The latest photo voltaic eclipse that captivated the protected eyes of People additionally made an impression on our ears. The occasion helped ship Soundgarden’s traditional 1994 hit “Black Gap Solar” to the highest of Billboard’s Sizzling Laborious Rock Songs chart.
The tune’s title and lyrics paired properly with the pure phenomenon, main the track to attract 4.2 million official streams earned (up 34%) and a couple of.5 million in radio airplay viewers (up 19%), in addition to promote 1,000 downloads (up 166%) in america throughout the week of April Fifth-Eleventh.
In response to Billboard, “Black Gap Solar” is the primary Soundgarden track to prime Sizzling Laborious Rock Songs tally, though that exact chart has solely been round since 2020. The track additionally made an impression on the Sizzling Rock Songs, Sizzling Various Songs, and Sizzling Rock & Various Songs charts, touchdown within the teenagers on all three.
Different songs that surged on the Billboard charts because of the photo voltaic eclipse embody Bonnie Tyler’s ’80s anthem “Whole Eclipse of the Coronary heart”; Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Dangerous Moon Rising”; Invoice Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine”: Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse”; and The Beatles’ “Right here Comes the Solar.”
“Black Gap Solar” is certainly one of a number of standout tracks on Soundgarden’s multiplatinum album Superunknown, which simply turned 30 years outdated final month. When it was first launched as a single in 1994, “Black Gap Solar” topped the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for seven weeks.
Practically 4 years in the past, in October 2020, late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell’s posthumously launched cowl of Weapons N’ Roses’ “Endurance” topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart.
Revisit the Soundgarden traditional “Black Gap Solar” beneath.