

Not because I’m Brainypants McMusicface to the contrary.

Many times, without what felt like much work, I’ve been able to successfully ID such songs for strangers. There are entire communities-on websites like Wat Zat Song?, Midomi, and Reddit-devoted to crowdsourcing the solutions.

They’ve had no luck Googling lyrics or playing the song into Soundhound, Shazam, or friends’ ears. The album was a continuation of a more progressive sound for the band, following their previous album When the Storm Comes Down.It’s pretty common in music circles to encounter people who have spent literally decades trying to identify an obscure song on an old mixtape. Knutson, Jason Ward, Kelly SmithĬredited as Christopher Cornell, he co-wrote the track “The Message” for Flotsam and Jetsam’s fourth album Cuatro. Written by Chris Cornell, Edward Carlson, Eric A. Here’s a look at five songs Cornell wrote specifically for other artists.ġ. I don’t know if it would be easy to stay focused if wasn’t some kind of a challenge around every corner.”Īlong with other collaborations with Heart, Alice in Chains, Alice Cooper, the Everly Brothers, and Rita Wilson, among many others, Cornell also penned a number of songs outside his core catalog. “It’s just a matter of trying to push myself in different directions and everything else just kind of does what it’s supposed to do, which is not to say that it’s not a challenge because it is, but that’s always been part of making albums and touring. “The inspiration part just seems to kind of sort itself out,” said Cornell of songwriting in 2015. Cornell also wrote “The Keeper” for the 2011 crime drama Machine Gun Preacher, followed by “Misery Chain” for 12 Years a Slave in 2013, and more. His “You Know My Name” was also used as the theme song for the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale.
