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“Hail Hail” by Pearl Jam
From the album No Code (1996)
“Hail Hail” by Pearl Jam appears on 16 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1996 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album No Code. Its best result is #26 on The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #51 alternative song of 1996 and #3,595 alternative song of all time.
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"Hail, Hail" was the second single pulled from No Code, Pearl Jam's fourth album, in 1996, and it's the record's rudest reminder that this band could still plug in and roar. No Code got tagged as the experimental one, but as Stone Gossard pointed out, tracks like this one are rock through and through. Gossard, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready wrote the music, and it lurches and churns, with three guitars (Eddie Vedder straps one on too) grinding over Jack Irons' pounding drums.
Vedder's words follow two people in a battered relationship, straining to keep it from falling apart, and he squeezes in some harmonica. Brendan O'Brien produced with the band, added piano and mixed it with Nick DiDia, who recorded it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 100 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 55 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 | 91 |
| 1996 | 32 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 58 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 | 99 |
| 1996 | 87 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 47 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 | 104 |
| 1996 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996 | 100 |
| 1996 | 76 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 301 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 656 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2002 | 804 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2005 | 26 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005) | 77 |
| 2014 | 417 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 440 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2021 | 287 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 476 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
Also listed as: Hail, Hail.
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