Bullet with Butterfly Wings " is a song by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins and the lead single from their 1995 double album '' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness '' . The song won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance . This song was the band 's first Top 40 U.S. hit , peaking at number 22 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . It also spent six weeks at number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart , and peaked at number four on the Mainstream Rock chart . In Canada , the song peaked at number 18 on the '' RPM '' Top Singles chart and spent four weeks at number one on the Alternative 30 chart , becoming Canada 's most successful rock song of the year
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Bullet with Butterfly Wings