Loud Love

Infobox Single
Name = Loud Love


Caption =
Artist = Soundgarden
from Album = Louder Than Love
A-side =
B-side = "Big Dumb Sex" (dub version) / "Get on the Snake" / "Fresh Deadly Roses"
Released = August 30, 1989
Format = CD single, Vinyl
Recorded = December 1988 – January 1989 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre = Grunge
Length = 4:57
Label = A&M
Writer = Chris Cornell
Producer = Terry Date, Soundgarden
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Flower" (1989)
This single = "Loud Love" (1989)
Next single = "Hands All Over" (1990)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Louder Than Love
Type = studio
prev_track = "Full on Kevin's Mom"
prev_no = Track 6
this_track = "Loud Love"
track_no = Track 7
next_track = "I Awake"
next_no = Track 8"Loud Love" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden, released on August 30, 1989 as the first single from the band's second studio album, "Louder Than Love" (1989). It is the quasi-title track from album, and was also the basis for the EP "Loudest Love" and the live video "Louder Than Live". It would later appear on the band's greatest hits album "A-Sides".

Origin and recording

The song was written by frontman Chris Cornell. Guitarist Kim Thayil on the song:

The intro was a feedback melody. Many people think we used an E-bow. I've seen transcriptions that have said to use an E-bow. The truth is, I've never even seen an E-bow. I simply stood in front of the amp, got the note ringing until it was feeding back, and slid my finger up the fret on the string and dragged the feedback with it.Gilbert, Jeff. [http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/gschool_5-94.shtml "Primecuts: Kim Thayil"] . "Guitar School". May 1994.]

Release and reception

"Loud Love" is featured in the 1992 film "Wayne's World". It can be heard playing in the background in the scene where Wayne meets Cassandra.

Music video

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Live performances

Cornell's former post-Soundgarden band, Audioslave, performed the song live in concert and for Sessions@AOL.

Track listing

;12", 12" w/ fold-out sleeve, Digipak CD, and Picture 7"
#"Loud Love" (Chris Cornell) – 4:57
#"Big Dumb Sex" (dub version) (Cornell) – 6:06
#"Get on the Snake" (Cornell, Kim Thayil) – 3:44
#"Fresh Deadly Roses" (Cornell) – 4:53

Chart positions

References