Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, "Say Hello 2 Heaven" was released as the second single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991).

Cornell wrote "Say Hello 2 Heaven" as a tribute to his roommate, Mother Love Bone vocalist Andrew Wood, who at the time had recently died of a heroin overdose.

[3] The recordings were originally planned to be released merely as a single before Temple of the Dog formed and decided to write more music.

Stone and Jeff and our drummer, Matt, had been working on a demo for what ended up being Pearl Jam, so we had the idea that we would make an EP or a record, and maybe even do some of Andy's solo songs.

[3]In a 2016 interview, Cornell stated: With all that’s been written about Temple of the Dog recently, it’s reminded me of the original meanings of those songs.