website=Electronic Arts|access-date=November 10, 2014}}

The song was the TNA Lockdown wrestling pay-per-view theme song for 2009.{{cite web|last1=Lapatine|first1=Scott|title=Billy Corgan Adapts "Butterfly Wings" For Wrestling Commercial, Joins Twitter|url=http://www.stereogum.com/64661/smashing_pumpkins_wrestling_commercial/franchises/commercial-appeal/|website=Stereogum|date=April 16, 2009 |access-date=November 10, 2014}}

Parts of the song were used in the exposition of the 2022 film Black Adam.{{cite web|last=Pinheiro|first=Ariadna|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/black-adam-soundtrack-every-song-that-appears-in-the-movie/ar-AA13oX0x|title='Black Adam' soundtrack: Every song that appears in the movie|website=MSN|date=October 26, 2022|access-date=January 20, 2023}}

A stripped-down remix by A.P. Laurenson was uploaded in 2016,{{Citation |title=Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" Stark Remix | date=December 5, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9x5YZsUeqg |access-date=2023-09-06 |language=en}} which had gone viral and later served as the basis for various trailers, including Rampage in 2018,{{Cite web |last=Ha |first=Anthony |date=2017-11-16 |title=They turned 'Rampage' into a movie (and here's the first trailer) |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/16/rampage-trailer/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}} Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II in 2022,{{Cite web |title=Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Trailer For MP And Warzone 2.0 Shows New Ways To Fight |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-trailer-for-mp-and-warzone-2-0-shows-new-ways-to-fight/1100-6507548/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}} and The Last Voyage of the Demeter in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Alex |date=2023-04-14 |title=What's The Song In The Last Voyage Of The Demeter Trailer? |url=https://www.looper.com/1258108/whats-song-the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter-trailer/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Looper |language=en-US}}

References

External links

{{YouTube|8-r-V0uK4u0|"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" Official music video}}
{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t1316115|label="Bullet with Butterfly Wings"}}

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Category:Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

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Category:Alternative metal songs

Category:Number-one singles in Iceland

Category:Songs containing the I–V-vi-IV progression