"Spoonman" | ||||
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Single by Soundgarden | ||||
from the album Superunknown | ||||
B-side | "Cold Bitch" | |||
Released | February 14, 1994[1] | |||
Studio | Bad Animals, Seattle, Washington | |||
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Length | 4:06 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chris Cornell | |||
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Soundgarden singles chronology | ||||
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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.