Soundgarden's “Black Hole Sun” leads a constellation of songs related to the sun and moon in the Advertising signIt charts after the solar eclipse observed in parts of North America on April 8, charting at No. 1 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart dated April 20.
The track garnered 4.2 million official earnings streams (up 34%) and 2.5 million radio audiences (up 19%) and sold 1,000 downloads (up 166%) in the US from April 5-11, according to Luminate .
The song becomes Soundgarden's first No. 1 on the chart, which began in 2020. (Older songs may appear in polymetric Advertising sign charts if they rank in the top half and with significant reasons for their resurgence. “Black Hole Sun” was released in 1994 on the band's album Too unknown.)
The track also appears at Nos. 13, 15 and 19 on the Hot Rock Songs, Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs surveys, respectively.
It explodes 20-4 on Hard Rock Digital Songs sales, marking its best ranking since 2017 (following the death of frontman Chris Cornell), and 14-5 on Hard Rock Streaming Songs, its first top five since the list began in 2020.
“Black Hole Sun” was Soundgarden's first No. 1 song Advertising sign chart, ruling Mainstream Rock Airplay for seven weeks in 1994.
It's not the only title to be eclipsed in Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. Creedence Clearwater Revival's “Bad Moon Rising” reaches No. 24 via 3.3 million streams, 164,000 in radio play and 1,000 in sales, up 7, 88 and 118%, respectively. The song hit No. 2 for the John Fogerty starrer on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969.
Bonnie Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart” also returns to the all-format digital song sales chart at No. 5, its second week on the tally (which began in 2004). ranked No. 13 for a week in September 2017 – also after a solar eclipse on August 21. It sold 6,000, a vault of 634%. The single, No. 1 for four weeks on the Hot 100 in 1983, was also down 133% to 4.1 million streams and 47% to 3.2 million in shared airplay.
Bill Withers' “Ain't No Sunshine,” a No. 3 Hot 100 hit in 1971, also boasts new chart activity. It debuts at Nos. 136 and 151 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. USA, respectively. It earned 13.3 million streams worldwide, up 33%, with 5.4 million from US listeners, up 25%. On the US side, it returns to R&B digital sales at No. 4 with 1,000 sales, up 45%.
The Beatles' “Here Comes the Sun” gets in on the action via the Rock Digital Song Sales survey, returning to No. 11 with 1,000 sales, up 114%. King Harvest's “Dancing in the Moonlight” is at No. 10 (2,000, up 23%) and Pink Floyd's “Eclipse” re-enters at No. 14 (1,000, up 512%).
The Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart includes a different version of Nicki French's “Total Eclipse of the Heart”: from 1995, new at No. 8 (1,000, up 830%).
Interest in eclipse-themed music lyrics leads Pink Floyd's “Eclipse” to Advertising signLyricFind's US chart, at No. 18. It joins Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which previously charted at No. 22, and jumps to No. 16.
According to LyricFind, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” saw a 3,712% increase in lyric uses and searches, while “Eclipse” earned a corresponding increase of 3,153%.
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