"All the Way" | ||||
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Single by Eddie Vedder | ||||
Released | September 18, 2008 | |||
Format | CD single, Digital download | |||
Recorded | August 21–22, 2008, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 3:39 | |||
Label | Ten Club | |||
Songwriter(s) | Eddie Vedder | |||
Eddie Vedder singles chronology | ||||
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"All the Way" (also known as "(Someday We'll Go) All the Way" and referred to as "Go All the Way") is a song written and performed by Evanston, Illinois native and Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder about the Chicago Cubs. It was first performed in public on August 2, 2007, recorded on August 21, 2008 and August 22, 2008, and released as a single on September 18, 2008.
The Cubs franchise last won the World Series in 1908, before winning in 2016 and Vedder has been a lifelong Cubs fan. The song, which fondly looks forward to the Cubs' next World Series victory, was written with the encouragement of certain Chicago Cubs, most notably Ernie Banks. The song was first performed in Chicago and was recorded over two nights in 2008 at the end Vedder's first solo tour. The song accompanied an official video release by the team following 2016 World Series victory.
Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder was raised in Evanston, Illinois and later San Diego County, California; and even though he is closely associated with Seattle grunge music, Vedder has been a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan. He has performed the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch at several Cubs games and thrown out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field. His first seventh-inning stretch performance was on Independence Day (July 4) 1998.
Vedder has attended the Cubs fantasy camp for several years. While attending the camp one year, former Cubs shortstop and first baseman Ernie Banks requested that Vedder write a song about the Cubs. Vedder wrote "All the Way" the night before the camp started and first performed it at Pearl Jam's concert of August 2, 2007 at The Vic Theatre in Chicago with Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood and other Cubs players in attendance. On August 3, 2007, one day after "All the Way" was premiered live, Vedder performed "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field for the fourth time and threw out the first pitch for the first time. Vedder's band, Pearl Jam, was in Chicago that week to perform at Lollapalooza, where the band was the headlining act for the three-day festival that ended on August 5, 2007.