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"Black Hole Sun" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Browse Community. [24] The song was included on VH1's countdown of the "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s" at number 25. Black Hole Sun is a terrific, unique song. Recorded live on August 18, 1993 at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Off. It appeared on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Airplay chart, reaching the top 30. The song spent a total of seven weeks at number one on the Mainstream Rock chart. Soundgarden's best known song. I got home and whistled it into a Dictaphone. "Black Hole Sun" would peak at number six on the Australian Singles Chart. 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(C) 1994 A&M Records#Soundgarden #BlackHoleSun #Remastered #Vevo [2] In an online chat, the band stated that the video "was entirely the director's idea", and added, "Our take on it was that at that point in making videos, we just wanted to pretend to play and not look that excited about it. F, d. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden. “Black Hole Sun grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the last page. Travel anywhere in No Man's Sky using black holes. We've been so lucky that we've never had to do that. The next day I brought it into the real world, assigning a couple of key changes in the verse to make the melodies more interesting. Black Hole Sun is a song by the American alternative rock band Soundgarden.It was the third single released from the album Superunknown (1994). Use the HTML below. The chorus lyric is kind of beautiful and easy to remember. 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