Legend Felt Rock Song Was a Decent 4th Single At Best...Became His BIGGEST EVER | Professor Of Rock

When Soundgarden released Black Hole Sun, a surreal and sinister trip into the unknown… the song's sonic beauty resembled a psychedelic apocalypse. Authored by legendary Seattle musician Chris Cornell during a late-night drive, he quickly rushed home to capture this haunting melody. When he finished the song he completely underestimated it, calling it a decent third or fourth single. Little did he know this rock anthem was about to flip the musical zeitgeist upside-down and send Soundgarden past Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Alice in Chains in grunge’s next wave of the 90s... next we dig deep into the meaning of this dreamy soundscape… on Professor of Rock.

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It’s time for another edition of our series The New Standards. This show takes an in-depth look into songs that have become monumental touchstones in our culture and society, and have really set the bar in rock history. Today we are headed back to the summer of 1994 to relive the story of the biggest song by Seattle’s own Soundgarden... Black Hole Sun.

In 1991, Soundgarden was comprised of Chris Cornell on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Kim Thayil on lead guitar, Ben Shepherd on bass, and Matt Cameron on drums. Released on October 8th that same year, their third studio album Badmotorfinger dropped just in time for the so-called grunge phenomenon. Just over a month prior, Pearl Jam’s Ten hit the shelves on August 27 and then Nirvana’s Nevermind was released on September 24th. By January 1992, Smells Like Teen Spirit would climb to #6 on the Hot 100 and Nevermind would claim #1 on the US Billboard 200 Album charts.

1992 actually saw a number of Nirvana and Pearl Jam singles take the US Rock and Alternative charts by storm. In addition to Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, In Bloom, Even Flow, and Jeremy all reached the Top 10. Later that year in September, Alice in Chains issued their multi-platinum smash Dirt, and singles Rooster and Down in a Hole would break the Top 10 in 1993. Other grunge-labeled outfits outside the Seattle scene skyrocketed as well.

But Soundgarden, who had been at it the longest, would actually be the last of the Seattle Four to achieve commercial dominance... Badmotorfinger turned in a comparatively disappointing #39 Album chart ranking, and its biggest single ‘Outshined’ stalled #45 spot on the Mainstream Rock Charts.
And yet the guys from Soundgarden knew they were on the precipice of a life-altering moment. With the worldwide explosion of grunge in 92 and 93, it was almost a sure-fire guarantee that listeners would line up to hear Soundgarden’s next record.

So, of course the band got back to work. And by the summer of 1993, Soundgarden entered the studio to record their fourth studio album, Superunknown. Said drummer Matt Cameron, “there was a little more anticipation from the record company to try and up the ante. Creatively, we were peaking. All pistons were firing — we were writing really cool music, and we were playing really good together. We wanted to be prepared, and rehearsed a lot.”