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The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins is a group from the US, active since 1988.

Group US since 1988 alternative rock shoegaze neo-psychedelia

TOTAL PLAYS

2,200

SONGS PLAYED

193

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-18 18:35 · 6 Music — "Siva"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Jellybelly"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,818 83%

Radio 1 217 10%

Radio 2 165 8%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 1979 203 2026-05-15

2 Tonight Tonight 177 2016-09-06

3 Cherub Rock 141 2026-05-22

4 Today 134 2026-05-20

5 Siva 105 2026-05-19

6 Zero 95 2025-12-03

7 Tonight, Tonight 92 2026-04-20

8 Disarm 89 2025-02-11

9 Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) 82 2019-06-10

10 Tarantula 79 2024-11-01

11 That's the Way (My Love Is) 74 2007-12-30

12 Bullet With Butterfly Wings 68 2026-05-15

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-24 23:12 Jellybelly 6 Music

2026-05-24 12:12 Jellybelly 6 Music

2026-05-22 15:46 Cherub Rock 6 Music

2026-05-20 19:03 Today Radio 2

2026-05-20 19:00 Today Radio 2

2026-05-19 07:13 Siva 6 Music

2026-05-15 22:09 Bullet With Butterfly Wings Radio 2

2026-05-15 20:45 1979 6 Music

2026-05-07 07:24 Today 6 Music

2026-05-03 23:42 Crush 6 Music

2026-05-03 12:47 Crush 6 Music

2026-04-20 02:35 Tonight, Tonight Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

193 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(Come On) Let's Go! —

1 2007-07-11 ▶

1979 —

203 2026-05-15 ▶

1979 (acoustic) —

2 2008-04-28 ▶

1979 (Live From Reading 2007) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

1979 - Brixton Academy 1996 —

3 2009-05-21 ▶

1979 <acoustic> —

1 2007-08-07 ▶

A Girl Named Sandoz —

4 2015-03-30 ▶

A Girl Named Sandoz - BBC Session 08/09/1991 —

1 2008-11-28 ▶

A Song for a Son —

2 2009-12-14 ▶

Anno Satana —

2 2020-11-16 ▶

Ava Adore —

26 2025-04-01 ▶

Beautiful Brixton Academy 1996 —

1 2013-09-19 ▶

Beautiful (instrumental middle 8) —

1 2025-11-16 ▶

Beguiled —

6 2022-10-17 ▶

Being Beige —

54 2015-02-21 ▶

Being Beige - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Blank Page —

1 2023-06-04 ▶

Bleeding the Orchid —

1 2007-07-09 ▶

Bodies —

2 2020-10-25 ▶

Bring the Light —

2 2007-07-10 ▶

Bullet With Butterfly Wings —

68 2026-05-15 ▶

Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Live From Reading 2007) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Live In Los Angeles 1996) —

1 2025-10-24 ▶

Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Reading Festival, 1995) —

1 2020-08-30 ▶

Bullet With Butterfly Wings - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Reading 1995 —

2 2005-06-30 ▶

Burnt Orange Black - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Bury Me —

1 2015-06-12 ▶

Cherub Rock - Reading 1995 —

4 2008-12-06 ▶

Cherub Rock —

141 2026-05-22 ▶

Cherub Rock (Live At Reading 2007) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

Cherub Rock (Manchester Academy, 1993) —

1 2017-10-09 ▶

Cherub Rock - Brixton Academy 1996 —

3 2013-09-19 ▶

Cherub Rock - Manchester Academy 1993 —

4 2015-10-14 ▶

Christmastime —

41 2025-12-27 ▶

Chrome Jets —

2 2025-09-19 ▶

Clip Tarantula —

2 2007-05-23 ▶

Crush —

13 2026-05-03 ▶

Cupid De Locke - Brixton Academy 1996 —

2 2011-03-02 ▶

Cyr —

8 2020-11-26 ▶

Dancing In The Moonlight —

1 2006-11-21 ▶

Daphne Descends —

1 2019-11-26 ▶

Disarm —

89 2025-02-11 ▶

Disarm (Manchester Academy, 1993) —

2 2018-10-08 ▶

Disarm (Recorded Live for 6 Music 5th December 2014) —

1 2014-12-08 ▶

Disarm - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Disarm - Manchester Academy 1993 —

