MOST ICONIC SONGS
BLACK HOLE SUN
(Soundgarden)
This is one of Soundgarden's most recognisable and popular songs, topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and staying there for seven weeks. Still receives airplay across the world, including India
YOU KNOW MY NAME
(Solo) The theme song to the James Bond film Casino Royale, this track was nominated for a Grammy. Cornell was the first male American artist to write and perform the theme song for a 007 movie
LIKE A STONE
(Audioslave)
A single from the band's debut album, the song topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and
Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts and is Audioslave's biggest hit to date
BLOW UP THE OUTSIDE WORLD
(Soundgarden)
One of the last songs to be composed by Soundgarden before their breakup in 1997, Blow Up The Outside World spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart
BILLIE JEAN
(Solo)
Cornell did an acoustic version of the Michael Jackson hit during a solo performance, taking a completely different approach to the King of Pop's version. He later wrote in Rolling Stone magazine, "The lyrics are brilliant, and the way that the way the lyrics are put together. The story isn't spoon-fed to you, it's poetic"