Doomsday Clock (song)
| "Doomsday Clock" | ||||
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| Song by Smashing Pumpkins from the album Zeitgeist | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Reprise Records | |||
| Writer | Billy Corgan | |||
| Zeitgeist track listing | ||||
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"Doomsday Clock" is a song by Smashing Pumpkins, and is the opening track on their album Zeitgeist. Reminiscent of the opening tracks of Gish and Siamese Dream, it starts off with a brief, energetic drum solo. Although not released as a single, the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Pop 100, due to digital sales.
It was released on iTunes for immediate download along with the pre-order for the album on June 19, 2007.
It is also included on the soundtrack for the 2007 Transformers movie. The song appears twice in the film: once as an instrumental-only version during a climactic action sequence, and the second time as a song over the closing credits.
The song's original arrangement was described by Jimmy Chamberlin as "folk/calypso" and was eventually slowed down and made much heavier for the recorded version.[1]
In early 2008, "Doomsday Clock" was licensed to the professional wrestling outfit Ring of Honor for use as the theme song of the taped pay-per-view, ROH Undeniable.[2][3] It was also used in a trailer for The Incredible Hulk. It is also now used in Monster Jam as the theme song for a truck called Wrecking Crew.
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- ^ Chamberlin, Jimmy and Billy Corgan. (Interview subjects) "Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist Track by Track" (video).
- ^ "ROH & Smashing Pumpkins Reach Partnership". ROHwrestling.com. 2007-01-16. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080120132029/http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=1756. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
- ^ "SMASHING PUMPKINS' 'Doomsday Clock' To Be Featured On 'Undeniable' PPV". BlabberMouth.net. 2008-01-18.
- ^ "Artist Chart History - The Smashing Pumpkins". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5700&model.vnuAlbumId=933126. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
