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{{short description|1989 single by Soundgarden}}

{{Short description|1989 single by Soundgarden}}

{{Infobox song

{{Infobox song

| name = Flower

| name = Flower

| recorded = 1988

| recorded = 1988

| studio =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = [[Proto-grunge]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Law|first=Sam|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-soundgarden-songs-ranked|title=The 20 greatest Soundgarden songs – ranked|website=[[Kerrang!]]|date=May 10, 2021|access-date=September 18, 2023}}</ref>

| genre = [[Proto-grunge]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Law|first=Sam|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-soundgarden-songs-ranked|title=The 20 greatest Soundgarden songs – ranked|website=[[Kerrang!]]|date=May 10, 2021|access-date=September 18, 2023}}</ref>

| length = 3:25

| length = 3:25

| label = [[SST Records|SST]]

| label = [[SST Records|SST]]

| writer = * [[Chris Cornell]]

| writer =

* [[Chris Cornell]]

* [[Kim Thayil]]

* [[Kim Thayil]]

| producer = * Drew Canulette

| producer =

* Drew Canulette

* Soundgarden

* Soundgarden

| prev_title = [[Hunted Down]]

| prev_title = [[Hunted Down]]

| next_title = [[Loud Love]]

| next_title = [[Loud Love]]

| next_year = 1989

| next_year = 1989

| misc =

}}

}}

==Release and reception==

==Release and reception==

"Flower" was released as a single in May 1989 with a previously unreleased [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] titled "Toy Box". The B-side "Head Injury" can be found on the ''Ultramega OK'' album. "Toy Box" was recorded during the sessions for their first EP, ''[[Screaming Life]]''. "Flower" was the only single released from ''Ultramega OK''. The cover photo of the single was taken by [[Charles Peterson (photographer)|Charles Peterson]], a noted photographer of the early Seattle music scene.<ref>[http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/releases/flower.shtml "Flower"]. Unofficial SG Homepage. May 29, 1997.</ref>

"Flower" was released as a single in May 1989 with a previously unreleased B-side titled "Toy Box". The B-side "Head Injury" can be found on the ''Ultramega OK'' album. "Toy Box" was recorded during the sessions for their first EP, ''[[Screaming Life]]''. "Flower" was the only single released from ''Ultramega OK''. The cover photo of the single was taken by [[Charles Peterson (photographer)|Charles Peterson]], a noted photographer of the early Seattle music scene.<ref>[http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/releases/flower.shtml "Flower"]. Unofficial SG Homepage. May 29, 1997.</ref>

An alternate [[BBC]] version of "Flower" was recorded on May 14, 1989 for [[John Peel]] at the [[Golders Green Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] in [[Golders Green]], [[London]] and appears on the Deluxe Edition of the band's 2010 compilation album ''[[Telephantasm]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1989/May14soundgarden/ |title=Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 14/05/1989 Soundgarden |publisher=BBC |date=1989-05-14 |access-date=2012-01-10}}</ref>

An alternate [[BBC]] version of "Flower" was recorded on May 14, 1989 for [[John Peel]] at the [[Golders Green Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] in [[Golders Green]], [[London]] and appears on the Deluxe Edition of the band's 2010 compilation album ''[[Telephantasm]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1989/May14soundgarden/ |title=Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 14/05/1989 Soundgarden |publisher=BBC |date=1989-05-14 |access-date=2012-01-10}}</ref>

==Personnel==

==Personnel==

*[[Chris Cornell]]&nbsp;– vocals

* [[Chris Cornell]]&nbsp;– vocals

*[[Kim Thayil]]&nbsp;– guitar

* [[Kim Thayil]]&nbsp;– guitar

*[[Hiro Yamamoto]]&nbsp;– bass

* [[Hiro Yamamoto]]&nbsp;– bass

*[[Matt Cameron]]&nbsp;– drums

* [[Matt Cameron]]&nbsp;– drums

==Accolades==

==Accolades==