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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.
All of the lyrics on the album were written solely by Cornell, and he also wrote the music for all but three of the songs. "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.
Wood died on March 19, 1990, of a heroin overdose. [2] As he went on to tour Europe a few days later, he started writing songs in tribute to his late friend. [1] The result was two songs, "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven", which he recorded as soon as he returned home from touring. [1]
Andrew Patrick Wood (January 8, 1966 – March 19, 1990) was an American musician who was the lead singer and lyricist for the alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. He formed Malfunkshun in 1980 with his older brother Kevin Wood on guitar and Regan Hagar on drums.
The album is a tribute to their mutual friend, and Cornell's former roommate, [146] Andrew Wood. Wood, the former lead singer of Mother Love Bone , had died of a heroin overdose the year before. Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Mother Love Bone teamed up with Mike McCready , new vocalist Eddie Vedder , and drummer Dave Krusen in 1990, forming ...
Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990. Frontman Andrew Wood's charisma and songwriting helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning Seattle music scene at the time.
But don’t expect him to say much on the topic — ever. Walken was one of the three people on Wood and Wagner’s boat, the Splendour, when she was found dead, floating in the water off ...
"Far Behind" is one of a few hit 1990s singles written in tribute to the late singer Andrew Wood.In a 1994 interview with Playgirl, Candlebox frontman Kevin Martin stated that it was inspired by two friends who overdosed on heroin and "represents the loss of love between friends and having to be left with the feeling of emptiness."