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“Fell On Black Days” by Soundgarden

From the album Superunknown (1994)

“Fell On Black Days” by Soundgarden appears on 104 radio countdowns from 38 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Superunknown. Its best result is #11 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #17 alternative song of 1994, #182 alternative song of all time and #190 of the '90s.

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1994–2026years charted

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"Fell on Black Days" was the last single pulled from Soundgarden's fourth studio album, Superunknown, in 1994, and it's the record's slow, dark heart. Chris Cornell wrote it on his own, and Michael Beinhorn produced it with the band, with Jason Corsaro engineering and Brendan O'Brien mixing.

It doesn't pound so much as sway, a heavy, lopsided lurch that feels like trying to walk a straight line on a pitching deck. The riff coils and uncoils, the gloom settles in like fog, and the whole thing sounds bone-weary rather than angry, which makes it hit harder than any of the band's louder moments.

It climbed to number four on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and later turned up on the band's A-Sides best-of and the Telephantasm collection.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 15 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 36 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 20 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 26 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 11 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 53 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 100
1994 57 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94
1997 39 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 523 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 157 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 208 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1995 309 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 345 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 318 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 140 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 67 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 386 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 94 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 134 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 113 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1181 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 247 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 331 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 98 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 1182 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2000 101 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 1183 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 176 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 18 WFNX WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002) 50
2002 391 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1182 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 98 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 144 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 286 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1167 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 122 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1167 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 127 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 20 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 314 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1167 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 61 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 92 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the '90s (December 2006) 107
2006 326 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 437 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 85 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 61 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 173 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 53 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 181 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 132 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 53 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 131 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 118 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 48 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 420 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 45 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 47 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 461 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 47 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 153 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2014 351 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 383 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 461 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 145 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2015 444 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 373 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 379 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 139 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2019 249 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 451 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 162 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 552 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 56 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 137 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 332 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 619 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 70 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 151 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 550 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 657 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 769 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 149 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 294 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 75 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 457 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 754 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2023 255 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 206 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 878 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 85 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 197 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 213 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 676 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 98 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 190 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 224 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 160 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 509 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 60 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 143 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 311 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 270 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 127 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Fell on Black Days.

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