Editing Bullet with Butterfly Wings (section)

{{Short description|1995 single by the Smashing Pumpkins}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Bullet with Butterfly Wings
| cover         = Bullet with Butterfly Wings.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]
| album         = [[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]
| B-side        = * "...Said Sadly"
* "[[You're All I've Got Tonight]]"
* "[[Clones (We're All)]]"
* "[[The Head on the Door|A Night Like This]]"
* "[[Destination Unknown (song)|Destination Unknown]]"
* "[[Dreaming (Blondie song)|Dreaming]]"
| released      = {{start date|1995|10|16}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-10-14.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=27|date=October 14, 1995|access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref>
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         = {{flatlist|
* [[Grunge]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PIyEkArSW0EC&dq=%22bullet+with+butterfly+wings%22+grunge&pg=PT2124 1001 Albums: You Must Hear Before You Die]. Hachette; 2011. Print.</ref><ref name="Segretto 2022">{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1995|pages= 547–548|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
* [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/5/ | title=The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995 | website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=August 6, 2015 | access-date=November 22, 2015 | author=A.U.}}</ref>
* [[alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/top/documents/02692342.htm | title=Ride on | website=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]] | date=February 13, 2003 | access-date=November 22, 2015 | last=Richardson, Sean | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018014606/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/top/documents/02692342.htm | archive-date=October 18, 2015 }}</ref>
}}
| length        = 4:16
| label         = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| writer        = [[Billy Corgan]]
| producer      = {{flatlist|
*[[Flood (producer)|Flood]]
*[[Alan Moulder]]
*Billy Corgan
}}
| prev_title    = [[Rocket (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Rocket]]
| prev_year     = 1994
| next_title    = [[1979 (song)|1979]]
| next_year     = 1996
| misc          = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|8-r-V0uK4u0|Bullet with Butterfly Wings}}}}
{{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = BulletWithButterflyWings.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Bullet with Butterfly Wings'''" is a song by the American [[alternative rock]] band [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]. It was released as the lead single from their 1995 [[double album]] ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'', and is the sixth track on the first disc. This song was the band's first top-40 US hit, peaking at number 22 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It also spent six weeks at number two on the ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart and peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Album Rock Tracks]] chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 18 on the [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles chart and spent four weeks at number one on the ''RPM'' [[Canadian rock/alternative chart|Alternative 30]] chart, becoming Canada's most successful rock song of 1995. It also reached number one in Iceland for a week.

The song won the [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance]] in 1997. It was named the 91st best [[hard rock]] song of all time by [[VH1]] in 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|url=http://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/list/|website=[[Stereogum]]|date=January 5, 2009 |access-date=November 23, 2014}}</ref> and ranked number 70 on the 2008 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name=guitarsongs>{{cite magazine|title=The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/30|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 23, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531001204/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/30|archive-date=May 31, 2008}}</ref> The song came second in the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1995]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1995.htm|title=Triple J Hottest 100 1993|website=[[Triple J]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=June 16, 2019}}</ref> was later voted number 51 in the [[Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Countdown {{!}} triple j's Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_51-60.htm|website=Triple J|access-date=February 10, 2016}}</ref> and placed at number 25 in the [[Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years, 2013]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Countdown {{!}} Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/20years/countdown/|website=Triple J|date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref>