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{{Infobox song

| name = Big Empty

| cover = Bigempty.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Australian CD picture sleeve

| type = single

| artist = Stone Temple Pilots

| album = The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Purple

| B-side = Lounge Fly

| released =

| recorded = 1993

| studio = The Record Plant

| genre =

| length = 4:55

| label = Atlantic

| composer = Dean DeLeo

| lyricist = Scott Weiland

| producer = Brendan O'Brien

| prev_title = Creep

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Vasoline

| next_year = 1994

| misc =

}}

"'Big Empty'" is a song by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots that first appeared in 1994 on the soundtrack of the film 'The Crow'. The band later included the song on its second album, 'Purple', and released it as the lead single from that album. The song reached No. 3 and No. 7 on the 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, respectively. The song won a MTV Movie Award for best song featured in a movie in 1995.

Musically, the song has a similar format to the band's previous single "Creep", beginning with a slow, soft acoustic verse that leads into a loud and distorted chorus with a heavy guitar similar to "Plush". "Big Empty" appears on the greatest hits compilation albums 'Thank You' and 'Buy This'.

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "'Big Empty' is a perfect encapsulation of mainstream alienation" and praised it as a highlight on 'Purple'.

Charts



Live performances



The song was performed live for the first time during a taping of 'MTV Unplugged' on November 17, 1993, seven months before 'Purple' was released. "Big Empty" was not included when their 'Unplugged' episode debuted in January 1994. However, in May to help promote 'The Crow' soundtrack, MTV placed the 'Unplugged' performance of "Big Empty" into their heavy video rotation, as there was never an official promo video for the song. On STP's 2008 reunion tour, "Big Empty" was the opening song for every show except for the band's performance at the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore on August 10.

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Category:1994 singles

Category:1994 songs

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:Rock ballads

Category:Stone Temple Pilots songs

Category:Songs written by Scott Weiland

Category:Songs written by Robert DeLeo

Category:Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)

Category:Blues rock songs

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