Big Empty

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"Big Empty"
Single by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album Purple
B-side(s)	"Lounge Fly"
Released	1994
Format	CD single
Recorded	May 25, 1993 at The Record Plant
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:55
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Music: Dean DeLeo Lyrics: Scott Weiland
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien
Chart positions
# 3 U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks # 7 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks # 40 U.S. Top 40 Mainstream
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
"Creep (1993)	"Big Empty" (1994)	"Vasoline" (1994)
Purple track listing
"Silvergun Superman" (Track 7)	"Big Empty" (Track 8)	"Unglued" (Track 9)

"Big Empty" is a song by Stone Temple Pilots that first appeared in 1994 on the soundtrack to the Brandon Lee movie The Crow. The song later appeared on the band's second album, Purple, and was released as a single.

The song was performed live on the TV show MTV Unplugged on November 17, 1993, seven months before the "Purple" album was released. The track's title is a play on "The Big Easy," a nickname for New Orleans.

The song's verses have somewhat of a bluegrass sound, mainly because of guitarist Dean DeLeo's style of slide guitar playing and Scott Weiland's softer vocals.

Stone Temple Pilots
Scott Weiland | Dean DeLeo | Robert DeLeo | Eric Kretz
Discography
Studio albums: Core | Purple | Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | No. 4 | Shangri-La Dee Da
Compilations: Thank You
Singles: "Sex Type Thing" | "Wicked Garden" | "Plush" | "Creep" | "Big Empty" | "Vasoline" | "Interstate Love Song" | "Unglued" | "Pretty Penny" | "Dancing Days" | "Big Bang Baby" | "Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart" | "Lady Picture Show" | "Tumble In The Rough" | "Down" | "Sour Girl" | "No Way Out" | "Days of the Week" | "Hollywood Bitch" | "Revolution" | "All In The Suit That You Wear"
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