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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 1994 by A&M Records as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994).
Soundgarden's fourth studio album, 1994's Superunknown, proved to be the band's breakthrough album. Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. [45] The album launched several successful singles, including "Spoonman" and "Black Hole Sun", and brought the band international recognition.
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 ...
Soundgarden: "Black Hole Sun" The grunge band's 1994 signature song (from the album "Superunknown") has just the right surreal sound for an eclipse day. Pink Floyd: "Eclipse"
Soundgarden won two Grammy Awards in 1995—"Black Hole Sun" received the award for Best Hard Rock Performance and "Spoonman" received the award for Best Metal Performance. [20] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995. [50]
The result was a new crop of tunes that included the psychedelic “Black Hole Sun” and the slow but powerful “Fell on Black Days,” which propelled Superunknown into a sextuple platinum ...
"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".
"Black Hole Sun" † Chris Cornell ‡ Superunknown: 1994 [12] "Black Rain" † Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd: Telephantasm: 2010 [13] "Black Saturday" Chris Cornell ‡ King Animal: 2012 [14] "Bleed Together" † Chris Cornell ‡ "Burden in My Hand" 1996 [15] "Blind Dogs" Chris Cornell Kim Thayil: The Basketball Diaries: 1995 [16 ...