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"Say Hello 2 Heaven" is a song by the American rock band Temple of the Dog. Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, "Say Hello 2 Heaven" was released on June 18, 1991 as the second single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991). The song reached number five on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Hello Heaven," another song on the album, appeared on the soundtrack of the 1987 movie The Principal. Jungklas recorded a second album that was not released; Jungklas later released the album through his own website under the title Wrestle With Angels. [4] He then moved to RCA Records, where his album Work Songs for a New Moon was
"Say Hello 2 Heaven" and "Reach Down" were written by Cornell in direct response to Andrew Wood's death. [1] Lyrically, the rest of the songs on the album cover a variety of topics. Cornell stated that the lyrics for "Hunger Strike" express "somewhat of a political, socialist statement".
The band started rehearsing "Reach Down", "Say Hello 2 Heaven", and other songs that Cornell had written on tour prior to Wood's death, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard, Ament, and Cameron. [4]
Cornell appears on the Carlos Santana album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time, where he sings on the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love". [182] Cornell wrote the lyrics and shared vocals with Andrew Wood in the song "Island of Summer", which was recorded while they were living together in Seattle. [146]
The lyrics features romantic imagery and motifs that were previously used in Del Rey's other songs, such as red dress, heaven and dancing. [8] Jo Vito of Consequence [18] and Jonathan Cohen from Spin found "Say Yes to Heaven" to be distinct from the leak but thought the song maintains its overall tone. [19]
"Say Hello" was released in the United Kingdom and Europe on 3 September 1990, as Breathe's first single from the album Peace of Mind, and twelfth overall. It was not issued as a single in the United States by A&M Records, which had issued " Say A Prayer " the previous month as the album’s first single.
"Hunger Strike" was written by vocalist Chris Cornell.It features a duet between Cornell and vocalist Eddie Vedder.Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively."