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"Disarm"
Single by The Smashing Pumpkins
From the album Siamese Dream
Single Released March 22, 1994
Single Format vinyl record (7" & 12") and 2 CDs
Recorded 1993
Genre Alternative rock
Song Length 3:17
Record label Virgin Records
Producer Butch Vig & Billy Corgan
Chart positions
Professional Reviews
The Smashing Pumpkins single chronology
"Today"
1993		 "Disarm"
1994		 "Rocket"
1994
This article is about a song. For "Disarmament", please see Arms control.

"Disarm" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins (then known simply as Smashing Pumpkins). It was the third single from their second album, Siamese Dream. "Disarm" was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the band’s most highly regarded songs. Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... The Smashing Pumpkins is a popular American alternative rock band which formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. ... Siamese Dream was the breakthrough success for and second album by The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeské Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Butch Vig Bryan Butch Vig (born August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer. ... Billy Corgan William Patrick Billy Corgan, Jr. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (i. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Today is a popular song by The Smashing Pumpkins (then known as simply Smashing Pumpkins). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Rocket is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins (then known as simply Smashing Pumpkins). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Arms control is a broad term alluding to a range of political concepts and aims. ... The Smashing Pumpkins is a popular American alternative rock band which formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... Siamese Dream was the breakthrough success for and second album by The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993. ... Billy Corgan William Patrick Billy Corgan, Jr. ...


The BBC banned the song from radio airplay in the United Kingdom, because of the lyric "cut that little child,". The lyrics "what I choose is my choice" and "the killer in me" has also led to some controversy, as some read it as implying that abortion is murder. Corgan, however, has clearly asserted that the song is about the shaky relationship he had with his parents while growing up [1]. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ...


While the Pumpkins often produced softer, acoustic versions of many of their louder, more aggressive songs, the band performed a heavy, electric version of "Disarm," as featured on the Vieuphoria video. The electric version changes the tone of the song from that of a powerful yet sad ballad to a more angst-driven rock song. Vieuphoria was a part of a live CD/VHS (with Earphoria) released in 1994 (and rereleased as a CD/DVD set on November 26, 2002) by The Smashing Pumpkins. ...


Two different versions of the single were produced. Each version (Heart and Smile) featured different artwork and different B-sides. In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ...


The music video, directed by Jake Scott, is black and white and shows the members of the band floating over images of a house, an old man walking through an underpass while home movie-esque, color footage shows a young boy playing outside. Billy Corgan has said that he didn't want the old man in the video, but Scott insisted. Jake Scott is a director of music videos. ...

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"Heart" tracklist

  1. "Disarm" (Corgan)
  2. "Landslide" (Nicks)
  3. "Dancing in the Moonlight (Thin Lizzy)

Stephanie Lynn Stevie Nicks (born May 26, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and a long solo career. ... Thin Lizzy in 1975 Thin Lizzy were an Irish Rock band that formed in Dublin in 1969. ...

"Smile" tracklist

  1. "Disarm" (Corgan)
  2. "Soothe (demo)" (Corgan)
  3. "Blew Away" (Iha)

James Iha James Yoshinobu Iha (井葉吉伸, Iha Yoshinobu or ジェームス・イハ born March 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a Japanese American rock musician and runway model. ...

7" single tracklist

  1. "Disarm" (Corgan)
  2. "Siamese Dream" (Corgan)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Jimmy Chamberlain | Billy Corgan | James Iha | D'arcy Wretzky
Kenny Aronoff | Melissa Auf der Maur | Dennis Flemion | Mike Garson | Jonathan Melvoin | Matt Walker
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Gish | Lull | Siamese Dream | Pisces Iscariot | Earphoria | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | Adore | MACHINA/The Machines of God | MACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music | Rotten Apples & Judas 0 | Rarities and B-Sides
Singles: "I Am One" | "Tristessa" | "Siva" | "Rhinoceros" | "Cherub Rock" | "Today" | "Disarm" | "Rocket" | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | "1979" | "Zero" | "Tonight, Tonight" | "Muzzle" | "Thirty-Three" | "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" | "Ava Adore" | "Perfect" | "The Everlasting Gaze" | "Stand Inside Your Love" | "Try, Try, Try" | "Untitled"
Box sets: The Aeroplane Flies High
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Alternative rock | Butch Vig | Caroline Records | Concept album | Jimmy Chamberlin Complex | Joey Waronker | Let It Come Down | Linda Strawberry | Pumpkinland | Sadlands | Sub Pop | TheFutureEmbrace | Virgin Records | Yelena Yemchuk | Zwan

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Disarming in general takes quite a bit of finesse, which you just don't see in sword-and-shield type play.
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Also, most non-wounding disarms are about parrying, then seizing (or "commanding") the offending weapon with your off-hand, not whirling it around with your main weapon.
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Disarming the Past: How an Intimate Relationship Can Heal Old Wounds shows us how and why the central committed relationship in our lives is, among other things, our best chance to extricate ourselves from a painful past.
Whether by providing the opportunity to develop a greater capacity for separateness or for connectedness, whether by encouraging old scripts to be given up or new paths to be forged, the authors explain the ways in which the healing process can take root in the right relationship.
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