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"Spoonman" was performed in drop D tuning.The main riff was written in septuple meter, in 7 4 time. [7] [8] [9] The chorus is 44 and part of the spoon solo is in 3 4.The guitarist, Kim Thayil, has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident".
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]
Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release. Title Writer(s) Release Year Ref. "4th of July" Chris Cornell ‡ Superunknown: 1994 [1] "665" Chris Cornell Hiro Yamamoto: Ultramega OK: 1988 [2] "667" Chris Cornell Hiro Yamamoto: Ultramega OK: 1988 [3] "All Your Lies" Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto: Deep Six: 1986 [4 ...
Singles like “Outshined” and “Spoonman,” and a formative Lollapalooza stint in 1992, pushed the band to platinum sales, but Soundgarden broke up in 1997 before ever mellowing out or ...
UK release date; Debut album Mamouna: ... A Very Special Season: Diana Ross: Christmas 15 Ass, Gas, or Cash (No One Rides for Free) ... "Spoonman" – Soundgarden ...
Superunknown was Soundgarden's breakthrough album, earning the band international recognition. Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, [30] and eventually closed the year as the 13th best-selling album of 1994, with 2.5 million copies sold. [31]
They have since been engaged in legal action over the release of that music with Cornell’s widow, Vicky, although the parties settled their issues in April 2023.
In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number nine on their list of the 15 greatest Soundgarden songs, [7] and in 2021, Kerrang ranked the song number eight on their list of the 20 greatest Soundgarden songs. [8] "Rusty Cage" was part of the soundtrack of the 1994 bike racing game, Road Rash, [9] which received 3DO's 1994 "Soundtrack of the Year ...