The Day I Tried to Live

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single song

"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.

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Label Occurrences
The Day I Tried to Live canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Superunknown ⓘ
artist Soundgarden ⓘ
chronology Soundgarden singles chronology ⓘ
composer Chris Cornell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre alternative rock ⓘ
grunge ⓘ
hasCoverVersion The Day I Tried to Live (Sevendust cover) ⓘ
hasCriticalReception generally positive ⓘ
hasGuitarStyle distorted ⓘ
riff-driven ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasLivePerformance Soundgarden live concerts ⓘ
hasLyricalMood dark ⓘ
hasLyricalTheme alienation ⓘ
existential struggle ⓘ
introspection ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle heavy ⓘ
hasMusicVideo The Day I Tried to Live music video ⓘ
hasTempo moderate ⓘ
hasTimeSignature irregular meter sections ⓘ
hasVocalStyle melodic ⓘ
powerful ⓘ
influencedByMovement 1990s Seattle grunge scene ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Superunknown era of Soundgarden ⓘ
isFromAlbum Superunknown ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Chris Cornell ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Matt Mahurin ⓘ
notableFor dynamic loud-quiet contrasts ⓘ
unconventional structure ⓘ
originallyReleasedAs album track on Superunknown ⓘ
partOf Superunknown ⓘ
performer Ben Shepherd ⓘ
Chris Cornell ⓘ
Kim Thayil ⓘ
Matt Cameron ⓘ
Soundgarden ⓘ
producer Michael Beinhorn ⓘ
Soundgarden ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1994 ⓘ
subsequentlyReleasedAs single ⓘ

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Black Hole Sun → precededBySingle → The Day I Tried to Live ⓘ
Superunknown → hasPart → The Day I Tried to Live ⓘ
Superunknown → significantSong → The Day I Tried to Live ⓘ
A-Sides → includesSong → The Day I Tried to Live ⓘ