Flannel-wearing Gen Xers had already helped make Nirvana and Pearl Jam two of the biggest bands on the planet. Still, Soundgarden , Seattle's first grunge group to sign with a major record label, found themselves on the fringes of rock stardom. That would quickly change with the group's breakthrough hit "Black Hole Sun. It was a thought-provoking phrase, and it became that song.
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We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. The song nearly overwhelmed Michael Beinhorn. Each time he heard it, the feeling became more visceral than the last. So he asked him. The song is iridescent. Depending on your perspective, the colors change. It can be unsettling, uplifting, soothing, even scary.
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Written by frontman Chris Cornell , the song was released in as the third single from the band's fourth studio album Superunknown It is arguably the band's most recognizable and most popular song, and remains a well known song from the s. The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent a total of seven weeks at number one. Despite peaking at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Black Hole Sun" finished as the number-one track of for that listing. Worldwide, the single reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, France and Ireland. In , Cornell explained the song's origins to Uncut Magazine :. I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville , a minute drive from Seattle. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I heard 'blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah'.
