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"Room a Thousand Years Wide" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Featuring lyrics written by guitarist Kim Thayil and music written by drummer Matt Cameron, the song was released as a single in 1990 by Sub Pop. A re-recorded version later appeared on their third album, Badmotorfinger (1991).
Thayil wrote the lyrics for "Room a Thousand Years Wide", and said the song is about "experience in general". [17] "Holy Water" was written about people who force their beliefs onto others. [12] "New Damage" subtly criticizes the right-wing government of the United States. [25]
Featuring songs that span 23 years of the band's career, it was released on September 28, 2010, through A&M Records. The album was certified platinum by RIAA after its first day of retail availability based on the one million discs that were included in packages for the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock .
"Room a Thousand Years Wide" [j] † Kim Thayil Matt Cameron "Room a Thousand Years Wide" 1990 [96] "Rowing" Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd: King Animal: 2012 [97] "Rusty Cage" † Chris Cornell ‡ Badmotorfinger: 1991 [98] "Searching with My Good Eye Closed" Chris Cornell ‡ Badmotorfinger: 1991 [99] "She Likes Surprises" Chris Cornell ...
Also, the 1990 Sub Pop single "Room a Thousand Years Wide" does not appear on A-Sides, nor the 1994 single "My Wave" from Superunknown. The album was released in 1997 on A&M Records and was Soundgarden's last official release for 13 years, until 2010's Telephantasm. It debuted at number 63 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
"Room a Thousand Years Wide" (Matt Cameron, Thayil) – 4:06 Originally from Badmotorfinger. "Somewhere" (Ben Shepherd) – 4:21 Originally from Badmotorfinger. Tracks 1–3 recorded on December 5, 1996 at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, California
Each year when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's, people around the world sing one song in unison. "Auld Lang Syne" has long been a hit at New Year's parties in the U.S. as people join ...
Commenting on the album's lyrics, Thayil said that "a lot of Superunknown seems to me to be about life, not death. Maybe not affirming it, but rejoicing—like the Druids [put it]: 'Life is good, but death's gonna be even better!" [21] Cameron said that the lyrics on the album are "a big fuck-you to the world, a plea to 'leave us alone ' ". [22]