Soundgarden began working on its fourth album after touring in support of "Badmotorfinger". Cornell said that while working on the album, the band allowed each other more freedom than on past records, and Thayil observed that the band spent a lot more time working on the recording of the songs than on previous records. Released on March 8, 1994, "Superunknown" became the band's breakthrough album, debuting at number one on the "Billboard" 200 album chart and being driven by the singles "Spoonman", "The Day I Tried to Live", "Black Hole Sun", "My Wave", and "Fell on Black Days".