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Blow Up the Outside World
"Blow Up the Outside World" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Blow Up the Outside World" was released on November 18, 1996, as the third single from the band's fifth studio album, "Down on the Upside" (1996). The song topped the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent a total of four weeks at number one. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits
Chart, and later it charted on the Canadian Alternative Top 30 chart where it reached number two.
Neil Strauss of "The New York Times" said that "the band can harness grunge's self-absorption to heavy metal's destructive energy and come up with a song like 'Blow Up the Outside World'."
Music video.
The music video for "Blow Up the Outside World" was directed by Devo bassist Gerald Casale. The video was filmed at Occidental Studios in Los Angeles, California.