Thirty-Three (track)
by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
From the album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #17)
Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
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)
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Listen to Thirty-Three on YouTube
Thirty-Three ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this track. | Show all 356 ratings for this track.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/21/2026 09:11 | Juneof44 | 4,907 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2026 14:31 | SD100852 | 12,550 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2026 23:39 |  serpico | 4,007 | 89/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.8/100, a mean average of 86.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
Thirty-Three favourites
Showing latest 10 members who have added this track as a favourite | Show all 14 members
Thirty-Three forum mentions
Thirty-Three comments
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2012 23:52 | #34629
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.
Great song, this was 1 of 3 singles I predicted would be a hit when this record came out.
My favorite Smashing Pumpkins song. Just beautiful and timeless.
GandalfORiley345 07/02/2015 04:18 | #144980
This song is worth a lot
I like it
