A remixed version of the song by Steve Fisk appears on the "Black Hole Sun" and "My Wave" singles.

Pearl Jam's bass guitarist, Jeff Ament, had been put in charge of creating the name for a fictional band that would appear in the film.

The name was inspired by Artis the Spoonman, a street performer from Santa Cruz, California, and later Seattle, Washington, who plays music with a set of spoons.

Soundgarden's vocalist and songwriter, Chris Cornell, eventually used the names on the list to create songs for the film.

This early version of the song is played during a scene in the film in which a poster advertising a Citizen Dick show is stapled to a lightpost.

[5] Rather than just leave the song on the film's soundtrack, Soundgarden began working on an electric version of "Spoonman".

Drummer Matt Cameron also plays pots and pans on the song[6] and bass guitarist, Ben Shepherd, performs backing vocals.

The guitarist, Kim Thayil, has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident".

"[13] Shortly after the single's release, the song became widely popular, reaching high positions on rock charts.

The song is also available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock as part of the Telephantasm album pack and for Fantasia: Music Evolved.

It's tough when you can see a great rock band on TV one second, then hit the clicker and be watching a soap opera or a sitcom the next.