Here, EW is republishing the piece in honor of Cornell,who died Wednesday at age 52.
Read on for the spoon-smacking, limo-wrecking secrets behind the now-classic album.
When the song became a reality, we got Artis to actually play spoons on the song.
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Black Hole Sun
I had misheard a news anchor; I thought he said black hole sun.
I didnt think of it tempo-wise or lyrically as a hit.
It sort of wrote itself in the end.
Its a real live-and-let-live sort of attitude: Do whatever you want, just dont bother me with it.
Let Me Drown
Every time we make an album, Ill be thinking about live shows.
Thats where Let Me Drown came from.
We needed an upper-midtempo, riff-based rock song, because that would be fun.
Its as simple as that.
Limo Wreck
Some songs onSuperunknowndefined Soundgarden as a band.
