Room a Thousand Years Wide

Infobox Single
Name = Room a Thousand Years Wide


Caption =
Artist = Soundgarden
from Album =
A-side =
B-side = "HIV Baby"
Released = 1990
Format = Vinyl
Recorded =

1990 ("Room a Thousand Years Wide" single version)

March 1991 – April 1991 ("Badmotorfinger" version)
Genre = Grunge
Length = 4:06
Label =

Sub Pop ("Room a Thousand Years Wide" single version)

A&M ("Badmotorfinger" version)
Writer = Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil
Producer =

Stuart Hallerman ("Room a Thousand Years Wide" single version)

Terry Date, Soundgarden ("Badmotorfinger" version)
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Hands All Over" (1990)
This single = "Room a Thousand Years Wide" (1990)
Next single = "Jesus Christ Pose" (1991)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Badmotorfinger
Type = studio
prev_track = "Searching with My Good Eye Closed"
prev_no = Track 7
this_track = "Room a Thousand Years Wide"
track_no = Track 8
next_track = "Mind Riot"
next_no = Track 9"Room a Thousand Years Wide" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden, released as a single in 1990 (with the B-side "HIV Baby") through Sub Pop. A re-recorded version later appeared on the band's third studio album, "Badmotorfinger" (1991).

Origin and recording

The song is one of the few Soundgarden songs written without any input from frontman Chris Cornell. It 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.

Lyrics

Thayil on the song:

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. [Nicholson, Kris. [http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/paper_2-92.shtml "Angry Young Men"] . "The Music Paper". February 1992.]

Live performances

A performance of the song is included on the "Motorvision" home video release.

Track listing

;Grape 7" and Black 7"
#"Room a Thousand Years Wide" (Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil) – 4:06
#"HIV Baby" (Ben Shepherd, Chris Cornell)

References