<P> "Black Hole Sun" was written by frontman Chris Cornell . Cornell said that he wrote the song in about 15 minutes . He used a Gretsch guitar to write the song, and commented, "I wrote the song thinking the band wouldn't like it--then it became the biggest hit of the summer ." Cornell came up with the song while using a Leslie speaker . Guitarist Kim Thayil said that the Leslie speaker was perfect for the song as "it's very Beatlesque and has a distinctive sound . It ended up changing the song completely ." Thayil said that the song "wasn't safe as milk, but it wasn't glass in someone's eye either . It was the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down . Now it's the' Dream On' of our set ." The song was performed in drop D tuning . Drummer Matt Cameron called the song "a huge departure". Credit is due to Michael Beinhorn and Brendan O'Brien, producer and recording engineer, respectively . </P> <P> Appearing on The Pods & Sods Network in July 2017, Michael Beinhorn detailed the process of recording Soundgarden's 1994 album Superunknown . And he shares his reaction to first hearing Black Hole Sun during that time, "I think for the rest of my entire life, until I draw my last breath, I'll never ever forgot how I felt when they started playing that song . From the very first few notes, I felt like I'd been hit by a thunderbolt . I was just absolutely stunned . What in the world is this? I get goosebumps thinking about it now ." </P> <P> Regarding "Black Hole Sun", Cornell stated, "It's just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play - with - the - title kind of song ." He also said that "lyrically it's probably the closest to me just playing with words for words' sake, of anything I've written . I guess it worked for a lot of people who heard it, but I have no idea how you'd begin to take that one literally ." In another interview he elaborated further, stating, "It's funny because hits are usually sort of congruent, sort of an identifiable lyric idea, and that song pretty much had none . The chorus lyric is kind of beautiful and easy to remember . Other than that, I sure didn't have an understanding of it after I wrote it . I was just sucked in by the music and I was painting a picture with the lyrics . There was no real idea to get across ." Commenting upon how the song was misinterpreted as being positive, Cornell said, "No one seems to get this, but' Black Hole Sun' is sad . But because the melody is really pretty, everyone thinks it's almost chipper, which is ridiculous ." When asked about the line, "Times are gone for honest men", Cornell said: </P> <P> It's really difficult for a person to create their own life and their own freedom . It's going to become more and more difficult, and it's going to create more and more disillusioned people who become dishonest and angry and are willing to fuck the next guy to get what they want . There's so much stepping on the backs of other people in our profession . We've been so lucky that we've never had to do that . Part of it was because of our own tenacity, and part of it was because we were lucky . </P>

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