Save You (Pearl Jam song)
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| Single by Pearl Jam | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album Riot Act | |||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Other Side" | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | February 11, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | February 2002 at Studio X, Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:50 | ||||||||||||||||
| Label | Epic | ||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder | ||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Adam Kasper, Pearl Jam | ||||||||||||||||
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"Save You" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on February 11, 2003 as the second single from the band's seventh studio album, Riot Act (2002). Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music primarily written by guitarist Mike McCready. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).
The guitar riff for "Save You" was written by guitarist Mike McCready. McCready on the song:
Well, what happened with all that was, I was sitting down with Stone, and I had two ideas, and one idea I worked really hard on and thought it was totally great and then I played it for him, and he goes, "Well, that's not...well that's okay. You got anything else?" And so, the other thing I had was the "Save You" riff, and he goes, "Oh, that's cool." Ya know, so it's...I was really built up to wanting to play this other song, and uh, nobody seemed to be very excited about it...but they were about the "Save You" riff. It's something I came up with, I live in California, I just came up with the riff down there, and then Stone and I kicked it around in the studio before we went in, and it just...it had good energy to it. And, uh, it was more his excitement about it that made it happen.
In another interview, McCready stated:
I came in with that riff and we just kind of started jamming on it. It was a blast to play. The track that actually ended up on there, halfway through the song, Matt lost his headphones. He was going off. That's my favorite part of that song, his crazy drum fills. I like the solo too, but the drum fills are insane how good they are. He's doing them without his headphones, just by watching the bass.
During the recording of the song, drummer Matt Cameron lost his headphones. He was able to finish the recording of the song by watching bassist Jeff Ament's fingers as he played the bass. Cameron on the song:
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