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“Amongst The Waves” by Pearl Jam
From the album Backspacer (2009)
“Amongst The Waves” by Pearl Jam appears on 17 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2009 and 2012. It was first released in 2009 on the album Backspacer. Its best result is #23 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 2010 and #294 of the '10s.
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"Amongst the Waves" comes off Backspacer, Pearl Jam's ninth studio album, from 2009, and it's a familiar division of labor for the band: guitarist Stone Gossard wrote the music and Eddie Vedder the words. Brendan O'Brien produced it, and the result rolls in big and open-hearted, a grown-up band sounding glad to be riding the swell rather than fighting it.
It followed "Just Breathe" as the album's third single, reaching radio in May 2010 and the shops that June, and it climbed to number 17 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. A video followed in July.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 707 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2012 | 29 | 93.3 WMMR | WMMR Top 50 Songs of Summer (2012) | 49 |
Also listed as: Amongst the Waves.
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