Thirty-Three (track)
by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
From the album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #17)
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Thirty-Three appears on the following album(s) by The Smashing Pumpkins:
- Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #17) (this album) (1995)
- The Aeroplane Flies High (Box Set) (track #28) (compilation) (1996)
- Rarities And B-Sides (track #57) (compilation) (2005)
- Thirty-Three (track #1) (1996)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/30/2026 20:28 | wizardalien | 9,027 | 65/100 | |
| 01/09/2026 15:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,134 | 70/100 | |
| 10/11/2025 10:43 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 | |
| 10/09/2025 21:22 | mrmcrook | 11,588 | 78/100 | |
| 08/30/2025 16:35 | gmessian | 1,472 | 55/100 |
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This song is worth a lot
My favorite Smashing Pumpkins song. Just beautiful and timeless.
Great!
I like it
Great song, this was 1 of 3 singles I predicted would be a hit when this record came out.
Inticing us back to the arms of love, "33" starts "speak to me in a language i can hear / humor me before i have to go". He's forgiving everyone accepting love's end yet still in denial, self-deprecating in honesty professing "tomorrow's just an excuse away". Beautiful anguish captured in this beautiful lyric "I know I'll make it, love can last forever / Graceful swans of never topple to the Earth". Another tune that can tear me up.
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