"Stand Inside Your Love" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the official first single from their fifth album, Machina/The Machines of God (2000) and the first single released with Jimmy Chamberlin back in the band. "Stand Inside..." was written by Billy Corgan. The single contains one b-side, "Speed Kills", which appears in a shortened form on the vinyl and import CD versions of Machina, and in a heavier incarnation on the band's following album Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music.
While "The Everlasting Gaze" was the first taste of material from Machina, with a radio promotional single released, and a high-energy music video filmed with new band member Melissa Auf der Maur, "Stand Inside Your Love" was ultimately released as the first commercial single. "Stand Inside..." was initially conceived to be similar to the new wave style of the band's earlier hit "1979"; however, Corgan opted for what he considered, "the classic Pumpkins sound". Corgan, Billy. Interview. "Storytellers: Smashing Pumpkins". 2000-08-24.
The music video of "Stand Inside..." is a tribute to the play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. Band and Director Commentary. Greatest Hits Video Collection. Billy Corgan created the video's look together with English director W.I.Z. under the heavy influence of original Salomé illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Corgan's then-girlfriend Yelena Yemchuk played the main character in the video. Billy Corgan explained, "Well, 'Stand Inside Your Love' is one of those rare songs that seems to write itself really quickly... As far as the song goes, it's sort of a love song that rocks, which is pretty rare, even for me. And I even got my girlfriend dancing in the video, so it's all a tribute to my girlfriend, I guess." Corgan would also call it the only "true" love song he's ever written.
Sharon Osbourne cited her dislike for the music video, along with her conflicts with Corgan, as a motive for her departure from the band's management.
