Hands All Over
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| Single by Soundgarden | ||
| from the album 'Louder Than Love' | ||
| B-side(s) | "Come Together" | |
| Released | 1990 | |
| Format | CD Vinyl record (12") (7") |
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| Recorded | 1989 | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 6:00 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Writer(s) | Chris Cornell; Kim Thayil | |
| Producer(s) | Terry Date | |
| Soundgarden singles chronology | ||
| "Loud Love" 1990 |
"Hands All Over" 1990 |
"Room a Thousand Years Wide" 1990 |
"Hands All Over" is a song by Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It appears as the second track on their second album Louder Than Love, released in 1989. It was also the second single to be released from the album, and appeared on the band's EP Loudest Love, both of which were released in 1990.
Guitarist Kim Thayil on the song: "What I liked about the song was that it was just one simple riff -- one note, one chord -- but with a lot of dynamics. In some ways it's simple and basic; in other ways, it's very sophisticated in how it was layered. We don't really have many songs that are like 'Hands All Over.'"
The lyrics appear to show a strong enviromentalist message, for example the lines: "Baby brother, put your hands away, you're gonna kill your mother". The band explained that "mother" represents the earth and "baby brother" represents humanity.
The music video for the song was shot in a factory and features the band swinging on equipment and performing the song. Kim Thayil described the video as "one of the lamest ever made. It really sucked."
Both the song and video were featured in the 1990 film Pacific Heights but the song was not included on the film's soundtrack.
The single also marked the beginning of Soundgarden having cover versions as b-sides. The b-side to the single is a cover of The Beatles song Come Together. Producer Jack Endino provided the backing vocals on the song. This was also the last time that Soundgarden recorded with him.
[edit] Track listing
- "Hands All Over" - 6:00
- "Come Together" (Beatles cover)
| Soundgarden |
| Chris Cornell | Kim Thayil | Matt Cameron | Ben Shepherd |
| Scott Sundquist | Hiro Yamamoto | Jason Everman |
| Discography |
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| 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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| Temple of the Dog | Singles | Grunge music | Audioslave | Pearl Jam | Alice Mudgarden | Hater | Wellwater Conspiracy |
