"Rocket" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the fourth and final single from their second album, Siamese Dream, and was written by Billy Corgan. The CD single is a valuable rarity to fans of the band as it only saw a release in Australia. Corgan once commented, When the band released their greatest hits album Rotten Apples in 2001, Rocket was one of the four singles that did not make the cut in neither the US version nor the International version.
"Rocket" is a song recorded by British hard rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria. It was the sixth (seventh in the US) and final single release, coming out in January 1989 and hitting the Top 15 in the US and UK.
The song was considered one of the most experimental for hard rock at the time. Most notably, producer Mutt Lange used backmasking effects to feature the line "We're fighting with the gods of war" (from "Gods of War", also on Hysteria) sung backwards throughout the track. This sample was omitted from the single version of the song. The word "Bites" (from "Love Bites") is also used as a sonic effect midway throughout the song, in order to replicate the sounds of a rocket launch through musical samples. "Rocket" also features a distinctive drum loop and monk-like chants that are actually guitar sounds.
In its single release, "Rocket" was heavily edited from its original length of 6:43 for radio airplay, but would omit many of the portions that greatly distinguished the track from the rest of the album. However, it is the album version that is performed during concerts.
It was used by professional wrestler Flyin' Brian Pillman as his theme music, when he came to NWA/WCW in 1989.
Most Def Leppard hits compilations use the edited version of the song.
El Presidente's First release was a Limited (1000 Copies) Red 10" vinyl release. The B-side was Rocket-Beef Music Mix. The Video For The song, directed by Jonas Odell, cost around £20,000 to produce.
Not much is known about when the song was recorded or who plays on it apart from from Liam Nugent is credited as backing vocals, and Ross Galloway is credited as Synth's.
The music video of the song is one of those available on the PlayStation Portable demo disc.
The song was used on football programmes on sky sports in the background when the matches that were being shown that week were said.
