List of songs recorded by Soundgarden

A list of songs recorded by American rock band Soundgarden.

Left to right: Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell and Ben Shepherd.

List

All members of Soundgarden contributed to songwriting, including singer Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil (top), bassist Ben Shepherd (middle) and drummer Matt Cameron (bottom).

Soundgarden's debut full-length album Ultramega OK features cover versions of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning" and John Lennon's "Two Minutes Silence" (under the title "One Minute of Silence").

Soundgarden released a recording of The Beatles song "Come Together", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, as a B-side to "Hands All Over" in 1990.

Key

†	Indicates song released as a single
‡	Indicates song written solely by Cornell

Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release.

Title	Writer(s)	Release	Year	Ref.
"4th of July"	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[1]
"665"	Chris Cornell Hiro Yamamoto	Ultramega OK	1988	[2]
"667"	Chris Cornell Hiro Yamamoto	Ultramega OK	1988	[3]
"All Your Lies"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto	Deep Six	1986	[4]
"An Unkind"	Ben Shepherd	Down on the Upside	1996	[5]
"Applebite"	Chris Cornell Matt Cameron	Down on the Upside	1996	[6]
"Attrition"	Ben Shepherd	King Animal	2012	[7]
"Been Away Too Long" †	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	King Animal	2012	[8]
"Beyond the Wheel"	Chris Cornell ‡	Ultramega OK	1988	[9]
"Big Dumb Sex"	Chris Cornell ‡	Louder Than Love	1989	[10]
"Birth Ritual"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Matt Cameron	Singles	1992	[11]
"Black Hole Sun" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[12]
"Black Rain" †	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd	Telephantasm	2010	[13]
"Black Saturday"	Chris Cornell ‡	King Animal	2012	[14]
"Bleed Together" †	Chris Cornell ‡	"Burden in My Hand"	1996	[15]
"Blind Dogs"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	The Basketball Diaries	1995	[16]
"Blood on the Valley Floor"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	King Animal	2012	[17]
"Blow Up the Outside World" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Down on the Upside	1996	[18]
"Bones of Birds"	Chris Cornell ‡	King Animal	2012	[19]
"Boot Camp"	Chris Cornell ‡	Down on the Upside	1996	[20]
"Burden in My Hand" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Down on the Upside	1996	[21]
"By Crooked Steps" †	Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd Matt Cameron	King Animal	2012	[22]
"Circle of Power"	Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto	Ultramega OK	1988	[23]
"Cold Bitch"	Chris Cornell ‡	"Outshined"	1991	[24]
"Come Together"[a][b]	John Lennon Paul McCartney	"Hands All Over"	1989	[25]
"The Day I Tried to Live" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[28]
"Drawing Flies"	Chris Cornell Matt Cameron	Badmotorfinger	1991	[29]
"Dusty"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	Down on the Upside	1996	[30]
"Entering"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Screaming Life	1987	[31]
"Exit Stonehenge"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd Matt Cameron	"Spoonman"	1994	[32]
"Eyelid's Mouth"	Chris Cornell Matt Cameron	King Animal	2012	[33]
"Face Pollution"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	Badmotorfinger	1991	[34]
"Fell on Black Days" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[35]
"Flower" †	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Ultramega OK	1988	[36]
"Fopp"[c]	Billy Beck Leroy Bonner Marshall Jones Ralph Middlebrooks Mervin Pierce Clarence Satchell James Williams	Fopp	1988	[37]
"Fresh Deadly Roses"[b]	Chris Cornell ‡	"Loud Love"	1989	[38]
"Fresh Tendrils"	Chris Cornell Matt Cameron	Superunknown	1994	[39]
"Full On (Reprise)"	Chris Cornell ‡	Louder Than Love	1989	[40]
"Full on Kevin's Mom"	Chris Cornell ‡	Louder Than Love	1989	[41]
"Get on the Snake"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Louder Than Love	1989	[42]
"Girl U Want"[d][e]	Mark Mothersbaugh Gerald Casale	"Outshined"	1991	[43]
"Gun"	Chris Cornell ‡	Louder Than Love	1989	[45]
"H.I.V. Baby"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd	"Room a Thousand Years Wide"	1990	[46]
"Half"	Ben Shepherd	Superunknown	1994	[47]
"Halfway There" †	Chris Cornell ‡	King Animal	2012	[48]
"Hand of God"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Screaming Life	1987	[49]
"Hands All Over" †	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Louder Than Love	1989	[50]
"He Didn't"	Chris Cornell Matt Cameron	Ultramega OK	1988	[51]
"Head Down"	Ben Shepherd	Superunknown	1994	[52]
"Head Injury"	Chris Cornell ‡	Ultramega OK	1988	[53]
"Heretic"[b]	Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto	Deep Six	1986	[54]
"Holy Water"	Chris Cornell ‡	Badmotorfinger	1991	[55]
"Hunted Down" †	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Screaming Life	1987	[56]
"I Awake"	Hiro Yamamoto	Louder Than Love	1989	[57]
"Incessant Mace"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Ultramega OK	1988	[58]
