We Only Come Out At Night (track)
by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
From the album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #24)
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We Only Come Out At Night appears on the following album(s) by The Smashing Pumpkins:
- Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #24) (this album) (1995)
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| ! | 08/29/2026 23:39 |  serpico | 3,986 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 09:13 | zsolti | 7,424 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 08:47 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2012 23:57 | #34636
Vampiric tale drumbeat pulsating with angelic harp. Cool song. Great contrast to "x.y.u.". Another example of great sequencing on this album. Billy tries to comfort: "once again, you'll pretend to know that / There's an end, that there's an end to this begin / It will help you sleep at night".
Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/19/2014 21:47 | #117129
actually It's one of my favs of this album, the sound in the beginning sounds like frogs jumping around a lot of dancing little elfs, that are freezing your feet to you not escape, and see their dance... they need feedback...lol (Edited)
Keatownrodriguez 09/26/2019 14:08 | #243093
I had a fever dream while listening to this song, thank you Pumpkins very cool
Most underrated song on the album.
GandalfORiley345 07/14/2015 02:08 | #145704
Beautiful song, really good
