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""Outshined""
Single by Soundgarden
from the album 'Badmotorfinger'
Released	1991
Format	CD Vinyl record (12")
Recorded	1991
Genre	Grunge
Length	5:11
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Chris Cornell
Producer(s)	Terry Date
Soundgarden singles chronology
"Jesus Christ Pose" 1991	"Outshined" 1991	"Rusty Cage" 1992

"Outshined" is a song by Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It appears as the second track on their 1991 album, Badmotorfinger. It was also released as the second single from the album.

"Outshined" became an instant hit and a fan favorite, featuring a crunching opening riff and one of the most memorable Soundgarden lyrics, "I'm looking California, and feeling Minnesota". The lyric even inspired a movie called Feeling Minnesota in 1996, though Soundgarden is not featured on the soundtrack. Feeling Minnesota has also been used by ESPN anchor Stuart Scott in reference to Kevin Garnett, a player for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The video for "Outshined" was produced by Johnathan Dayton and Valeria Faris and is a fan favorite, yet the band themselves disliked it. There are two versions of the video, a 'Canadian' version and an international version. The guitar solo was also cut out to make the song shorter.

Guitarist Kim Thayil on the music video: "All I can remember is that they cut the guitar solo to make the video 'single-length.' I thought that was a stupid thing. Here we are, a guitar band, and the guitar solo -it may not be a great guitar solo- was edited out just for the video. That's ridiculous. It was a heavy song and our most popular video, even though it was a crap video. It never kicks in or explodes; there's no dynamics. The band never loosens up and explores the riff because the solo was taken out."

Promo CD and 12

1. "Outshined" (Edit)
2. "Outshined" (LP version)

Promo 12

1. "Outshined" (Edit)
2. "Cold Bitch"

Picture 7

1. "Outshined" (LP version)
2. "I Can't Give You Anything" (The Ramones)

German CD

1. "Outshined" (Edit)
2. "Outshined" (LP version)
3. "Girl U Want" (Devo)
4. "Show Me"
5. "Into The Void" (Sealth)

Etched Digipak CD

1. "Outshined" (Edit)
2. "I Don't Care About You" (Fear)
3. "Can You See Me" (Jimi Hendrix)
4. "Outshined" (LP version)

UK DJ Promo 12

1. "Outshined" (Edit)
2. "I Can't Give You Anything"
3. "Homicidal Suicidal" (Budgie)
4. "Outshined" (LP version)

Soundgarden
Chris Cornell | Kim Thayil | Matt Cameron | Ben Shepherd
Scott Sundquist | Hiro Yamamoto | Jason Everman
Discography
Studio albums Ultramega OK | Louder than Love | Badmotorfinger | Superunknown | Down on the Upside
EPs: Screaming Life | Fopp | Loudest Love | Songs from the Superunknown
Compilations: Screaming Life/Fopp | A-Sides
Singles: "Hunted Down" | "Flower" | "Loud Love" | "Hands All Over" | "Room a Thousand Years Wide" | "Jesus Christ Pose" | "Outshined" | "Rusty Cage" | "Spoonman" | "Black Hole Sun" | "Fell on Black Days" | "My Wave" | "The Day I Tried to Live" | "Superunknown" | "Pretty Noose" | "Burden in My Hand" | "Blow Up the Outside World" | "Ty Cobb" | "Bleed Together"
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