"Into the Void (Sealth)"[f][e]	Tony Iommi Ozzy Osbourne Geezer Butler Bill Ward	"Jesus Christ Pose"	1991	[59]
"Jerry Garcia's Finger"	Chris Cornell ‡	Songs from the Superunknown	1995	[60]
"Jesus Christ Pose" †	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd Matt Cameron	Badmotorfinger	1991	[61]
"Karaoke"	Chris Cornell ‡	"Burden in My Hand"	1996	[62]
"Kickstand"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Superunknown	1994	[63]
"Kingdom of Come"	Chris Cornell ‡	Fopp	1988	[64]
"Kristi"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path	2014	[65]
"Kyle Petty, Son of Richard"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	"Fell on Black Days"	1994	[66]
"Let Me Drown"	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[67]
"Like Suicide"	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[68]
"Limo Wreck"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Matt Cameron	Superunknown	1994	[69]
"Little Joe"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Screaming Life	1987	[70]
"Live to Rise" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Avengers Assemble	2012	[71]
"Loud Love" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Louder Than Love	1989	[72]
"Mailman"	Chris Cornell Matt Cameron	Superunknown	1994	[73]
"Mind Riot"	Chris Cornell ‡	Badmotorfinger	1991	[74]
"Mood for Trouble"	Chris Cornell ‡	Ultramega OK	1988	[75]
"Motorcycle Loop"[g]	Kim Thayil	"Fell on Black Days"	1994	[77]
"My Wave"[h] †	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Superunknown	1994	[79]
"Nazi Driver"	Chris Cornell Hiro Yamamoto	Ultramega OK	1988	[80]
"Never Named"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	Down on the Upside	1996	[81]
"Never the Machine Forever"	Kim Thayil	Down on the Upside	1996	[82]
"New Damage"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Matt Cameron	Badmotorfinger	1991	[83]
"Night Surf"	Ben Shepherd	Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path	2014	[84]
"No Attention"	Chris Cornell ‡	Down on the Upside	1996	[85]
"No Wrong, No Right"	Chris Cornell Hiro Yamamoto	Louder Than Love	1989	[86]
"Non-State Actor"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd	King Animal	2012	[87]
"Nothing to Say"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto Matt Cameron	Screaming Life	1987	[88]
"One Minute of Silence"[i]	John Lennon	Ultramega OK	1988	[90]
"Outshined" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Badmotorfinger	1991	[91]
"Overfloater"	Chris Cornell ‡	Down on the Upside	1996	[92]
"Power Trip"	Chris Cornell Hiro Yamamoto	Louder Than Love	1989	[93]
"Pretty Noose" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Down on the Upside	1996	[94]
"Rhinosaur" †	Chris Cornell Matt Cameron	Down on the Upside	1996	[95]
"Room a Thousand Years Wide"[j] †	Kim Thayil Matt Cameron	"Room a Thousand Years Wide"	1990	[96]
"Rowing"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	King Animal	2012	[97]
"Rusty Cage" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Badmotorfinger	1991	[98]
"Searching with My Good Eye Closed"	Chris Cornell ‡	Badmotorfinger	1991	[99]
"She Likes Surprises"	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[100]
"She's a Politician"[e]	Chris Cornell ‡	Split with Rights of the Accused	1991	[101]
"Show Me"	Ben Shepherd	"Outshined"	1991	[102]
"Slaves & Bulldozers"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	Badmotorfinger	1991	[103]
"Smokestack Lightning"[k]	Chester Burnett	Ultramega OK	1988	[105]
"Somewhere"	Ben Shepherd	Badmotorfinger	1991	[106]
"A Splice of Space Jam"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Ben Shepherd Matt Cameron	"Blow Up the Outside World"	1996	[107]
"Spoonman" †	Chris Cornell ‡	Superunknown	1994	[108]
"Storm"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path	2014	[109]
"Stray Cat Blues"[l][e]	Mick Jagger Keith Richards	"Jesus Christ Pose"	1991	[110]
"Sub Pop Rock City"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto Matt Cameron	Sub Pop 200	1988	[111]
"Superunknown"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	Superunknown	1994	[112]
"Swallow My Pride"[m]	Mark Arm Steve Turner	Fopp	1988	[113]
"Switch Opens"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	Down on the Upside	1996	[114]
"Taree"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	King Animal	2012	[115]
"Tears to Forget"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto	Deep Six	1986	[116]
"The Telephantasm" †	Kim Thayil	Telephantasm	2010	[117]
"A Thousand Days Before"	Chris Cornell Kim Thayil	King Animal	2012	[118]
"Tighter & Tighter"	Chris Cornell ‡	Down on the Upside	1996	[119]
"Touch Me"[n]	Mike Hurst Ray Fenwick	"Rusty Cage"	1992	[120]
"Toy Box"	Kim Thayil Hiro Yamamoto	"Flower"	1989	[121]
"Twin Tower"	Matt Cameron	Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path	2014	[122]
"Ty Cobb" †	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	Down on the Upside	1996	[123]
"Ugly Truth"	Chris Cornell ‡	Louder Than Love	1989	[124]
"Uncovered"	Chris Cornell ‡	Louder Than Love	1989	[125]
"Worse Dreams"	Chris Cornell ‡	King Animal	2012	[126]
"Zero Chance"	Chris Cornell Ben Shepherd	Down on the Upside	1996	[127]

