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4 Grunge Songs From the 1990s With Melodies That Are Just As Infectious Almost Three Decades Later

There are countless grunge songs with solid melodies, but few have the infectious quality of Soundgarden’s ‘Black Hole Sun’.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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Grunge is a genre that really appreciates rhythm and chaos, but we can’t discount its melodic elements. If you’re familiar with 90s grunge, you know that some of those songs had melodies so good that they’re still infectious three decades later.

And before you start reading and think to yourself, “This is a pedestrian list of songs,” that’s exactly the point. These songs are hits. Why are they hits? Because of their infectious melodies! So scroll on!

“Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden

There’s a reason “Black Hole Sun” is Soundgarden’s biggest song. It’s got an eerie catchiness about it that just speaks to your soul and infects your brain by........

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