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"Outshined" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by the band's frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released as the second single from their third studio album, Badmotorfinger (1991). It became the band's first single to reach Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at number 45. It was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, A-Sides, the 2010 compilation album, Telephantasm and the live album Live on I-5.

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Song.name
Outshined
Song.cover
Outshined.gif
Song.type
single
Song.artist
Soundgarden
Song.album
Badmotorfinger
Song.B side
"I Don't Care About You" "Can You See Me"
Song.genre
Grunge hard rock heavy metal
Song.length
5:11
Song.label
A&M
Song.writer
Chris Cornell
Song.producer
Terry Date
Song.prev_title
Jesus Christ Pose
Song.prev_year
1991
Song.next_title
Rusty Cage
Song.next_year
1992

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publication date
1991-12-00
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  • Composition
  • Lyrics
  • Release and reception
  • Music video
  • Official video
  • Canadian version
  • Live performances
  • Track listings
  • Personnel
  • Charts
  • Certifications
  • Release history
  • References
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"Outshined" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by the band's frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released as the second single from their third studio album, Badmotorfinger (1991). It became the band's first single to reach Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at number 45. It was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, A-Sides, the 2010 compilation album, Telephantasm and the live album Live on I-5.

==Composition== "Outshined" is a grunge and hard rock song, written in D major by frontman Chris Cornell and is performed in drop D tuning. The verses are in time, an unorthodox meter which the band would also later use in "Spoonman". Guitarist Kim Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it, and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident."

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