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((other uses|Soma (disambiguation)#Songs((!))Soma))
((Infobox song
| name     = Soma
| cover    =
| alt      =
| type     =
| artist   = [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]
| album    = [[Siamese Dream]]
| released = July 27, 1993
| format   =
| recorded = 1992 - 1993
| studio   =
| venue    =
| genre    = ((hlist|[[Grunge]]<ref>((cite web|last=Peacock|first=Tim|date=July 27, 2022|title=Why Smashing Pumpkins' 'Siamese Dream' Was A Wake-Up Call For Rock|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/siamese-dream-smashing-pumpkins/|access-date=September 25, 2022|publisher=uDiscover Music))</ref>|[[Psychedelic music|psychedelic rock]]<ref>((cite web|last=Terich|first=Jeff|date=January 10, 2012|title=Smashing Pumpkins : Siamese Dream (Deluxe Edition)|url=https://www.treblezine.com/smashing-pumpkins-siamese-dream-deluxe-edition-review/|access-date=November 2, 2019|website=Treblezine))</ref>))
| length   = 6:39
| label    = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| writer   = [[Billy Corgan]] · [[James Iha]]
| producer = [[Butch Vig]] · Billy Corgan
| misc     = 
))
"'''Soma'''", originally called "Coma",<ref>Hunter, James. "The Pumpkins Won't Be Smashed", ''Musician Magazine''. July 1994.</ref> is a song by [[alternative rock]] band [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]. An extended [[power ballad]] with facets of [[psychedelic rock]], the track serves as the centerpiece of the band's second album [[Siamese Dream]].

==Overview==
The song-writing credits list [[James Iha]] and [[Billy Corgan]] as co-authors, but Corgan claims that Iha only wrote the chord structure for the beginning of the song, and that Corgan himself wrote the rest.<ref>''If All Goes Wrong''. Dir. Jack Guliek. Perf. Smashing Pumpkins. DVD. Coming Home Media, 2008.</ref> The song is said to have included up to 40 overdubbed guitar tracks.<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.punknews.org/review/10087/smashing-pumpkins-siamese-dream | title=Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993) | publisher=Punknews.org | date=March 25, 2011 | access-date=January 2, 2013))</ref> Corgan says the song "is based on the idea that a love relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security."<ref>van den Berg, Erik. "Smashing Pumpkins." Oor. June 10, 1993</ref> It was also acknowledged that song was inspired by Corgan's break-up with his ex-wife, Chris Fabian.<ref>Hanson (2004), p.88</ref><ref>Dimery, Robert and Michael Lydon (2010), p.706</ref> The song also contains references to a [[Hallucinogen|hallucinogenic drug]] which was featured in [[Aldous Huxley]]'s novel ''[[Brave New World]]''<ref>Lett, Jr. (2008), p.131</ref> and features a prominent piano figure by [[Mike Mills]] of [[R.E.M.]]<ref name="all"/><ref name="reisfeld">Reisfeld (1996), p.140</ref>

==Reception==
The song received rave reviews. Ned Raggett of [[AllMusic]] especially praised the song's [[guitar solo]], while spotting elements from [[gothic rock]] and [[psychedelic rock]].<ref name="all">((cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/soma-mt0010699901 | title=Smashing Pumpkins - Soma | publisher=AllMusic | access-date=January 2, 2013 | last=Raggett |first=Ned))</ref> The song was also likened to [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s "[[The Beautiful Ones]]".<ref name="all"/><ref>((cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16059-gish-deluxe-edition-siamese-dream-deluxe-edition/ | title=The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition] | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=November 28, 2011 | access-date=January 2, 2013 | last=Raggett |first=Ned))</ref> The critically acclaimed guitar solo was rated as the 24th in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "The 25 Coolest Guitar Solos" list.<ref>((cite web | website = Rolling Stone |  date=August 6, 2007| title=The 25 Coolest Guitar Solos | url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/the-25-coolest-guitar-solos-20070806 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120510032833/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/the-25-coolest-guitar-solos-20070806 | url-status= dead | archive-date= May 10, 2012 | access-date=August 12, 2006))</ref> The guitar solo was placed as 41st in [[NME]]'s "50 Greatest Guitar Solos" list.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/list/50-greatest-guitar-solos/255704/article/255718 | title=50 Greatest Guitar Solos - 41 - Smashing Pumpkins - 'Soma' | website=[[NME]] | access-date=January 2, 2013 | last=Coombs-Roberts |first=Kris))</ref>

==Tribute album cover==
American band [[Poison the Well (band)|Poison the Well]] covered the song for Reignition Records' 2005 tribute compilation ''[[The Killer in You: A Tribute to Smashing Pumpkins]]''. In his review of the album, their rendition was said to be "probably the best of the bunch" by [[AllMusic]]'s Greg Prato.<ref name="all"/>

==References==
((reflist))

===Sources===
*((cite book | title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die | publisher=Universe |last=Dimery |first=Robert |last2=Lydon |first2=Michael |name-list-style=amp | year=2010 | isbn=978-0789320742))
*((cite book | title=Smashing Pumpkins: Tales of a Scorched Earth | publisher=Helter Skelter Pub | last=Hanson |first=Amy | year=2004 | isbn=1900924684))
*((cite book | title=Phoenix Rising: The Rise and Fall of the American Republic | publisher=Phoenix Rising | last=Lett |first=Jr. |last2=G. |first2= Donald | year=2008 | isbn=978-1434364111))
*((cite book | title=This Is the Sound: The Best of Alternative Rock | publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] | last=Reisfeld |first=Randi | year=1996 | isbn=0689806701 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/thisissoundb00reis ))
*((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fbwSqJX26gC|title=Cool Kids Never Have the Time: The Music of the Smashing Pumpkins and Youth of the 1990s|last=Starkie|first=Zachary J.|others=The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. School of Music|year=2008|isbn=978-0549559931))

((Smashing Pumpkins))

[[Category:1993 songs]]
[[Category:The Smashing Pumpkins songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by James Iha]]
[[Category:Songs written by Billy Corgan]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Billy Corgan]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Butch Vig]]
[[Category:Psychedelic songs]]

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[[Category:Grunge songs]]

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