3 2015-10-14 ▶

Disarm - Reading 1995 —

1 2009-02-20 ▶

Dommsday Clock —

1 2007-07-09 ▶

Doomsday Clock —

4 2007-08-20 ▶

Dreaming —

1 2025-05-19 ▶

Drown —

3 2021-03-28 ▶

Drum & Fife - 6 Music In Concert - 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Drum + Fife —

34 2015-05-28 ▶

Drum + Fire —

1 2014-11-28 ▶

Dulcet In E —

1 2020-11-26 ▶

Empires —

1 2023-05-01 ▶

Fame - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Farewell and Goodnight —

2 2025-10-05 ▶

Geek U.S.A. —

3 2022-12-11 ▶

Geek US.A. - Manchester Academy 1993 —

1 2011-11-14 ▶

Geek USA —

3 2013-07-25 ▶

Girl Named Sandoz (Peel Session) —

1 2011-11-30 ▶

Glynis —

1 2013-11-30 ▶

Goeth The Fall —

4 2024-11-22 ▶

Hummer —

8 2025-07-28 ▶

Hummer (6 Music Session, 12 May 2014) —

1 2019-06-16 ▶

Hummer - 6 Music In Concert - 05/12/2014 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Hummer - Manchester Academy 1993 —

3 2018-10-08 ▶

I Am One —

3 2016-09-06 ▶

I am One (Manchester Academy, 1993) —

1 2017-10-09 ▶

I Am One - Manchester Academy 1993 —

5 2015-10-14 ▶

I of the Mourning —

2 2026-02-13 ▶

Jellybelly —

4 2026-05-24 ▶

Jellybelly - Reading 1995 —

2 2005-06-30 ▶

Knights Of Malta —

3 2018-11-22 ▶

Landslide —

48 2025-10-19 ▶

Landslide (BBC session) —

2 2005-06-30 ▶

Love —

2 2022-04-26 ▶

Luna —

6 2024-01-04 ▶

Marchin' On —

2 2018-11-18 ▶

Mayonaise —

24 2024-05-27 ▶

Mayonaise - Reading 1995 —

3 2009-11-13 ▶

Mayonnaise —

2 2014-08-12 ▶

Mayonnaise - Manchester Academy 1993 —

4 2015-10-14 ▶

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness —

1 2023-04-02 ▶

Monuments —

1 2014-11-28 ▶

Monuments - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Muzzle —

4 2025-01-18 ▶

Neophyte —

1 2024-06-19 ▶

Never Let Me Down —

24 2023-09-27 ▶

Never Let Me Down (BBC session) —

3 2005-09-16 ▶

Neverlost —

1 2007-07-09 ▶

Obscured —

34 2025-12-08 ▶

One and All —

5 2014-12-07 ▶

One And All - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/2014 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

One Diamond, One Heart —

1 2012-06-18 ▶

Owata —

1 2011-05-12 ▶

Panopticon —

1 2012-06-18 ▶

Pennies —

1 2007-08-17 ▶

Perfect —

24 2024-11-28 ▶

Perfect. —

8 2008-11-20 ▶

Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans - Reading Festival 1995 —

