Room a Thousand Years Wide
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| Single by Soundgarden | ||||||||||
| B-side | "HIV Baby" | |||||||||
| Released | 1990 | |||||||||
| Format | Vinyl | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1990 (single version) March–April 1991 (Badmotorfinger version) |
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| Genre | Grunge | |||||||||
| Length | 4:06 | |||||||||
| Label | Sub Pop (single version) A&M (Badmotorfinger version) |
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| Writer(s) | Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil | |||||||||
| Producer | Stuart Hallerman (single version) Terry Date, Soundgarden (Badmotorfinger version) |
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"Room a Thousand Years Wide" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Featuring lyrics written by guitarist Kim Thayil and music written by drummer Matt Cameron, "Room a Thousand Years Wide" was released as a single in 1990 through Sub Pop. A re-recorded version later appeared on the band's third studio album, Badmotorfinger (1991).
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[edit] Origin and recording
"Room a Thousand Years Wide" is one of the few Soundgarden songs written without any input from frontman Chris Cornell. The song features lyrics written by guitarist Kim Thayil and music written by drummer Matt Cameron. It was also the first Soundgarden song to be recorded and released with bassist Ben Shepherd. The re-recorded version of the song featured on Badmotorfinger includes the addition of a horn section featuring Scott Granlund (saxophone) and Ernst Long (trumpet).
[edit] Lyrics
Thayil on "Room a Thousand Years Wide":
I really liked the music to the song and it needed words, and since no one else pursued it, I decided to. It's not really about things that have actually happened to me. It's more about experience in general. I've heard a lot of good ideas from people telling me what it's about. They said it's about God, Satan, Jesus, Satan, both, it's religious, it isn't religious...The truth is, it's just me.[1]
[edit] Release and reception
"Room a Thousand Years Wide" was released as a single in 1990 with a previously unreleased B-side titled "HIV Baby". It was released as a 7" through Sub Pop's Single of the Month club a full year before the release of Badmotorfinger.
[edit] Live performances
A performance of "Room a Thousand Years Wide" can be found on the Motorvision home video release.
[edit] Track listing
- "Room a Thousand Years Wide" (Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil) – 4:06
- "HIV Baby" (Ben Shepherd, Chris Cornell) – 4:58
[edit] References
- ^ Nicholson, Kris. "Angry Young Men". The Music Paper. February 1992.
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