“Society” by Eddie Vedder

"Society" is a borrowed song, and Eddie Vedder handles it like something worth protecting. Jerry Hannan wrote both the music and the words, and he stays on the 2007 recording to sing backing vocals, so the author's voice hovers right behind the singer's.

Vedder produced and mixed it with Adam Kasper, who also did the recording, while John Burton and Sam Hofstedt engineered. The result is spare and unhurried, built to keep nothing between the voice and the song. It found its way onto the countdowns only years after it came out, and it has stayed there since.

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