As noted above, the\u00a0Singles\u00a0<\/em>soundtrack was loaded with songs by Seattle grunge artists. So, we’re kicking things off with\u00a0its opening track, Alice in Chains’ “Would?”, and you’ll see some others ahead that follow the actual track listing too!<\/p>\n Regarding “Would?”, Crowe approached Jerry Cantrell<\/a> about writing a song for\u00a0Singles\u00a0<\/em>and the result was a tribute to late Mother Love Bone<\/a> vocalist Andrew Wood<\/a>, who died in 1990. It appeared on Alice’s album\u00a0Dirt\u00a0<\/em>later that year, though they it was recorded separately from the album.<\/p>\n “It sounds just a little bit different, if you listen to the rest of\u00a0Dirt<\/em>, those 11 songs have a little bit of a different sound than ‘Would?’,” Cantrell told Louder Sound<\/a>\u00a0in 2023.<\/p>\n Alice In Chains performed the song in the film too.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Pearl Jam actually contributed two songs to the\u00a0Singles\u00a0<\/em>soundtrack, “Breath” being the first of the\u00a0pair to appear on the track listing. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for their 1991 debut album\u00a0Ten\u00a0<\/em>but were left off it in the end.<\/p>\n “Breath” wasn’t originally intended for the soundtrack, but fans heard it there for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Chris Cornell<\/a>‘s “Seasons” came about in a really interesting way. The Soundgarden vocalist recorded a set of songs on a homemade cassette tape based on the character Cliff Poncier, the frontman of the fictional band Citizen Dick\u00a0in Singles\u00a0<\/em>(portrayed by\u00a0Matt Dillon). “Seasons” was one of the tracks on the cassette and Crowe wanted it for the movie.<\/p>\n “This is Chris Cornell, as Cliff Poncier, recording all of these songs, with lyrics and total creative vision,\u201d Crowe told\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0<\/em>[via Jeffgarden.com<\/a>].<\/p>\n A\u00a0silly idea based on a fictional storyline resulted in Cornell’s first ever release as a solo artist. He made a cameo in the film as well.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Cornell didn’t just write a solo song for\u00a0Singles\u00a0<\/em>but a blistering Soundgarden track too, which the band performed in the movie.<\/p>\n It wasn’t an outtake from the\u00a0Badmotorfinger\u00a0<\/em>sessions and was never included on a studio album,\u00a0just their 2010 compilation\u00a0Telephantasm.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n This is the second Pearl Jam track that appears in Singles\u00a0<\/em>and was originally intended for the movie, unlike “Breath. “State of Love and Trust” was written by Eddie Vedder\u00a0<\/a>after\u00a0<\/em>Crowe presented him with the\u00a0Singles\u00a0<\/em>script [via Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a>].<\/p>\n Both were ultimately left off\u00a0Ten\u00a0<\/em>and included on the soundtrack for the movie. And Vedder, Jeff Ament<\/a> and Stone Gossard<\/a> all appeared in the movie too.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Mudhoney, one of the pioneering bands of the Seattle scene, were also approached by Crowe and asked to contribute a song to the film. Led by Mark Arm<\/a>, the group took it as an opportunity\u00a0to poke fun at the fact that their once-underground scene was now under a spotlight \u2014 they wrote an original track\u00a0called “Overblown.”<\/p>\n \u201cIn typical wise-ass fashion, we wrote \u2018Overblown,\u2019 taking the piss out of the glorification and aggrandizement of the scene,\u201d Arm told author\u00a0Everybody Loves Our Town\u00a0<\/i>author Mark Yarm [via Vice<\/a>].<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Screaming Trees<\/a> didn’t write their mega hit “Nearly Lost You” specifically for\u00a0Singles\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 the band was working on their 1992 album\u00a0Sweet Oblivion\u00a0<\/em>when someone at Sony suggested its inclusion during a meeting after hearing it.<\/p>\n “At some point, they played \u2018Nearly Lost You\u2019 in a staff meeting and thought, \u2018That\u2019s a great song. We got to put that on the\u00a0Singles\u00a0<\/em>soundtrack,'” Screaming Trees’ Barrett Martin<\/a> recalled [via Yahoo<\/a>].<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Alice In Chains contributed two songs to the soundtrack for the 1993 film\u00a0Last Action Hero.\u00a0<\/em>The first that appears, “What the Hell Have I,” allegedly was originally written for their 1992 album\u00a0Dirt.\u00a0<\/em>Funny enough, “Would?,” which wasn’t meant for\u00a0Dirt,\u00a0<\/em>was included on the album but this one wasn’t.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, fans’ first time hearing the song was in\u00a0Last Action Hero.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The origins of “A Little Bitter” are unclear, but it’s certainly an underrated Alice In Chains song that also appears in the critically-panned\/cult favorite Arnold Schwarzeneger flick.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\nPearl Jam, “Breath” – ‘Singles’<\/h2>\n
Chris Cornell, “Seasons” – ‘Singles’<\/h2>\n
Soundgarden, “Birth Ritual” – ‘Singles’<\/h2>\n
Pearl Jam, ‘State of Love and Trust’ – ‘Singles’<\/h2>\n
Mudhoney, “Overblown” – ‘Singles’<\/h2>\n
Screaming Trees, “Nearly Lost You” – ‘Singles’<\/h2>\n
Alice In Chains, “What the Hell Have I” – ‘Last Action Hero’<\/h2>\n
Alice In Chains, “A Little Bitter” – ‘Last Action Hero’<\/h2>\n