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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Black Hole Sun canonical	7
Black Hole Sun (Westworld cover)	1
Black Hole Sun (acoustic)	1
Black Hole Sun (instrumental 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 ⓘ

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Chris Cornell → notableWork → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

Soundgarden → notableSong → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

Fell on Black Days → chronologyInArtistSingles → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: follows "Black Hole Sun"

Westworld (TV series) score → notableTrack → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Hole Sun (Westworld cover)

Superunknown → hasPart → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

Superunknown → significantSong → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

Chris Cornell (self-titled compilation album) → hasTrack → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

subject surface form: Chris Cornell (album)

this entity surface form: Black Hole Sun (acoustic)

A-Sides → includesSong → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

Christopher John Boyle → notableSong → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

Westworld: Season 1 (Music from the HBO Series) → hasTrack → Black Hole Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Hole Sun (instrumental cover)

Rock Swings → hasTrack → Black Hole Sun ⓘ