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“Mind Your Manners” by Pearl Jam
From the album Lightning Bolt (2013)
“Mind Your Manners” by Pearl Jam appears on 12 radio countdowns from 12 stations in 2013. It was first released in 2013 on the album Lightning Bolt. Its best result is #15 on the WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #55 alternative song of 2013.
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"Mind Your Manners" kicked off the Lightning Bolt campaign in July 2013 as the lead single from Pearl Jam's tenth album, and it goes off like a string of firecrackers. Mike McCready wrote the music and said he was reaching for something with a hard, Dead Kennedys edge, while Eddie Vedder's lyric takes aim at organized religion, which he called hypocritical for its intolerance and for the abuse of children and its cover-up. Brendan O'Brien produced and mixed; Vedder sings and plays guitar alongside Stone Gossard and McCready, with Jeff Ament on bass and Matt Cameron on drums.
The Globe and Mail's Brad Wheeler found it "lean, swift and punishing." Danny Clinch directed the video, and Ament brought in Andy Smetanka, a fellow Missoula, Montana resident, to animate it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 87 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2013 | 91 |
| 2013 | 98 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 | 103 |
| 2013 | 55 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 | 99 |
| 2013 | 15 | WFPK Louisville, KY | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2013 | 100 |
| 2013 | 88 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 of 2013 | 97 |
| 2013 | 48 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2013 | 94 |
| 2013 | 85 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 193 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2013 | 43 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 | 135 |
| 2013 | 84 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013 | 88 |
| 2013 | 25 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Year End Top 50 of 2013 | 50 |
| 2013 | 78 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 | 103 |
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