Song · Pearl Jam
“Man of the Hour” by Pearl Jam
Released 2005
“Man of the Hour” by Pearl Jam appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2004 and 2005. It was first released in 2005. Its best result is #33 on The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #252 alternative song of 2004.
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Tim Burton asked Pearl Jam for an original song for Big Fish in 2003, and after seeing an early print of the film Eddie Vedder went home, wrote "Man of the Hour" and had a demo finished by the next day. The band recorded it four days later. It plays over the film's closing credits and opens the soundtrack album, came out as a single on November 26, 2003, and later landed on the 2004 hits set rearviewmirror.
It's a wistful, unhurried farewell, a young man saying goodbye to his father, and it carries the mood the band walked out of the screening with: Mike McCready said he and Vedder were close to tears talking about the movie afterward.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 83 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 89 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 | 105 |
| 2004 | 48 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 33 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005) | 77 |
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