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Songs from the Superunknown is an EP by the American rock band Soundgarden. It was released on November 21, 1995, through A&M Records. It was released on the same day as the CD-ROM Alive in the Superunknown.

The EP is the audio-only counterpart to Alive in the Superunknown. AllMusic staff writer Greg Prato gave the EP two and a half out of five stars. He called it a “solid (albeit short) collection of Soundgarden outtakes”.

The CD-ROM Alive in the Superunknown contains the first four tracks from Songs from the Superunknown plus a multimedia portion featuring photos of the band, a video game, four music videos (“The Day I Tried to Live“, “Black Hole Sun“, “My Wave“, and “Fell on Black Days“), a performance/special effects video of “Superunknown”, and a live video of “Kickstand”, among other things. Entertainment Weekly said, “Nothing on Alive … equals the mystery, humor, sonic impact, or imagination contained on any one of the tracks on Soundgarden’s Superunknown album.”^[2]

All songs written by Chris Cornell, except where noted:

1. “Superunknown” (Cornell, Kim Thayil) – 5:06
   • Originally from Superunknown.
2. “Fell on Black Days” (video version) – 5:26
   • Originally from the “Fell on Black Days” single. An alternate version, it is the one used in the music video for the song.
3. “She Likes Surprises” – 3:17
   • Originally from international versions of Superunknown.
4. “Like Suicide” (acoustic) – 6:11
   • Originally from the single “The Day I Tried to Live“. Performed acoustically by Chris Cornell.
5. “Jerry Garcia’s Finger” (Matt Cameron, Cornell, Ben Shepherd, Thayil) – 4:00
   • Previously unreleased.

Soundgarden

• Matt Cameron – drums
• Chris Cornell – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Ben Shepherd – bass
• Kim Thayil – lead guitar

Production

• Michael Beinhorn, Brendan O’Brien, Soundgarden – production

Management

• Susan Silver Management – management