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“State of Love And Trust” by Pearl Jam

Released 2000

“State of Love And Trust” by Pearl Jam appears on 18 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1994 and 2023. It was first released in 2000. Its best result is #11 on The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,485 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

7stations

#11best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1994–2023years charted

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"State of Love and Trust" first surfaced on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Singles, and it's Pearl Jam at their most wired: Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready and Jeff Ament wrote it, and the band first put it down during the sessions for Ten, possibly with the movie already in mind. It charges out of the gate on a tense, looping riff and keeps building until Vedder is practically climbing the walls.

The Ten-era take, with Dave Krusen on drums, stayed in the vault until the album's 2009 reissue, and Ament has said he prefers it to the released version: rougher, looser, closer to the ragged Crazy Horse spirit the song was written in. The song also made the cut for the 2004 hits collection Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#2,485 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

#660 of the '90s

Hard Rock & Metal

#713 of all time

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1994	603	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994)	1000
1995	660	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995)	1000
1996	694	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996)	1000
1998	683	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998)	1000
1999	289	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	854	107.7 The End	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1077
1999	734	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999)	998
2002	550	KISW	KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002)	999
2002	641	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2004	287	Q101	Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004)	300
2004	336	107.7 The End	The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)	500
2005	11	107.7 The End	The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005)	77
2020	398	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2020)	420
2021	246	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2021)	420
2022	724	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s	900
2022	244	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2022)	420
2023	334	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893
2023	231	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2023)	420

Also listed as: State Of Love And Trust; State of Love and Trust; State of Love & Trust; State Of Love and Trust.

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