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HUNGER STRIKE - TEMPLE OF A DOG - EDDY VEDER OF PEARL JAM CHRIS CORNELL OF SOUND GARDEN
HUNGER STRIKE - TEMPLE OF A DOG - EDDY VEDER OF PEARL JAM CHRIS CORNELL OF SOUND GARDEN
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/temple-of-the-dog/hunger-strike
[Verse 1: Chris Cornell]
I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled, yeah
But it's on the table, the fire's cookin'
And they're farmin' babies, while the slaves are all workin'
Blood is on the table and the mouths are all chokin'
But I'm goin' hungry, yeah
[Verse 2: Eddie Vedder]
I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths (REPEAT)^
"Hunger Strike" was the last song recorded for the album; Chris Cornell wrote it because they had only nine tracks and he has
Single by Temple of the Dog
from the album Temple of the Dog
B-side "Your Saviour" / "All Night Thing"
Released 1991
Studio London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre Grunge[1]
Length 4:03
Label A&M
"Hunger Strike" is a song Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, released in 1991 as the first single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991). It was the band's most successful song, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_Strike_(song)
Origin and recording
"Hunger Strike" was written by vocalist Chris Cornell. It features a duet between Cornell and vocalist Eddie Vedder. Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just INSTINCTIVELY (GOD)."[2] "Hunger Strike" became Temple of the Dog's breakout single; it was also Vedder's first featured vocal on a record.[3]
Cornell on the song:
When we started rehearsing the songs, I had pulled out "Hunger Strike" and I had this feeling it was just kind of gonna be filler, it didn't feel like a real song. Eddie was sitting there kind of waiting for a (Mookie Blaylock) rehearsal and I was singing parts, and he kind of humbly—but with some balls—walked up to the mic and started singing the low parts for me because he saw it was kind of hard. We got through a couple choruses of him doing that and suddenly the light bulb came on in my head, this guy's voice is amazing for these low parts. History wrote itself after that, that became the single.
Guitarist Mike McCready on the song:
I remember thinking that this was a really beautiful song when I heard it. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) showed me the riff. I had a '62 reissue Strat and I wanted to use the fourth-position tone setting—between the bridge and middle pickups—for the beginning of the song because I like that softer sound. Then I kicked it to the front pickup for the heavier part of the song. This is one of many amazing songs written by Chris.[5]
Eddie Vedder on the song:
It was during that same week that I was up there [Seattle w Pearl Jam]. to watch these songs, and watch how Chris [Cornell] was working, and watch Matt [Cameron] play drums. It got to "Hunger Strik— I was sitting in the corner, putting duct tape on a little African drum. About two-thirds of the way through, he was having to cut off the one line, and start the other. I'm not now, and certainly wasn't then, self-assured or cocky, but I could hear what he was trying to do, so I walked up to the mic — which I'm really surprised I did — and sang the other part, "Going hungry, going hungry." The next time I was up, he asked if I'd record it — so it was just me and Chris in the same studio that we made [1991's] Ten record. I really like hearing that song. I feel like I could be real proud of it — because one, I didn't write it, and two, it was such a nice way to be ushered onto vinyl for the first time. I'm indebted to Chris time eternal for being invited onto that track.That was the first time I heard myself on a real record. It could be one of my favorite songs that I’ve ever been on or the MOST MEANINGFUL.
In the summer of 1992, the album received new attention. Although it had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album's release with their respective albums, Badmotorfinger and Ten. A&M decided to reissue the album and promote "Hunger Strike" as a single. "Hunger Strike" became the most successful song from Temple of the Dog on the American rock charts. The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number seven on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Jim Guerinot, A&M's senior VP of marketing at the time, said, "I don't think that anyone would have paid attention if 'Hunger Strike' wasn't a great song."Outside the United States, the single was released in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. WHY SO FEW?
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