1 2012-08-23 ▶

Quasar —

3 2012-07-18 ▶

Quasar / Stella Polaris and the People Mover —

1 2012-06-21 ▶

Quiet —

2 2024-11-01 ▶

Quiet (BBC Session/BC Mix) —

1 2024-06-14 ▶

Quiet - Manchester Academy 1993 —

3 2015-10-14 ▶

Ramona —

2 2020-11-26 ▶

Rhinoceros —

10 2024-11-28 ▶

Rocket —

22 2025-10-29 ▶

Rocket - Brixton Academy 1996 —

1 2011-03-02 ▶

Rocket - Manchester Academy 1993 —

2 2012-08-10 ▶

Rocket - Reading Festival 1995 —

1 2012-08-23 ▶

Seek And You Shall Destroy —

2 2018-12-09 ▶

Siamese Dream —

2 2011-11-21 ▶

Sighommi —

45 2025-12-29 ▶

Silver —

2 2018-12-03 ▶

Silvery Sometimes —

1 2018-09-13 ▶

Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) —

82 2019-06-10 ▶

Siva —

105 2026-05-19 ▶

Siva - BBC Session 08/09/1991 —

1 2008-11-28 ▶

Siva - Reading 1995 —

2 2008-02-26 ▶

Smiley —

1 2012-03-20 ▶

Snail —

2 2020-08-16 ▶

Solara —

51 2025-04-04 ▶

Soma - Brixton Academy 1996 —

1 2006-06-13 ▶

Soma - Manchester Academy 1993 —

2 2012-08-10 ▶

Soothe —

1 2010-07-21 ▶

Spaceboy —

1 2017-08-06 ▶

Spellbinding —

4 2023-07-17 ▶

Stand Inside Your Love —

22 2019-10-02 ▶

Stand Inside Your Love (Live At Reading 2007) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

Steps In Time —

2 2023-01-31 ▶

Suffer —

1 2024-06-27 ▶

Sweet Sweet —

2 2024-12-16 ▶

Sweet Sweet (2011 Remaster) —

3 2024-09-29 ▶

Take Me Down —

5 2024-11-10 ▶

Tarantula —

79 2024-11-01 ▶

Tarantula/Death From Above/Tonight Tonight —

1 2007-08-27 ▶

That's the Way —

4 2007-07-30 ▶

That's the Way (My Love Is) —

74 2007-12-30 ▶

That's the Way (My Love Is) (Live At Reading 2007) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

That's The Way (Reading) —

1 2007-08-29 ▶

That's The Way My Love IS —

1 2007-07-09 ▶

The Ballad Of Dusty And Pistol Pete —

1 2008-06-24 ▶

The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning —

1 2009-10-15 ▶

The Boy —

1 2024-12-13 ▶

The Celestials —

2 2012-06-28 ▶

The Chimera —

5 2012-06-21 ▶

The Colour Of Love —

2 2020-11-26 ▶

The End Is the Beginning Is the End —

2 2023-10-28 ▶

The Everlasting Gaze —

2 2025-08-11 ▶

The Good In Goodbye —

4 2023-12-18 ▶

The Rose March —

3 2008-02-13 ▶

The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete —

1 2013-11-17 ▶

Thirty Three —

41 2025-10-08 ▶

Thirty Three Brixton Academy 1996 —

1 2013-09-19 ▶

Through The Eyes Of Ruby 1995 —

2 2005-04-16 ▶

Tiberius - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

To Forgive —

7 2015-01-26 ▶

To Sheila —

9 2024-12-09 ▶

Today —

134 2026-05-20 ▶

Today (Live At Reading Festival 2007) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

Today (Live Reading edit) —

2 2007-08-29 ▶

Today (Manchester Academy, 1993) —

7 2018-10-08 ▶

Today - Brixton Academy 1996 —

2 2008-01-20 ▶

Today - Manchester Academy 1993 —

2 2015-10-14 ▶

Today - Reading 1995 —

1 2005-04-16 ▶

Today - Reading Festival 1995 —

1 2012-08-23 ▶

Today. —

3 2008-11-12 ▶

Tonight / Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Live At Glastonbury 2013) —

1 2013-07-02 ▶

Tonight Tonight —

177 2016-09-06 ▶

Tonight Tonight (long version) —

2 2008-09-17 ▶

Tonight Tonight - Brixton Academy 1996 —

2 2011-03-02 ▶

Tonight, Tonight —

92 2026-04-20 ▶

Tonight, Tonight (Live At Reading 2007) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

Tonight, Tonight - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Tonight, Tonight <Reading 2007> —

1 2007-08-28 ▶

Tonnight Tonight - Brixton Academy 15/05/96 —

1 2005-06-30 ▶

Try, Try, Try —

3 2019-01-01 ▶

Violet Rays —

2 2012-06-28 ▶

War Dreams Of Itself —

3 2024-12-16 ▶

War Of Dreams Itself —

1 2024-08-05 ▶

We Only Come Out at Night —

2 2021-12-23 ▶

Where Boys Fear To Thread —

1 2015-01-26 ▶

Whir —

7 2020-06-15 ▶

With Sympathy —

1 2018-11-16 ▶

Wrath —

1 2020-10-04 ▶

Wyttch —

1 2020-11-01 ▶

Zero —

95 2025-12-03 ▶

Zero - 6 Music In Concert 05/12/14 —

1 2015-01-25 ▶

Zero - Reading 1995 —

2 2005-04-16 ▶