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Just letting go, allowing himself to feel joy and peace, a treat to himself

In his signature, hauntingly beautiful style and artistry of Chris Cornell, the grunge icon performed Pearl Jam’s ‘‘Footsteps’’ alongside Seth and Scott Avett of the Avett Brothers on Live on Fallon in 2013. No One Sings Like You Anymore is a true statement about the singer and this performance perfectly captures this.

This song is really special as it’s origins are a bit complex. Grunge supergroup Temple Of The Dog’s ‘‘Times Of Trouble’’ has the same melody, but with different lyrics written by Cornell. However, the song’s origins actually can be traced back to one of the first grunge bands Mother Love Bone which was fronted by Andrew Wood. The half-finished Mother Love Bone song was called "So Pleasing’’. The lyrics were written by Wood, whilst the music by Stone Gossard. After Wood’s death, Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament formed Pearl Jam.

Instead of the song being titled ‘‘So Pleasing’’, in an interview, Stone confirms that Andrew Wood had the original version, however, it was called ‘‘Times of Trouble’’. They worked on it closely before his death but it was never recorded.