Beck has been covering the track from Prince's 1985 album, 'Around the World in a Day,' for a decade and he performed another soulful rendition last weekend.
Corgan and touring bandmate Sierra Swan delivered a straightforward take on the song last week backstage on Smashing Pumpkins' acoustic-electro tour, In Plainsong.
The Simpsons has visited just about every nook and cranny of pop culture in its near-30 years, though a long-abandoned episode concept saw the late Prince putting in a particularly meta appearance. Now, Simpsons boss Al Jean shares the tribute episode that might have been, as well what caused the revered artist to decline.
The pop icon was last seen the night before staff found him unresponsive in his Paisley Park compound early Thursday, according to authorities in Minnesota.