Song · The Smashing Pumpkins
“Muzzle” by The Smashing Pumpkins
From the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
“Muzzle” by The Smashing Pumpkins appears on 17 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1996 and 2023. It was first released in 1995 on the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Its best result is #20 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #49 alternative song of 1996, #2,793 alternative song of all time and #485 of the '90s.
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"Muzzle" was among the last songs Billy Corgan wrote for the Smashing Pumpkins' 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Corgan produced and mixed it with Flood and Alan Moulder, and it swells from a restless guitar churn into a soaring, wide-open chorus.
Corgan aimed the lyrics at how he figured the public saw him, though on stage in Joliet he once said it was about a girl from that town. A promotional single went out to radio worldwide, which had fans expecting it to be the album's fifth single, but "Thirty-Three" got the nod instead. The band did play it on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, with Matt Walker filling in on drums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 43 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 64 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 | 91 |
| 1996 | 20 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 47 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 55 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 | 104 |
| 1996 | 54 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 | 96 |
| 1997 | 40 | WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL | WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 440 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 458 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 300 | WFNX | WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 377 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2001 | 409 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2005 | 643 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 386 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 356 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 356 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 372 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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