Black Hole Sun

E29502
single song

"Black Hole Sun" is a 1994 grunge rock song by Soundgarden, written by Chris Cornell, known for its haunting melody, surreal lyrics, and iconic music video.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Black Hole Sun (Westworld cover) 1
follows "Black Hole Sun" 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumBy Soundgarden ⓘ
artist Soundgarden ⓘ
associatedMovement 1990s grunge movement ⓘ
awardReceived MTV Video Music Award ⓘ
surface form: MTV Video Music Award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

MTV Video Music Award ⓘ
surface form: MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video
chartPositionUKSingles 12 ⓘ
chartPositionUSAlternativeSongs 2 ⓘ
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock 1 ⓘ
composer Chris Cornell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1990s ⓘ
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
followedBySingle My Wave ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
grunge ⓘ
hasGuitarSoloBy Kim Thayil ⓘ
hasKey G major ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasTheme apocalyptic imagery ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
includedIn Soundgarden ⓘ
surface form: Soundgarden live setlists
isSignatureSongOf Soundgarden ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 5:18 ⓘ
lyricist Chris Cornell ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Howard Greenhalgh ⓘ
notableFor haunting melody ⓘ
iconic music video ⓘ
surreal lyrics ⓘ
partOfAlbum Superunknown ⓘ
performer Soundgarden ⓘ
precededBySingle The Day I Tried to Live ⓘ
producer Michael Beinhorn ⓘ
Soundgarden ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1993 ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1994-05-00 ⓘ
releaseYear 1994 ⓘ
singleFromAlbum Superunknown ⓘ
tempo slow-to-mid tempo rock ballad ⓘ
vocalPerformanceBy Chris Cornell ⓘ
writer Chris Cornell ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: follows "Black Hole Sun"
Soundgarden → notableSong → Black Hole Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Hole Sun (Westworld cover)
Chris Cornell → notableWork → Black Hole Sun ⓘ