Rusty Cage

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"Rusty Cage"
Single by Soundgarden
from the album 'Badmotorfinger'
Released	1991-1992
Format	CD Vinyl record (12")
Recorded	1991
Genre	Grunge
Length	4:25
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Chris Cornell
Producer(s)	Terry Date
Soundgarden singles chronology
"Outshined" 1991	"Rusty Cage" 1992	"Spoonman" 1994

"Rusty Cage" is a song by Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It appears as the opening track on their 1991 album Badmotorfinger. The song became an instant hit and was released as a single in several different formats in 1991 and 1992. It features a striking tempo change towards the end of the song -- always accompanied by the 'Chris Cornell Stomp' when performed in concert.

Guitarist Kim Thayil on the song: "The tuning on that song was pretty nutty. It's recorded with a wah wah in the low position used as a filter. That was the first time we did anything like that. It was Chris' idea; he wanted to get that weird tone that you can't really dial in on an amp. But if you use the wah wah as a filter, it gets an incredibly weird sound. And if you listen to that riff, especially if you've heard the original demos of it, it almost sounds backward."

"Rusty Cage" was covered by Johnny Cash, on his album Unchained, which won a Grammy for Best Country Album. It also appeared on the fictional radio station "Radio X" on the videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. However, both are shorter than the album version.

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PROMO CD AND 12"

  1. Rusty Cage (Edit)
  2. Rusty Cage (LP version) 

PROMO CD

  1. Rusty Cage (Edit)
  2. Rusty Cage (LP version)
  3. Girl U Want 
  4. Show Me 

PICTURE 7" (Limited edition of 5000.)

  1. Rusty Cage (Edit)
  2. Touch Me 

UK, GERMAN AND AUSTRALIAN CD

  1. Rusty Cage (Edit)
  2. Rusty Cage (LP version)
  3. Touch Me
  4. Stray Cat Blues 

ETCHED 12" W/POSTER SLEEVE (Also released as an etched green CD in a Digipak (5000 copies), a picture 7" (5000 copies) and a cassette single.)

  1. Rusty Cage (Edit)
  2. Touch Me
  3. Show Me 

ETCHED CD, DIGIPAK

  1. Rusty Cage (Edit)
  2. Big Bottom/Earache My Eye (Live) 

Soundgarden
Chris Cornell | Kim Thayil | Matt Cameron | Ben Shepherd
Scott Sundquist | Hiro Yamamoto | Jason Everman
Discography
Studio albums Ultramega OK | Louder than Love | Badmotorfinger | Superunknown | Down on the Upside
EPs: Screaming Life | Fopp | Loudest Love | Songs from the Superunknown
Compilations: Screaming Life/Fopp | 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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