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“Do the Evolution” by Pearl Jam
From the album Yield (1998)
“Do the Evolution” by Pearl Jam appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1998 and 2021. It was first released in 1998 on the album Yield. Its best result is #13 on The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #260 alternative song of 1998 and #5,296 alternative song of all time.
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"Do the Evolution" is the seventh track on Yield, Pearl Jam's fifth studio album from 1998, with music by Stone Gossard and words by Eddie Vedder. Brendan O'Brien produced it with the band and mixed it, Nick DiDia recorded it, and Jack Irons is behind the kit while Vedder straps on a guitar next to Gossard and Mike McCready. It's a protest song with its fists up, all snarl and churn.
It never got a commercial single release, yet it still climbed to number 33 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. It also broke a long silence on the screen: it got the band's first music video since "Oceans" back in the Ten era. It later made the cut for the 2004 hits collection rearviewmirror.
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
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 247 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 13 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005) | 77 |
| 2021 | 376 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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