50+ Music<p>"1979" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alternativeRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternativeRock</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theSmashingPumpkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theSmashingPumpkins</span></a>. It was released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness</span></a>. "1979" was written by frontman <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyCorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyCorgan</span></a>, and features <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/loops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loops</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/samples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samples</span></a> uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. The song foreshadows the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/synthpop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>synthpop</span></a> sound the band would embrace more openly on Adore and its tracks "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AvaAdore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvaAdore</span></a>" and "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Perfect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perfect</span></a>". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr58WHo2ndM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Lr58WHo2ndM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>