Notes

1. "Come Together" and "Drive My Car" were originally recorded by The Beatles.^[25][26]
2. "Come Together", "Fresh Deadly Roses" and "Heretic" were also later released on the 1990 EP Loudest Love.^[27]
3. "Fopp" was originally recorded by Ohio Players.^[37]
4. "Girl U Want" was originally recorded by Devo.^[43]
5. "Girl U Want", "Into the Void (Sealth)", "She's a Politician" and "Stray Cat Blues" were later also released on the bonus disc of the 1992 reissue of Badmotorfinger entitled Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas (SOMMS).^[44]
6. "Into the Void" was originally recorded by Black Sabbath.^[59]
7. "Motorcycle Loop" is also known as "Ghostmotorfinger".^[76]
8. "My Wave" is also known as "Keep It Off My Wave".^[78]
9. "One Minute of Silence" was originally recorded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono under the title "Two Minutes Silence".^[89]
10. "Room a Thousand Years Wide" was also later released on Badmotorfinger.^[96]
11. "Smokestack Lightning" was originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf.^[104]
12. "Stray Cat Blues" was originally recorded by The Rolling Stones.^[110]
13. "Swallow My Pride" was originally recorded by Green River.^[113]
14. "Touch Me" was originally recorded by Fancy.^[120]