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“Black (live at Benaroya Hall)” by Pearl Jam
From the album Ten (1991)
“Black (live at Benaroya Hall)” by Pearl Jam appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2004. It was first released in 1991 on the album Ten. Its best result is #57 on The End Top 77 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #598 alternative song of 2004.
Pearl Jam's "Black" sits fifth on Ten, the band's 1991 debut, and this is the band taking it on live at Benaroya Hall. Stone Gossard wrote the music and Eddie Vedder wrote the words, and the studio original, produced by Rick Parashar, is the bruised, private heart of that record.
When Ten blew up in 1992, Epic leaned on the band to release "Black" as a single. They refused, saying the song was too personal to hand over like that. It climbed to No. 3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart regardless, remixes later surfaced on the 2004 hits collection Rearviewmirror and on the 2009 reissue of Ten, and the fans have never let go of it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 57 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 | 77 |
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