Hunger Strike

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"Hunger Strike" is a 1991 grunge rock song performed by Temple of the Dog, featuring a duet between Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder that became one of the era’s defining alternative rock tracks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Temple of the Dog
artist Temple of the Dog
associatedBand Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
chartPerformance Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1
surface form: US Mainstream Rock Top 10

US Modern Rock Tracks Top 10
coLeadVocalsBy Eddie Vedder
composer Chris Cornell
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1990s
era early 1990s grunge movement
featuresDuet Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder
followsInTracklist Say Hello 2 Heaven
format 7-inch single
CD single
genre alternative rock
grunge
hasMusician Jeff Ament
Matt Cameron
Mike McCready
Stone Gossard
includedOnCompilation various grunge-era retrospectives
language English
leadVocalsBy Chris Cornell
length 4:06
liveStapleFor Chris Cornell
Pearl Jam
lyricist Chris Cornell
musicVideoDirector Paul Rachman
notableFor being Temple of the Dog’s best-known song
duet between Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder
performer Temple of the Dog
precedesInTracklist Pushin Forward Back
producer Rick Parashar
Temple of the Dog
recordedAtStudio London Bridge Studio
recordedIn Seattle
recordLabel A&M Records
releaseDate 1991-04-16
singleReleaseYear 1992
theme hunger
poverty
social justice
tributeContext written in context of tribute to Andrew Wood
vocalist Chris Cornell
Eddie Vedder
writer Chris Cornell

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Temple of the Dog notableSong Hunger Strike
Chris Cornell notableWork Hunger Strike