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"Black Hole Sun" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell , the song was released in May 1994 by A&M Records as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994).
Soundgarden used alternate tunings and odd time signatures on several of the album's songs. "Spoonman", "Black Hole Sun", "Let Me Drown" and "Kickstand" were performed in drop D tuning while "Fell on Black Days" was performed in standard tuning. Some songs used more unorthodox tunings: "Superunknown" and "Fresh Tendrils" are in DGDGBe tuning ...
In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. Soundgarden has sold 14 million records in the US, [2] and an estimated 30 million worldwide. [3] Cornell announced Soundgarden's reunion on January 1, 2010, [4] The band's first studio album in 16 years, King Animal, was released on November 13, 2012. [5]
Soundgarden's debut full-length album Ultramega OK features cover versions of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning" and John Lennon's "Two Minutes Silence" (under the title "One Minute of Silence"). Soundgarden released a recording of The Beatles song " Come Together ", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , as a B-side to " Hands All Over ...
Considine criticized "Black Hole Sun" and "Half", stating that the former is "not a very good song", while the latter "is the virtual definition of a B-side." [ 51 ] Jon Pareles of The New York Times said that " Superunknown actually tries to broaden its audience by breaking heavy-metal genre barriers that Soundgarden used to accept."
"Fell on Black Days" reached the top 50 in the Netherlands and in Ireland it was a moderate top 20 success. In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number one on their list of the 15 greatest Soundgarden songs, [7] and in 2021, Kerrang! ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Soundgarden songs. [8]
[47] The music video for "Black Hole Sun" became a hit on MTV, and received the award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards, [48] and in 1995 the Clio Award for Alternative Music Video. [49] Soundgarden won two Grammy Awards in 1995—"Black Hole Sun" received the award for Best Hard Rock Performance and "Spoonman ...
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "The Day I Tried to Live" was released in April 1994 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994). The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number 25 on the Modern Rock ...