"Black Hole Sun" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released in 1994 as the third single from the band's fourth studio album "Superunknown" (1994). It is one of the band's most popular and recognizable songs. The song topped the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent a total of seven weeks at number one. Despite peaking at number two on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Black Hole Sun" finished as the number-one track of 1994 for that listing. Worldwide, the single reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, and Iceland, where it reached number one.