The music video received heavy airplay on MTV and won several awards. Corgan remarked that "I don'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 , Best Special Effects in a Video , Best Art Direction in a Video and Best Cinematography in a Video . "Tonight, Tonight" was nominated for Best Editing in a Video 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.