The music video received heavy airplay on MTV and won several awards . Corgan remarked that " I do n't think we 've ever had people react like this ... it just seemed to touch a nerve . " It won six awards at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1996 : Video of the Year , Breakthrough Video , Best Direction in a Video ( Directors : Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ) , Best Special Effects in a Video ( Special Effects : Chris Staves ) , Best Art Direction in a Video ( Art Director : K. K. Barrett and Wayne White ) and Best Cinematography in a Video ( Director of Photography : Declan Quinn ) . " Tonight , Tonight " was nominated for Best Editing in a Video ( Editor : Eric Zumbrunnen ) and Viewer 's Choice , and was also nominated for Best Music Video , Short Form at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards . It is still considered one of the greatest music videos of all time , ranking number 40 on '' Stylus Magazine '' 's list of the top 100 music videos of all time
39th Annual Grammy Awards
39th Annual Grammy Awards
Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)