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LIST YEAR

1991

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.

Genre

Alternative rockGrungeRock

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1991

Release: 1991Source checked

1991 Ten-era recording; international commercial single 1992. Not a 1982 recording.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Alive - release / recording history
1991 Ten-era recording; international commercial single 1992. Not a 1982 recording. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.

Former annual assignments retained as history

These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.

  • 1982: premature
BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Originally composed in 1982, it became a hit for Pearl Jam years later.

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1982.html, song-list position 136
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Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

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Sources and scope

Chronology-screened editorial addition; dated source reviewed; popularity rank not assigned.

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Alive - date and recording source
1991 Ten-era recording; international commercial single 1992. Not a 1982 recording. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.

Owner-supplied 1982.html
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.

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