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Apropos of nothing, Pearl Jam has five US top 40 hits (and two top tens) and none of them are the songs you think they would be.

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Jun 20 '20, 19:12

Their biggest hit (chart wise) is a song I completely forget existed and then you're like "oh yeah, that was a thing."

Responses:

I feel like I’ve entered an alternate dimension. I know Last Kiss because - like Reagen said - they played it non-stop. But... -- (edited) - Mop Jun 20, 21:18 1
- Then you either watched MTV when they still played videos or listened to alternative radio. - Tim Jun 20, 21:33
I like Dance of the Clarvoyants and Superblood Wolfmoon off the new album. -- nm - Qale Jun 20, 19:45 2
- I owned Vitalogy in high school for Better Man and Corduroy, but they just haven't been my thing since. -- nm - Tim Jun 20, 19:50 1
  - I am really happy some of these bands have come back to my listening habits. -- nm - Qale Jun 20, 20:17
The other answers - Tim Jun 20, 19:33 1
- Who You Are was the other one I was trying to remember. -- nm - spamlet Jun 20, 19:34
I got ID -- nm - budice Jun 20, 19:23 1
- #7, their other top ten song. - Tim Jun 20, 19:25
big yellox taxi -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 20, 19:18
That I wish I were a bomb song? - spamlet Jun 20, 19:17 2
- Wishlist? #47 -- nm - Tim Jun 20, 19:18 1
  - Maybe? -- nm - spamlet Jun 20, 19:18
Jeremy spoke in class today -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 20, 19:16 1
- #79 -- nm - Tim Jun 20, 19:17
Better Man -- nm - Flavorize Jun 20, 19:15 5
- Was never released as a physical single, which was Billboard's rule at the time. -- nm - Tim Jun 20, 19:15 4
  - Hmmm...I'm guessing there are a bunch of soundtrack songs that we're missing here -- nm - Flavorize Jun 20, 19:26 3
    - A lot of the songs you know weren’t released as physical singles. For them, Black is the big one (along with Yellow Ledbetter which was a B-side) - spamlet Jun 20, 19:30 2
      - Very few songs from rock/alternative bands were released as physical singles since the assumption was those fans were album buyers. -- nm - Tim Jun 20, 19:35 1
        
        I know Jeremy was and all of Nirvana’s were singles since I had them for the b-sides but never really paid much attention otherwise -- nm - spamlet Jun 20, 19:39
Is it - Reagen Jun 20, 19:13 5
- RIGHT?!!! -- nm - Mop Jun 20, 21:08
- I figured that what it was based on context. -- nm - spamlet Jun 20, 19:16
- Somehow that went to #2. -- nm - Tim Jun 20, 19:14 2
  - It made *me* want to die in a car crash. -- nm - Reagen Jun 20, 19:15 1
    - Eddie's wife likes it. They started covering it when they were dating. -- nm - jnine Jun 20, 23:14
yellow ledbetter, amongst the waves, do the evolution? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 20, 19:13 2
- no to all 3 -- nm - Tim Jun 20, 19:14
- (where's mel profit for this?!?) -- nm - prayformojo Jun 20, 19:13

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Apropos of nothing, Pearl Jam has five US top 40 hits (and two top tens) and none of them are the songs you think they would be.

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