"Temple of the Dog" was released on April 16, 1991 through A&M Records and initially sold 70,000 copies in the United States. The album received favorable reviews, but failed to chart. In the summer of 1992, the album received new attention. Although it had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album's release with their respective albums, "Badmotorfinger" and "Ten". A&M decided to reissue the album and promote "Hunger Strike" as a single, with an accompanying music video. The attention allowed both the album and single to chart on the "Billboard" 200 album chart and resulted in a boost in album sales. "Temple of the Dog" was among the 100 top-selling albums of 1992. By 2007, "Temple of the Dog" had sold over 1,000,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.