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“Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (live)” by Pearl Jam
From the album Vs. (1993)
“Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (live)” by Pearl Jam appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1993 on the album Vs.. Its best result is #16 on the K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #164 alternative song of 1999 and #4,323 alternative song of all time.
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"Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" sits tenth on Vs., Pearl Jam's second album, from 1993, and the long-winded title was the point, the band's answer to how many of its songs had one-word names. The credit goes to the whole band, but Eddie Vedder did most of the writing, Brendan O'Brien produced, and fans and the band alike usually shorten it to "Elderly Woman" or "Small Town".
It's an acoustic number, and it made its way without any help from the shops: never sold as a single, it still climbed to 17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. An acoustic version turned up on the "Go" single, and the song later landed on the band's 2004 greatest-hits set, rearviewmirror.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 127 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
Also listed as: Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Live).
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