One Minute of Silence by Soundgarden

Album: Ultramega OK (1988)

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Based on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Two Minutes of Silence," this song really is a minute of silence - mostly. There are some muffled background noises and a finger snap mixed in. Asked why they did it, the band explained that they had a minute to fill on the record. Guitarist Kim Thayil has called it "the Heavy Metal version" of Lennon's silence. "We thought it was so good, we could add a little something to it," he said, jokingly.
Lead singer Chris Cornell says covering this song was ideal because "you can't copyright silence."

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Anthony from Vancouver, WaOne minute of silence, I think not! they recorded this in a room where there is an air conditiioner emmiting noise, and they are arguing the entire time. but it was funny, so that doesn't matter.
Marco from Stanfield, United Statesif you turn the volume up a good amount or use headphones you can hear them arguing in the background. you can hear who hiro saying "quit messing with my watch g** da** it!" then someone else says "isnt this only supposed to be a minute?" right afterwords the track ends.

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