Song · Pearl Jam
“Sirens” by Pearl Jam
From the album Lightning Bolt (2013)
“Sirens” by Pearl Jam appears on 19 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2013 and 2022. It was first released in 2013 on the album Lightning Bolt. Its best result is #6 on the WCYY Year End Top 50 of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 2013 and #256 of the '10s.
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"Sirens" was the second single from Lightning Bolt, Pearl Jam's tenth studio album, released as a digital download on September 18, 2013, the same day Danny Clinch's video appeared. It started with Mike McCready, who came away from a 2011 show on Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour wanting to write something with a Pink Floyd sort of feel.
What came out is Pearl Jam at their most unguarded, with Eddie Vedder's words staring down mortality and fretting over the world the next generation will inherit. Vedder, Stone Gossard and McCready share the guitars, Jeff Ament plays bass and Matt Cameron handles drums and percussion, with Brendan O'Brien producing and mixing. It sold 13,000 downloads in the US in its first week.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | KISW | KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from the '10s | 25 |
| 2022 | 1154 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
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