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“The Fixer” by Pearl Jam

From the album Backspacer (2009)

“The Fixer” by Pearl Jam appears on 47 radio countdowns from 39 stations between 2009 and 2022. It was first released in 2009 on the album Backspacer. Its best result is #2 on the Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 2009, #90 of the '00s and #358 of the '10s.

47countdowns
39stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
6top 10 finishes
2009–2022years charted

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Pearl Jam led off Backspacer, their ninth studio album, with "The Fixer" in August 2009, and it's about as lean and cheerful as this band gets. Matt Cameron wrote most of the music in 2008, Stone Gossard and Mike McCready came up with the bridge, and Eddie Vedder supplied the words. Brendan O'Brien produced.

It could easily have turned out a different animal. Vedder told Rolling Stone early in 2009 that the song began life as a sprawling seven-minute groove with an arty, sideways streak, until he kept fiddling with it after the others had gone home and they cut it down to size, weighing whether it would earn a nightly spot in the set. What's left is a tight, punchy rocker that sounds built for exactly that.

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

RockLists rankings

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Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 17 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 20 Songs of 2009 20
2009 37 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 91
2009 33 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 7 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 28 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 30 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 5 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge The Top 102 of 2009 102
2009 32 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2009 99
2009 14 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2009 30
2009 23 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2009 94
2009 69 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 13 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 51
2009 36 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2009 105
2009 20 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 106
2009 25 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009 100
2009 40 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009 104
2009 32 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 18 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 69 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 48 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 103
2009 16 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 18 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009 103
2009 32 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2009 90
2009 15 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 99
2009 59 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2009 106
2009 13 WVBR Ithaca, NY WVBR Top 93 of 2009 92
2009 4 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 of 2009 94
2009 8 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 5 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009 107
2009 19 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009 103
2009 34 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 69 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009 88
2009 32 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 100
2009 44 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 96
2010 21 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 102 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 2 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 64 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 13 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 94
2010 55 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 44 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Best of 2010 50
2010 35 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 91 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) 101
2009 296 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2010 203 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2013 796 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2022 422 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907

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