The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another child in a large tire. Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger. Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout.

Director

Jonathan Dayton

Director

Valerie Faris

Screenplay

Billy Corgan

Status

Released

Release date

23/01/1996

Original language

English