Song · Pearl Jam
“Dark Matter” by Pearl Jam
From the album Dark Matter (2024)
“Dark Matter” by Pearl Jam appears on 13 radio countdowns from 13 stations in 2024. It was first released in 2024 on the album Dark Matter. Its best result is #4 on the WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2024. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 2024 and #177 of the '20s.
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Pearl Jam made "Dark Matter" both the title track of their 12th studio album and its first single, dropping it at midnight on February 13, 2024, and it started out as a drum pattern Matt Cameron improvised. Fittingly, it kicks off with Cameron's percussion before the distorted guitar and Eddie Vedder's voice pile in, and critics heard Pearl Jam rediscovering a raw, grungy hard-rock snarl.
Andrew Watt produced and shares the music credit with Jeff Ament, Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Vedder, who wrote the lyrics on his own; Serban Ghenea mixed. It topped two Billboard airplay charts, Mainstream Rock and Rock & Alternative, and was up for two Grammys in 2025, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2024 | 99 |
| 2024 | 112 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
| 2024 | 21 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2024 | 83 |
| 2024 | 75 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 71 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 65 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 4 | 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA | WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2024 | 25 |
| 2024 | 52 | 101X Austin, TX | 101X Most Requested and Most Played Songs of 2024 | 88 |
| 2024 | 58 | WNXP 91.ONE Nashville, TN | WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 50 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 93 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2024 | 107 |
| 2024 | 45 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2024 | 98 |
| 2024 | 23 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 100 |
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