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“The End Is The Beginning Is The End” by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released 1997
“The End Is The Beginning Is The End” by The Smashing Pumpkins appears on 16 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1997 and 2005. It was first released in 1997. Its best result is #26 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #64 alternative song of 1997, #4,027 alternative song of all time and #481 of the '90s.
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"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" came out in 1997 as a single from the Batman & Robin soundtrack, and Billy Corgan had to talk himself into it: his first instinct was that an alternative band had no business writing a Batman song. Then he found the job oddly freeing, a chance to stop writing about himself and write as the character instead, specifically the darker Batman of the comic books' early days.
Corgan produced it with Nellee Hooper, Chris Shepard engineered, and it was the first Pumpkins release with drummer Matt Walker, who went on to add percussion to several Adore tracks. The result is a grinding, electro-charged monster, all menace and velocity. Eight countries put it in their top 10, and it brought home the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 58 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 70 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 | 91 |
| 1997 | 26 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 | 100 |
| 1997 | 52 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
| 1997 | 98 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
| 1997 | 51 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 62 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 | 100 |
| 1997 | 51 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 934 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 1736 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1736 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1736 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1726 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1711 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1711 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1713 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: The End Is The Beginning Is the End; The End is the Beginning is the End; The End Is The Beginning Is The End...; The End Is the Beginning Is the End.
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