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“Dissident” by Pearl Jam

From the album Vs. (1993)

“Dissident” by Pearl Jam appears on 48 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 1994 and 2024. It was first released in 1993 on the album Vs.. Its best result is #21 on The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #81 alternative song of 1994 and #649 alternative song of all time.

48countdowns
22stations
#21best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2024years charted

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"Dissident" is the fifth track on Vs., Pearl Jam's second album, released on Epic in 1993, and one of the darker short stories Eddie Vedder ever set to music. By his telling, it follows a woman who hides a refugee, can't bear the weight of supporting him, gives him up to the authorities and is left eaten alive by guilt. All five members of the band share the composing credit, Dave Abbruzzese included, and Brendan O'Brien produced it with them, Nick DiDia recording, the guitars coiling and snapping around Vedder's anguished vocal.

It became the album's fourth single in May 1994, climbing to number three on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and to number 14 in the UK, the best British showing of any Vs. single. In Europe it came with three CD singles carrying the band's April 1994 show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and it later made the cut for the 2004 hits collection rearviewmirror.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 43 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 75 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 39 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 147 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 463 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 364 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 886 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 95 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2001 221 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 220 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 340 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 172 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 58 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 191 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 21 107.7 The End The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005) 77
2006 435 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 220 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 435 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 369 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 456 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 187 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 455 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 155 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 446 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 432 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 433 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 680 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 428 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 215 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 289 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 685 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 482 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2015 433 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 413 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2019 298 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 405 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 607 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 494 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 380 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 192 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 500 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 169 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 275 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 895 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 171 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 123 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 356 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 373 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400

Charting alongside it in 1994

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  1. 1Black Hole SunSoundgarden
  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
  4. 4Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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