Rhinosaur
{{Short description|1997 single by Soundgarden}}
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| name = Rhinosaur
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| type = single
| artist = Soundgarden
| album = Down on the Upside
| A-side = Ty Cobb
| released = April 1997
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| genre = Grunge
| length = 3:14
| label = A&M
| writer = Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron
| producer = Adam Kasper, Soundgarden
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"Rhinosaur" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden on their 1996 album Down on the Upside. Despite not being released as its own single it was released as a B-side to the song "Ty Cobb".{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/573590-Soundgarden-Ty-Cobb|title=Soundgarden – Ty Cobb (1997, CD)|via=www.discogs.com}}{{cite book| author = Nielsen Business Media, Inc.| title = Billboard| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IQ8EAAAAMBAJ| date = 1997-05-03| publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc.| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IQ8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n100 73] }} While "Ty Cobb" itself did not chart, "Rhinosaur" charted at 19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.{{cite book| author = Nielsen Business Media, Inc.| title = Billboard| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DA8EAAAAMBAJ| date = 1997-04-26| publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc.| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DA8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n78 79] }}
Reception
Chris Cornell said in an interview that the lyrical target of "Rhinosaur" was ambiguous and could be applied to several people or groups.{{cite book| author = CMJ Network, Inc.| title = CMJ New Music Monthly| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HS0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21| date = July 1996| publisher = CMJ Network, Inc.| page = 21 }} "Rhinosaur" was praised for having a massive groove with "stairstep guitar riffs" said to be adored by Soundgarden's guitarist Kim Thayil.{{cite book| author = CMJ Network, Inc.| title = CMJ New Music Monthly| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2ywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13| date = June 1996| publisher = CMJ Network, Inc.| page = 13 }} Thayil said that the tuning of the instruments was unusual for Soundgarden. He said during an interview "Ben and I played on dropped-D, but Chris played in standard tuning. That's unusual for us. If one of us is in dropped-D, usually all three of us are."{{cite book| author = Guitar World| title = Guitar World Presents Nirvana and the Grunge Revolution| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4R0xtoz_gQ8C&pg=PA157| date = 1998-10-01| publisher = Hal Leonard Corporation| isbn = 978-0-7935-9006-3| page = 157 }} The song also received moderate airplay by rock radio stations in America.
Charts
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| Chart (1997)
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| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|19|artist=Soundgarden|accessdate=November 7, 2016}} |
References
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Category:Song recordings produced by Adam Kasper
Category:Song recordings produced by Chris Cornell