Best Songs Ever

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Most votes come from Australia, United States, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Denmark, Germany, and Brazil.

More songs by Soundgarden (See Charts): Like Suicide, Flower, Blow Up The Outside World, My Wave, Superunknown, Loud Love, Jesus Christ Pose, Slaves & Bulldozers, 4th Of July, and Mind Riot.

Popular in Grunge (See Charts): Smells Like Teen Spirit, Black Hole Sun, Come As You Are, Heart-Shaped Box, In Bloom, You Know You'Re Right, Rape Me, Spoonman, Aneurysm, and Sliver.

Anonymous wrote on May, 21st 2008 at 12:07pm:
okay, I say this a lot, but I REALLY think this is my favorite Soundgarden song EVER(?!!)....Chris Cornell's lyrics are amazing - kind of 'mocking' the elevated status that we, or society as a whole, seem to give to celebrities (read: people we don't even know personally), and the music is absolutely mesmorizing!!! To me, "Burden In My Hand" is also a testament to what Soundgarden was all about - sure Chris & band was/is gorgeous, but they never played "that game" - it was ALWAYS about the MUSIC, as it should be (it makes me laugh remembering how many 'girls' were heartbroken when Cornell first cut his hair, or "mane" as it was known back then; Soundagarden was a SERIOUS ROCK band, unconcerned with 'image', and their focus paid off in GOLD (PLATINUM??!!)...gotta love 'em, and love this song, and love Chris, and...well, you get it : )