that the use of odd meters was "a total accident". Lyrics Cornell on "Spoonman": Release and reception The band played "Spoonman" while on its 1993 tour with Neil Young. With hype building around the band's upcoming album Superunknown, Soundgarden released the single in 1994, a month before the album's release, with a previously unreleased B-side titled "Exit Stonehenge". On the choice of "Spoonman" as the album's first single, Shepherd called it a "great first choice", adding that "it just jumps out at you instantly". Shepherd said, "You know how you listen to a record and there is one song that literally seems to leap out of the speakers—well, 'Spoonman' did that to me." Shortly after the single's release, the song became widely popular, reaching high positions on rock charts. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. At the 1995 Grammy Awards, "Spoonman" received the award for Best Metal Performance. Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. In Canada, the song reached number 12 on the Canadian singles chart, reached the UK Top 20, peaked at number 23 on the Australian Singles Chart, reached the top 30 in Ireland and the top ten in New Zealand. In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number 12 on its list of the 15 greatest Soundgarden songs, and, in 2021, Kerrang ranked the song number five on its list of the 20 greatest Soundgarden songs. "Spoonman" appears in the 2001 video game ATV Offroad Fury for the PlayStation 2. The song is also used in the 2008 video games Battle of the Bands, Rock Band 2, and as a cover in Rock Revolution. The following year, the song appeared on the soundtrack of the PSP game Rock Band Unplugged, which included a number of tracks from Rock Band 2. Despite the inclusion on the Unplugged track list, Spoonman did not export from Rock Band 2 to Rock Band 3 dbecause of licensing conflicts. It appeared again on the track list of the 2012 downloadable game Rock Band Blitz and became playable in Rock Band 3 as part of the Blitz song pack. The song is also available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock as part of the Telephantasm album pack and for Fantasia: Music Evolved. Music