The Day I Tried to Live

"The Day I Tried to Live"
Single by Soundgarden
from the album Superunknown
B-side
  • "Like Suicide" (acoustic)
  • "Kickstand" (live)
ReleasedApril 18, 1994 (1994-04-18)[1]
StudioBad Animals (Seattle, US)
GenreGrunge[2]
Length5:19
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Chris Cornell
Producer(s)
Soundgarden singles chronology
"Spoonman"
(1994)
"The Day I Tried to Live"
(1994)
"Black Hole Sun"
(1994)
Music video
"The Day I Tried to Live" on YouTube

"The Day I Tried to Live" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "The Day I Tried to Live" was released in April 1994 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994). The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number 25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, A-Sides.

  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. April 16, 1994. p. 27.
  2. ^ Iversen, Taylor D. (July 19, 2011). "REVIEW: Soundgarden at Red Rocks, July 18". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

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