Hail, Hail

Infobox Single|
Name = Hail, Hail


Artist = Pearl Jam
from Album = No Code
B-side = "Black, Red, Yellow"
Released = 1996
Format = CD single
Recorded = July 12, 1995 – May 1996
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:41
Label = Epic
Producer = Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam
Writer = Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready
Chart position =
Last single = "Who You Are" (1996)
This single = "Hail, Hail" (1996)
Next single = "Off He Goes" (1996)Extra tracklisting
Album = No Code
Type = studio
prev_track = "Sometimes"
prev_no = Track 1
this_track = "Hail, Hail"
track_no = Track 2
next_track = "Who You Are"
next_no = Track 3Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = HailHail.ogg"Hail, Hail" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released in 1996 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, "No Code" (1996). "Hail, Hail" managed to reach the number nine spot on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock "Billboard" charts. "Hail, Hail" was included on Pearl Jam's greatest hits album, "".

Origin and recording

The song features lyrics written by frontman Eddie Vedder and music co-written by guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament, and guitarist Mike McCready. Gossard stated, "People say that "No Code" wasn't like a rock record. The big comment you'd hear over and over again was 'experimental record.' But then you hear "Habit" and "Hail, Hail" and "Lukin", and those songs are totally rock." [Schilders, Hélène. [http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_04-xx-98_-_guitar_world.htm "Still Alive"] . "Guitar World". April 1998.]

Lyrics

The lyrics of "Hail, Hail" refer to two people in a troubled relationship struggling to hold it together. [cite web | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E4DB1430F936A1575BC0A960958260 | title=Pearl Jam Is Tired of the Pearl Jam Sound | accessdate=2007-06-27 | author=Pareles, Jon | publisher="The New York Times" | date=1996-07-25]

Release and reception

The single was exclusive to Australia, Canada, Japan, and Europe. It was released as a single with a B-side titled "Black, Red, Yellow", which can also be found on the compilation "Lost Dogs" (2003).

The song peaked at number nine on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks and "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks charts. It appeared on "Billboard" magazine's Hot 100 Airplay chart, reaching the top 70. "Hail, Hail" would peak at number 31 on the Australian Singles Chart.

David Fricke of "Rolling Stone" said, "Vedder queries with rubbed-raw enunciation in "Hail, Hail", measuring the strength and resilience of good, honest affection against the staccato punch of Gossard's and Mike McCready's guitars and Irons' urgent, emphatic drumming." [Fricke, David. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/albums/album/320420/review/5945924/no_code "Pearl Jam: "No Code"] . "Rolling Stone". September 5, 1996.] Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork Media called "Hail, Hail" the "thrashing, typical Pearl Jam song." [Schreiber, Ryan. [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20785-no-code "Pearl Jam: "No Code"] . Pitchfork Media. September 1, 1996.]

Live performances

The song was premiered live at the band's September 14, 1996 concert in Seattle, Washington. [ [http://pearljam.com/songs/song.php?song=HailHail "Pearl Jam Songs: "Hail, Hail""] . pearljam.com.] The band played this song when it appeared on the "Late Show with David Letterman" in September 1996 in support of "No Code". Live performances of "Hail, Hail" can be found on the live albums "Live on Two Legs" and "Live at the Gorge 05/06".

Track listing

;Compact Disc Single (Austria, Australia, Canada, Japan, and South Africa)
#"Hail, Hail" (Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready) – 3:44
#"Black, Red, Yellow" (Vedder) – 2:59
#*Previously Unreleased

Chart positions

References

External links

* [http://www.pearljam.com/songs/song.php?song=HailHail Lyrics]