Dissident (song)

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"Dissident"
"Dissident" cover
Single by Pearl Jam
from the album Vs.
B-side "Release" (live) / "Rearviewmirror" (live) / "Even Flow" (live) / "Dissident" (live) / "Why Go" (live) / "Deep" (live)
Released 1994
Format CD single, Cassette, Vinyl
Recorded March 1993 - May 1993 at The Site, Nicasio, California
Genre Grunge
Length 3:35
Label Epic
Writer Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder
Producer Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam singles chronology
"Animal"
(1994)		 "Dissident"
(1994)		 "Spin the Black Circle"
(1994)
Vs. track listing
"Glorified G"
(Track 4)		 "Dissident"
(Track 5)		 "W.M.A."
(Track 6)
Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 track listing
"Go"
(Track 7 of Disc 1)		 "Dissident"
(Track 8 of Disc 1)		 "Rearviewmirror"
(Track 9 of Disc 1)

"Dissident" is the fourth single from Pearl Jam's second studio album, Vs. It was released as a single in 1994. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, but did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Nevertheless, it is one of the band's most enduring singles, and has remained a popular song on many rock stations. The song was included on Pearl Jam's greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003.

An early primitive jam version of the song can be found in the commercial breaks of their MTV Unplugged performance. After "Black", during the commercial beak, the band jammed into a short progression that would become the basic "Dissident" riff. This is clearly evident in bootlegs and video.

A live performance of "Dissident" can be found on the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set. A performance of the song is also included on the DVD Touring Band 2000.

Contents

Eddie Vedder about "Dissident":

“ In "Dissident", I'm actually talking about a woman who takes in someone who's being sought after by the authorities for political reasons. He's on the run, and she offers him a refuge. But she just can't handle the responsibility. She turns him in, then she has to live with the guilt and the realization that she's betrayed the one thing that gave her life meaning. It made her life difficult. It made her life hell. But it gave her a reason to be. But she couldn't hold on. She folded. That's the tragedy of the song.[1] ”

All information taken from various sources.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

  1. "Dissident" (Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) – 3:35
  2. "Release" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Dave Krusen) – 4:54
  3. "Rearviewmirror" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:30
  4. "Even Flow" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:04
  5. "Dissident" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:24
  6. "Why Go" (live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:49
  7. "Deep" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:44

  1. "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
  2. "Release" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 4:54
  3. "Rearviewmirror" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:30
  4. "Even Flow" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:04

  1. "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
  2. "Dissident" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:24
  3. "Why Go" (live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:49
  4. "Deep" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:44

  1. "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
  2. "Release" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 4:54

  1. "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
  2. "Rearviewmirror" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:08

  1. "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
  2. "Rearviewmirror" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:08

Two alternate versions of the "Dissident" single were released that do not contain the song "Dissident" at all. The track listings of the alternate versions are as follows:

All information taken from various sources.[10][11][12][8][9]

"Dissident" #2
"Dissident" #2

  1. "Jeremy" (live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:00
  2. "Glorified G" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:19
  3. "Daughter" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:07
  4. "Go" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:57
  5. "Animal" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:48
  6. "Garden" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 6:52
  7. "State of Love and Trust" (live) (Vedder, McCready, Ament) – 3:58
  8. "Black" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:45
"Dissident" #3
"Dissident" #3

  1. "Alive" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:08
  2. "Blood" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:39
  3. "W.M.A." (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) (w/ Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill of King's X) – 6:24
  4. "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:43
  5. "Rats" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 4:37
  6. "Once" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 3:21
  7. "Porch" (live) (Vedder) – 11:01
  8. "Indifference" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:00

Altogether, the three "Dissident" singles compile the band's April 3, 1994 concert in Atlanta, Georgia, with the only omissions being three songs from the yet-to-be-released Vitalogy ("Whipping", "Better Man", and "Satan's Bed") and the Dead Boys cover "Sonic Reducer". All three singles were available as a box set entitled Live in Atlanta released in Europe.

All information taken from various sources.[8][9]

Disc one

  1. "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
  2. "Release" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 4:54
  3. "Rearviewmirror" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:30
  4. "Even Flow" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:04
  5. "Dissident" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:24
  6. "Why Go" (live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:49
  7. "Deep" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:44

Disc two

  1. "Jeremy" (live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:00
  2. "Glorified G" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:19
  3. "Daughter" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:07
  4. "Go" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:57
  5. "Animal" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:48
  6. "Garden" (live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 6:52
  7. "State of Love and Trust" (live) (Vedder, McCready, Ament) – 3:58
  8. "Black" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:45

Disc three

  1. "Alive" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:08
  2. "Blood" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:39
  3. "W.M.A." (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) (w/ Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill of King's X) – 6:24
  4. "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:43
  5. "Rats" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 4:37
  6. "Once" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 3:21
  7. "Porch" (live) (Vedder) – 11:01
  8. "Indifference" (live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:00

All information taken from various sources.[13][14][15][16][17]

Year Chart Position
1994 US Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
Irish Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 14
German Singles Chart 97

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  3. ^ Griffith, JT. Dissident [6 Track UK]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  4. ^ Griffith, JT. Dissident [Japan Mini Album]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  5. ^ Griffith, JT. Dissident [South Africa Mini Album]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  6. ^ Griffith, JT. Dissident [US CD]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  7. ^ Griffith, JT. Dissident/Live in Atlanta [UK Epic #1]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  8. ^ a b c Dissident Single. Lukin.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  9. ^ a b c pjcollectors.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  10. ^ Griffith, JT. Dissident/Live in Atlanta [UK Epic #2]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  11. ^ Griffith, JT. Dissident/Live in Atlanta [UK Epic #3]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  12. ^ Dissident [Import]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  13. ^ EveryHit.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  14. ^ Pearl Jam Artist Chart History. Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  15. ^ Pearl Jam – Billboard Singles. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
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v • d • e
Pearl Jam
Jeff Ament · Stone Gossard · Mike McCready · Eddie Vedder · Matt Cameron
Dave Krusen · Matt Chamberlain · Dave Abbruzzese · Jack Irons
Other musicians: Boom Gaspar
Studio albums Ten · Vs. · Vitalogy · No Code · Yield · Binaural · Riot Act · Pearl Jam
Live albums Live on Two Legs · Official Bootlegs · Live at Benaroya Hall · Live in NYC 12/31/92 · Live at Easy Street · Live at the Gorge 05/06 · Live at Lollapalooza 2007
Compilations Lost Dogs · Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003
Videos Single Video Theory · Touring Band 2000 · Live at the Showbox · Live at the Garden · Immagine In Cornice
Singles "Alive" · "Even Flow" · "Jeremy" · "Oceans" · "Go" · "Daughter" · "Animal" · "Dissident" · "Spin the Black Circle" · "Not for You" · "Immortality" · Merkin Ball · "Who You Are" · "Hail, Hail" · "Off He Goes" · "Given to Fly" · "Wishlist" · "Last Kiss" · "Nothing As It Seems" · "Light Years" · "I Am Mine" · "Save You" · "Love Boat Captain" · "Man of the Hour" · "World Wide Suicide" · "Life Wasted" · "Love, Reign o'er Me"
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Categories Grunge musicians · Pearl Jam · Pearl Jam albums · Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs · Pearl Jam songs · Pearl Jam tours
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