The Day I Tried to Live

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"The Day I Tried to Live"
Single by Soundgarden
from the album Superunknown
Released	1994
Format	12" vinyl record
Recorded	1994
Genre	Grunge
Length	5:19
Label	A&M Records
Producer(s)	Michael Beinhorn, Soundgarden
Soundgarden singles chronology
"Spoonman" (1994)	"The Day I Tried to Live" (1994)	"Pretty Noose" (1996)

"The Day I Tried to Live" is a single from the music group Soundgarden, off the album Superunknown with music and lyrics written by Chris Cornell.

"The Day I Tried To Live" was rather underpromoted when compared to "Black Hole Sun" or "Spoonman." There is esssentially only one version of the single, available on CD, cassette, 12" and 7". The 12" is one-sided, etched and comes with a stencil, making it a rather nice collector's item. The video for "The Day I Tried To Live," which can be found on the Alive In The Superunknown CD+, was directed by Matt Mahurin.

It was covered by Between the Buried and Me on their album The Anatomy Of.

It is another example of a Soundgarden song which uses an unorthodox time signature.

Soundgarden
Chris Cornell | Kim Thayil | Matt Cameron | Ben Shepherd
Scott Sundquist | Hiro Yamamoto | Jason Everman
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Screaming Life | Fopp | Ultramega OK | Flower | Louder than Love | Screaming Life/Fopp | Badmotorfinger | Superunknown | Songs from the Superunknown | Down on the Upside | A-Sides
Singles: "Hunted Down" | "Flower" | "Loud Love" | "Hands All Over" | "Room a Thousand Years Wide" | "Jesus Christ Pose" | "Outshined" | "Rusty Cage" | "Spoonman" | "Black Hole Sun" | "Fell on Black Days" | "My Wave" | "The Day I Tried to Live" | "Superunknown" | "Pretty Noose" | "Burden in My Hand" | "Blow Up the Outside World" | "Ty Cobb" | "Bleed Together"
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