Spoonman

"Spoonman"
Single by Soundgarden
from the album Superunknown
B-side"Cold Bitch"
ReleasedFebruary 14, 1994 (1994-02-14)[1]
StudioBad Animals, Seattle, Washington
Genre
Length4:06
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Chris Cornell
Producer(s)
Soundgarden singles chronology
"Rusty Cage"
(1992)
"Spoonman"
(1994)
"The Day I Tried to Live"
(1994)
Music video
"Spoonman" on YouTube

"Spoonman" is a song by the American band Soundgarden. Written by the band's frontman, Chris Cornell, "Spoonman" was released on February 14, 1994, as the first single from the band's fourth studio album Superunknown (1994). "Spoonman" is credited as one of the songs that launched Soundgarden's career into the mainstream. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. A remixed version of the song by Steve Fisk appears on the "Black Hole Sun" and "My Wave" singles. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album A-Sides and the 2010 compilation album Telephantasm.

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  3. ^ "Soundgarden's Chris Cornell Announces Reunion". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "May 18 The Spoons Are Shifting: Changing Meter in Soundgarden's "Spoonman"". May 18, 2017.