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“Glorified G” by Pearl Jam

From the album Vs. (1993)

“Glorified G” by Pearl Jam appears on 40 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1994 and 2023. It was first released in 1993 on the album Vs.. Its best result is #30 on the 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #218 alternative song of 1994 and #628 alternative song of all time.

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"Glorified G" is the fourth track on Pearl Jam's Vs., released in October 1993: Eddie Vedder's words set to music the whole band wrote together, with Brendan O'Brien producing. By Stone Gossard's own account it very nearly fell apart. It changed shape again and again, and even at the mixing stage he wasn't sure it worked.

You can hear why, and that's the fun of it. Mike McCready plays a bright, countrified lick while Gossard chops a riff heading the other way, Jeff Ament wanders off on upright bass, and Dave Abbruzzese has to choose between country and funk on the kit. Nobody is really holding the middle, and the tune lurches along like a bar band arguing with itself, Vedder sneering over the top with a protester's bite. It never came out as a single, yet it still found its way to number 39 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 80 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 98 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 440 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 360 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 415 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 450 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 314 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 649 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 438 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 649 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2000 30 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 631 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 631 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 296 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 473 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 631 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 490 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 631 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 242 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 71 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 632 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 341 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 32 107.7 The End The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005) 77
2007 268 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 606 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 609 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 627 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 650 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 646 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 656 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 677 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 940 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 1001 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 787 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2020 325 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 860 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 254 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 418 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 249 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 250 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

Also listed as: Glorified G..

Charting alongside it in 1994

Best songs of 1994 →
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  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
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  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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