Spoonman

"Spoonman"
Single by Soundgarden
from the album Superunknown
B-side"Cold Bitch"
ReleasedFebruary 14, 1994 (1994-02-14)
StudioBad Animals (Seattle, Washington)
Genre
Length4:06
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Chris Cornell
Producer(s)
Soundgarden singles chronology
"Rusty Cage"
(1992)
"Spoonman"
(1994)
"The Day I Tried to Live"
(1994)
Music video
"Spoonman" on YouTube

"Spoonman" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden, written by frontman, Chris Cornell, and released on February 14, 1994, as the first single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994). Credited as one of the songs that launched Soundgarden's career into the mainstream, the song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on the greatest hits album A-Sides and the 2010 compilation album Telephantasm, while remixed version by Steve Fisk appears on the "Black Hole Sun" and "My Wave" singles.