High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Spoonman" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Spoonman" was released on February 15, 1994 as the first single from the band`s fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994). "Spoonman" is often credited as one of the songs that launched Soundgarden`s career into the mainstream. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. A remixed version of the song by Steve Fisk appears on the "Black Hole Sun" and "My Wave" singles. The song was included on Soundgarden`s 1997 greatest hits album, A-Sides and the 2010 compilation album Telephantasm.