Guns N’ Rose, Metallica and others performed this track during a posthumous tribute to Chris in 2017.
The track’s music video, which was directed by Howard Greenhalgh, also proved to be a hit. For instance in 1994 it won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video. And “Black Hole Sun” also managed to be certified Gold in Australia. The entire band produced this song in conjunction with Michael Beinhorn. And it went on to become what many people consider to be Soundgarden’s signature tune. For instance, it took home a Grammy Award in 1995 in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance. Moreover it topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart and also was placed at number one on their year-end Alternative Songs chart for 1994. Outside of the US, it also charted in 15 other nations, including making an appearance on the UK Singles Chart and reaching number 1 in Iceland. The track was originally released, by A&M Records, as part of Soundgarden’s fourth-studio album, which is entitled “Superunknown”. It was the third single from that project and was officially dropped on. The song was also covered on an episode of. “Black Hole Sun” was written by Soundgarden’s lead singer, the late Chris Cornell (1964-2017). He conceptualized the tune while driving home from work one day after mishearing a news anchor utter the words “black hole sun”. Moreover, upon actually sitting down to write it, the song only took him approximately 15 minutes to pen. This was the second time this month that Soundgardens Black Hole Sun was on a singing competition show.
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