Solara (song)

"Solara"
Single by Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
ReleasedJune 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)
Recorded2018
StudioShangri Las[1]
GenreRock[2][3]
Length4:22
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan
Producer(s)Rick Rubin
Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"Run2me"
(2015)
"Solara"
(2018)
"Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"
(2018)

"Solara" is a song by American rock band Smashing Pumpkins. It was the band's first song to be released after reforming three fourths of the band's original lineup in 2018,[4] featuring Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin performing on a track together for the first time since 2000's Machina/The Machines of God album[5] and subsequent non-album single "Untitled"[6] prior to their original breakup. It was released as a single on June 8, 2018, as the first song from a set of two upcoming EPs that were set for release in 2018 before a full-length album titled Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. was announced in September.[7] The song peaked at number 47 on the US Hot Rock Songs chart.[8]

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  7. ^ Sodomsky, Sam; Kim, Michelle (September 14, 2018). "Smashing Pumpkins Announce New Album, Share Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "The Smashing Pumpkins Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2019.