<P> Cornell on "Spoonman": </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> It's more about the paradox of who (Artis) is and what people perceive him as . He's a street musician, but when he's playing on the street, he is given a value and judged completely wrong by someone else . They think he's a street person, or he's doing this because he can't hold down a regular job . They put him a few pegs down on the social ladder because of how they perceive someone who dresses differently . The lyrics express the sentiment that I much more easily identify with someone like Artis than I would watch him play . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> It's more about the paradox of who (Artis) is and what people perceive him as . He's a street musician, but when he's playing on the street, he is given a value and judged completely wrong by someone else . They think he's a street person, or he's doing this because he can't hold down a regular job . They put him a few pegs down on the social ladder because of how they perceive someone who dresses differently . The lyrics express the sentiment that I much more easily identify with someone like Artis than I would watch him play . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> The band would play "Spoonman" while on its 1993 tour with Neil Young . With hype building around the band's upcoming album Superunknown, Soundgarden released the single a month before the album's release . The song was released as a single in 1994 with a previously unreleased B - side titled "Exit Stonehenge". On the choice of "Spoonman" as the album's first single, Shepherd called it a "great first choice," adding that "it just jumps out at you instantly ." Shepherd said, "You know how you listen to a record and there is one song that literally seems to leap out of the speakers--well, "Spoonman" did that to me ." Shortly after the single's release, the song became widely popular, reaching high positions on rock charts . The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart . At the 1995 Grammy Awards, "Spoonman" received the award for Best Metal Performance . </P>

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