When an All Time #1 Hit BORROWED From His Own Song, He had the PERFECT Reaction! | Professor Of Rock

This band’s heavy Debut single was one of the biggest rock hits of the year but critics wrote them off as a Grunge also ran. Collective Soul hit #1 on the Rock charts with Shine. Critics were dead wrong. It was a huge mistake on their part since Ed Roland and Collective Soul weren’t of that caliber just in the same time frame.. Their second album 90s classic December blew the sophomore jinx out of the water with several #1 hits including today’s feature. The World I Know Ed Roland walked out of his hotel room in New York City and just moved around the skyscrapers by foot observing the grittiness and the turmoil of the people in this metropolis inspiring him to write this #1 smash. Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls borrowed from it considerably and in my interview with Ed he has the perfect comeback. Also with their other #1 Rock hit, the rest of the band called the song the worst shit ever and didn’t want to record the song. Ed told them to forget it…THEY WERE RECORDING IT.. he was right.. It was one of their biggest this. Get Sammy Hagar Professor of Rock Live TIX here: https://www.showpass.com/sammy-hagar/ Thank you to this Episodes Sponsor, Zenni Optical Incredible Prices on New Glasses - https://bit.ly/ZenniOpticalShop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer: Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Kevin Riley, Dan Tierney, Jason White, John Esser, Frank Kuna, Grand Illusion, Michael Badenbaugh, J Lee, Tom Malanga, Casey Gallegher, Ardashir Lea, James Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store - http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch Access To Backstage Content Become a Patron - http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #1990s #rock #vinylstory Hey music junkies Professor of Rock alway here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time . If you love the music of the rock and roll era, YOu’ll dig this channel where we get the stories of the song directly from the artists who created them. Subscribe below right now to be a part of our daily honor roll of this time. and look click on our patreon link in the description to see our brand new show there. Its time for another episode from our series revelations where artists take us for a deep dive into their greatest songs and albums with commentary and insight you won’t find anywhere else. Ya know. In the early 90s, bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains swooped in like tsunami and wiping everything out for a time. Radio changed along with it. from 1991 into 1993 this rock music was a completely refreshing sound. But as we entered into the mid 90s things were continuing to escalate … and a second wave of bands entered the picture adding some gasoline to the the flame of rock s Hip Hop and Teen Pop threatened a total take over of radio as we have today. Pretty much Rock’s last stand on pop radio… One of the bands that made a place on pop radio to keep rock’s flag waving was Collective Soul. They would end up having 7 #1 hits on the rock charts and 2 #2 hits. Starting with their 94 smash Shine. Critics wrote them off as a Grunge also rans after their first album Hints, allegations and things left unsaid went double platinum. But how wrong they were. Their very next album would blow the sophomore jinx out of the water selling over 3 minion copies in the US with 3 #1 rock hit in a row. December, Where the River Flows and today’s featured hit The world I know. Lead singer and main songwriter Ed Roland really considers Their second album Collective Soul to be their debut album. After the out of the blue success of the song shine which was really a demo recording, Ed and the band wanted to remix the songs for the Hints album for a higher quality re release but they were told that doing this would take too much time and mess up their momentum.