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Go (song)
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| Single by Pearl Jam from the album Vs. |
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| B-side | "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (acoustic) / "Alone" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, Cassette, Vinyl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | March 1993 at The Site, Nicasio, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Grunge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Epic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer | Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Go" is the first single from Pearl Jam's second studio album, Vs. It was released as a single in 1993 with a B-side titled "Alone", which can also be found on Lost Dogs. The guitar riff for "Go" was written by drummer Dave Abbruzzese.[1] "Go" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was nominated the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1995.[2] It was also included on their greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003.
The UK release of this single featured a free cassette with the Vs. track "Animal" being played live, which was distributed free with all the vinyl "Go" singles. This made the song ineligible for the UK top 40 chart. It is unknown how many sales the single generated, but as this was the case Pearl Jam essentially missed out on breaking into the UK's top ten single sales with this release ("Spin the Black Circle" eventually reached #10 in November 1994, the band's only UK top 10 single).
On April 3, 1994, Vedder dedicated a live version of the song to Kurt Cobain shortly after the former Nirvana frontman had nearly died as a result of overdosing on alcohol and Rohypnol while on tour in Rome in March 1994.
Live performances of "Go" can be found on the live albums Live on Two Legs and Live at the Gorge 05/06. A performance of the song is also included on the DVD Touring Band 2000.
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In Kim Neely's book Five Against One: The Pearl Jam Story, Dave Abbruzzese quips that Eddie Vedder told him he wrote the song about his pickup truck.[3] It is not known if Vedder was being serious or not, however the full lyrics of the song suggest it is of a much more serious nature.
All information taken from various sources.[4][5][6][7]
- "Go" (Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) – 3:13
- "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (acoustic) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:18
- "Alone" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
- Previously Unreleased
- "Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:13
- "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (acoustic) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:18
- "Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:13
- "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (acoustic) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:18
- "Alone" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
- Previously Unreleased
- Included "Animal" (live) on cassette.
- "Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:13
- "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (acoustic) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:18
- "Alone" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
- Previously Unreleased
- Included "Animal" (live) on cassette.
- "Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:13
- "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (acoustic) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:18
- "Alone" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
- Previously Unreleased
All information taken from various sources.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1993 | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 3 |
| US Modern Rock Tracks | 8 | |
| Australian Singles Chart | 22 | |
| German Singles Chart | 96 | |
| 1994 | New Zealand Singles Chart | 19 |
| UK Singles Chart | 190 |
- ^ Garbarini, Vic. "Spit Fire". Guitar World. February 1995.
- ^ 37th Grammy Awards. Rockonthenet. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ Neely, Kim. Five Against One. Diane Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 0-7567-7409-8
- ^ Go [UK]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Torreano, Bradley. Go [US]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Go Single. Lukin.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ pjcollectors.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Pearl Jam Artist Chart History. Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Pearl Jam – Billboard Singles. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ PEARL JAM - GO (SINGLE) (12659). Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ Chartverfolgung / Pearl Jam / Single. musicline.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=771927#771927. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ PEARL JAM - GO (SONG). New Zealand-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.