Cyr/The Colour of Love

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"Cyr"/"The Colour of Love"
Single by The Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Cyr
Released 27 August 2020 (2020-08-27)
Recorded 2020
Genre Alternative rock, synth-pop
Length 4:03 ("Cyr")
4:24 ("The Colour of Love")
Label
Songwriter(s) Billy Corgan
James Iha
Jimmy Chamberlin
Jeff Schroeder[1]
Producer(s) Billy Corgan
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"Knights of Malta"
(2018)		 "Cyr"/"The Colour of Love"
(2020)		 "Confessions of a Dopamine Addict / Wrath"
(2020)
Music video
"Cyr" on YouTube

"Cyr" and "The Colour of Love" are songs by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released as a double-A side single from their eleventh studio album, Cyr. A music video was produced for "Cyr".

Background and recording

"Cyr" and "The Colour of Love" were recorded in Chicago and produced by frontman Billy Corgan.[2]

Music videos

A black and white music video was directed, edited, and colored by Linda Strawberry. She has described the music video as “a goth fever dream of pent up emotion – an artistic visual release attempting to create a momentary escape from the emotional black cloud hanging over all of us this year. A dark seduction filmed in quarantine at a social distance.”[3]

Critical reception

Both songs generally received positive reviews. Consequence of Sound described “Cyr” as "a dance anthem that sounds like Adore meets ABBA", while they described “The Colour of Love” as an "all the midnight anthems within 2000’s Machina". They also added that both tracks "hearken back to Billy Corgan’s salad days, back when he worshipped The Cure on FM radio".[4]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Cyr"   4:03
2. "The Colour of Love"   4:24


Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Cyr"
Chart (2020) Peak
position
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 19
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[6] 35

References

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  5. ↑ Illegal name entered The Smashing Pumpkins/The+Smashing+Pumpkins/chart?f=377 "The Smashing Pumpkins – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for The Smashing Pumpkins. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ Illegal name entered The Smashing Pumpkins/The+Smashing+Pumpkins/chart?f=1228 "The Smashing Pumpkins – Chart history" Billboard Rock Airplay for The Smashing Pumpkins. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

External links

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