Ava Adore

"Ava Adore"
Single by the Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Adore
B-side
  • "Czarina"
  • "Once in a While"
ReleasedMay 18, 1998 (1998-05-18)
Genre
Length4:21
Label
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan
Producer(s)Brad Wood
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"
(1997)
"Ava Adore"
(1998)
"Perfect"
(1998)

"Ava Adore" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was the first single from their fourth album, Adore, and exhibited a new sound from the band which integrated traditional instruments with loops and electronic music. "Ava Adore" and the B-sides were written by Billy Corgan.

When released as a single in May 1998, "Ava Adore" reached number one in Iceland, number two in Greece, number five in New Zealand, and the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it reached number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, number three on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and number eight on the Mainstream Rock chart.

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