| "Big Empty" | ||||
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| Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||||
| from the album The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Purple | ||||
| B-side | "Lounge Fly" | |||
| Released | May 22, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant | |||
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| Length | 4:55 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Composer(s) | Dean DeLeo | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Scott Weiland | |||
| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |||
| Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology | ||||
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"Big Empty" is a song by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots that first appeared in 1994 on the soundtrack of the film The Crow. The band later included the song on its second album, Purple, and released it as the lead single from that album. The song reached No. 3 and No. 7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, respectively. The song won an MTV Movie Award for best song featured in a movie in 1995.[3]
Musically, the song has a similar format to the band's previous single "Creep", beginning with a slow, soft acoustic verse that leads into a loud and distorted chorus with a heavy guitar similar to "Plush".[citation needed] "Big Empty" appears on the greatest hits compilation albums Thank You and Buy This.
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- ^ Childers, Chad. "25 Years Ago: Stone Temple Pilots Release 'Purple' Album". Loudwire. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ "1995 Movie Awards | Past Movie Awards | Awards Show Highlights and Winners | MTV". www.mtv.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.