Muzzle

"Muzzle"
Single by The Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Released	August 1996
Format	CD
Recorded	March - August 1995
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:44
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Billy Corgan
Producer	Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan, Flood
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"Tonight, Tonight" (1996) "Muzzle" (1996) "Thirty-Three" (1996)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness track listing
"Galapogos" (11) "Muzzle" (12) "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" (13)

"Muzzle" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins, from their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It was one of the last songs written by Billy Corgan for Mellon Collie, with the song's lyrics referring to what Corgan thought the public's perception was of him at the time.^[1] It was rumoured to be the Smashing Pumpkins fifth and final single from this album, as is evidenced by the fact that a promotional single for the song was issued to radio stations worldwide. However instead the song "Thirty-Three" was released as the fifth and final single.

Some have gone on to say that a music video was actually filmed for "Muzzle" with Chamberlin, but was never released. Billy Corgan has, however, denied this.^[2] The band went on to perform "Muzzle" for their next television appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien with replacement drummer, Matt Walker.

"Muzzle" reached number 10 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 8 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks.

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