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Pretty Noose
"Pretty Noose" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by the band's frontman, Chris Cornell, "Pretty Noose" was released in March 1996 as the first single from the band's fourth studio album, "Down on the Upside" (1996). The song reached number two on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, "A-Sides".
Origin and recording.
"Pretty Noose
. So it probably has a little weird shuffle to it probably from that walk that I took to the studio that day.
Composition.
"Pretty Noose" has a distinctive opening wah-wah guitar riff. The song was written in C-G-C-G-G-E tuning, which the bass guitarist Ben Shepherd first introduced to the band with the song "Head Down" from "Superunknown".
Lyrics.
According to Cornell, "Pretty Noose" is about "an attractively