Save You

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"Save You"
"Save You" cover
Single by Pearl Jam
from the album Riot Act
B-side(s) "Other Side"
Released February 11, 2003
Format CD single
Recorded February 2002 at Studio X, Seattle, Washington
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:50
Label Epic
Writer(s) Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder
Producer(s) Adam Kasper, Pearl Jam
Chart positions
  • # 17 Canadian Singles Chart
  • # 23 US Mainstream Rock Tracks
  • # 29 US Modern Rock Tracks
Pearl Jam singles chronology
"I Am Mine"
(2002)
"Save You"
(2003)
"Love Boat Captain"
(2003)
Riot Act track listing
"Can't Keep"
(Track 1)
"Save You"
(Track 2)
"Love Boat Captain"
(Track 3)

"Save You" was the second single from Pearl Jam's 2002 album, Riot Act. The band played this song when they appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to support the album. The single features the B-side "Other Side", which can also be found on Lost Dogs. "Save You" was included on Pearl Jam's greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003.

The guitar riff for the song was written by guitarist Mike McCready.[1] During the recording session for the song drummer Matt Cameron lost his headphones. He was able to finish the recording session by watching Jeff Ament's fingers as he played the bass.[2]

Contents

Eddie has hinted on occasions that this song is about former drummer Jack Irons and his drug addictions which led him to leave the band after the 1998 Australian Yield Tour.

It is also possible that the song is about Mike McCready's struggle with addiction.

A music video directed by James Frost was filmed for the song at Seattle's Chop Suey club in September of 2002, though it was merely a live performance rather than a conceptual video. It was one of five videos shot at the club to promote Riot Act (including "I Am Mine", "Love Boat Captain", "Thumbing My Way", and "1/2 Full"). Up to that point the band had not made any music videos since 1998's "Do the Evolution".

Compact Disc Single (US and Canada)

  1. "Save You" (Ament, Cameron, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:51
  2. "Other Side" (Ament) – 4:02
    • Previously Unreleased

Pearl Jam
Jeff Ament | Stone Gossard | Mike McCready | Eddie Vedder | Matt Cameron
Boom Gaspar | Dave Krusen | Matt Chamberlain | Dave Abbruzzese | Jack Irons
Discography
Albums: Ten | Vs. | Vitalogy | No Code | Yield | Binaural | Riot Act | Pearl Jam
Live Albums and Compilations: Live on Two Legs | Official Bootlegs | Lost Dogs | Live at Benaroya Hall | Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 | Live in NYC 12/31/92 | Live at Easy Street
Videos: Single Video Theory | Touring Band 2000 | Live at the Showbox | Live at the Garden
Singles: "Alive" | "Even Flow" | "Jeremy" | "Oceans" | "Go" | "Animal" | "Daughter" | "Dissident" | "Spin the Black Circle" | "Immortality" | "Not For You" | Merkin Ball | "Who You Are" | "Off He Goes" | "Hail, Hail" | "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"
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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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