| "Burden in My Hand" | ||||
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| Single by Soundgarden | ||||
| from the album Down on the Upside | ||||
| B-side | "Karaoke" | |||
| Released | September 18, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | November 1995 – February 1996 | |||
| Length | 4:50 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chris Cornell | |||
| Producer(s) | Adam Kasper, Soundgarden | |||
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| "Burden in My Hand" on YouTube | ||||
"Burden in My Hand" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Burden in My Hand" was released on September 18, 1996, as the second single from the band's fifth studio album, Down on the Upside (1996). The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent five weeks at number one. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, A-Sides.