Pearl Jam's most popular songs according to Spotify

[stip]

Numbers are in the millions, rounded up or down.

Ten
Alive: 366
Even Flow: 345
Black: 297
Jeremy: 237
Once: 35
Release: 32
Oceans: 25
Porch: 22
Garden: 22
Why Go: 21
Deep 12

Vs.
Daughter: 126
Elderly Woman: 64
Rearviewmirror: 36
Dissident: 24
Animal: 23
Go: 20
Indifference: 11
Glorified G: 7
Rats: 6
Leash: 5
WMA: 5
Blood: 4

Vitalogy
Betterman: 118
Nothingman: 32
Corduroy: 28
Immortality: 25
Not For You: 15
Spin the Black Circle: 11
Tremor Christ: 5
Last Exit: 4
Whopping: 3
Satan’s Bed: 3
Aye Davanita: 3
Pry, To: 2
Bugs: 2
Stupid Mop: 1

No Code
Off He Goes: 19
Present Tense: 17
Hail Hail: 13
Smile: 11
Who You Are: 9
Sometimes: 7
Red Mosquito: 5
In My Tree: 3
Lukin : 3
Around the Bend: 3
Habit: 2
Mankind: 2
I’m Open: 1

[stip]

Yield
Do the Evolution: 43
Given to Fly: 38
Wishlist: 28
Low Light: 4
Faithful: 4
In Hiding: 4
Brain of J: 4
No Way: 3
MFC: 3
Pilate: 3
All Those Yesterdays: 2
Push Me, Pull Me: 2
Red Dot: 2

Binaural:
Light Years: 8
Nothing As It Seems: 7
Thin Air: 4
Of the Girl: 3
Breakerfall: 2
God’s Dice: 2
Evacuation: 2
Insignificance: 2
Grievance: 2
Soon Forget: 2
Sleight of Hand: 2
Rival: 1
Parting Ways: 1


Riot Act
I Am Mine: 36
Thumbing My Way: 8
Save You: 7
Love Boat Captain: 4
Can’t Keep: 3
You Are: 3
All or None: 2
CropDuster: 2
Ghost: 2
Green Disease: 2
Bushleaguer: 2
Get Right: 1
Help Help: 1
½ Full: 1
Arc: 1

[stip]

Pearl Jam
Come Back: 24
World Wide Suicide: 11
Parachutes: 9
Life Wasted: 9
Inside Job: 7
Big Wave: 4
Gone: 4
Comatose: 3
Severed Hand: 3
Marker: 3
Unemployable: 3
Army Reserve: 3
Wasted Reprise: 3


Backspacer:
Just Breathe: 162
The Fixer: 33
The End: 17
Unthought Known: 17
Amongst the Waves: 15
Got Some: 6
Supersonic: 5
Johnny Guitar: 5
Gonna See My Friend: 5
Force of Nature: 5
Speed of Sound: 5

Lightning Bolt:
Sirens: 77
Future Days: 24
Getaway: 18
Lightning Bolt: 15
Mind Your Manners: 15
Pendulum: 13
Infallible: 7
Sleeping By Myself: 7
Swallowed Whole: 7
My Father’s Son: 6
Yellow Moon: 6
Let the Records Play: 5

Gigaton
Dance of the Clairvoyants: 30
Superblood Wolfmoon: 18
Quick Escape: 11
Retrograde: 10
Who Ever Said: 6
Seven 0clock: 5
Alright: 4
Never Destination: 3
Comes than Goes: 3
Buckle Up: 3
Take the Long Way: 3
Rivercross: 3

[stip]

This is kind of fascinating to me, though it may also be the procrastination it is enabling. Pearl Jam's ballads are clearly the late career big ticket items. The singles get a big boost (probably due to pre-release listens). And the Spotify's general listening Pearl Jam preferences are VASTLY different from the board's.

[Anders]

What is the average of each album?

[stip]

Most popular songs (top 48)

Alive: 366
Even Flow: 345
Black: 297
Jeremy: 297
Just Breathe: 162
Daughter: 126
Betterman: 118
Sirens: 77
Elderly Woman: 64
Do the Evolution: 43
Given to Fly: 38
Rearviewmirror: 36
I Am Mine: 36
Once: 35
The Fixer: 33
Release: 32
Nothingman: 32
Dance of the Clairvoyants: 30
Corduroy: 28
Wishlist: 28
Oceans: 25
Immortality: 25
Dissident: 24
Come Back: 24
Future Days: 24
Animal: 23
Porch: 22
Garden: 22
Why Go: 21
Go: 20
Off He Goes: 19
Getaway: 18
Superblood Wolfmoon: 18
Present Tense: 17
The End: 17
Unthought Known: 17
Not For You: 15
Amongst the Waves: 15
Lightning Bolt: 15
Mind Your Manners: 15
Hail Hail: 13
Pendulum: 13
Deep 12
Indifference: 11
Spin the Black Circle: 11
Smile: 11
World Wide Suicide: 11
Quick Escape: 11
Retrograde: 10

[stip]

What is the average of each album?

Egad - give me a minute!

[stip]

Most popular songs (top 48)

Alive: 366
Even Flow: 345
Black: 297
Jeremy: 297
Just Breathe: 162
Daughter: 126
Betterman: 118
Sirens: 77
Elderly Woman: 64
Do the Evolution: 43
Given to Fly: 38
Rearviewmirror: 36
I Am Mine: 36
The Fixer: 33
Release: 32
Nothingman: 32
Dance of the Clairvoyants: 30
Corduroy: 28
Wishlist: 28
Oceans: 25
Immortality: 25
Dissident: 24
Come Back: 24
Future Days: 24
Animal: 23
Porch: 22
Garden: 22
Why Go: 21
Go: 20
Off He Goes: 19
Getaway: 18
Superblood Wolfmoon: 18
Present Tense: 17
The End: 17
Unthought Known: 17
Not For You: 15
Amongst the Waves: 15
Lightning Bolt: 15
Mind Your Manners: 15
Hail Hail: 13
Pendulum: 13
Deep 12
Indifference: 11
Spin the Black Circle: 11
Smile: 11
World Wide Suicide: 11
Quick Escape: 11
Retrograde: 10

No Binaural song with over 10 million listens!
Just Breathe at number 5!
Sirens at 8!
Future Days in the top 25!

The Haves now makes perfect sense as a single.

[stip]

What is the average of each album?

Songs over 10 million plays

Ten: 11 (only album with all songs over 10 million)
Vs: 7
Vitalogy: 6
No Code: 4
Yield: 3
Binaural: 0 (highest is Light Years with 8)
Riot Act: 1
Pearl Jam: 2
Backspacer: 5
Lightning Bolt: 6
Gigaton: 4

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Performance of past march madness winners

Black: 297
Do the Evolution: 43
Release: 32
Corduroy: 28
Immortality: 25
Go: 20
Hail Hail: 13
Tremor Christ: 5
Last Exit: 4
In My Tree: 3
Insignificance: 2

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Mean/Average
Ten: 129
Vs: 28
Backspacer: 25
Vitalogy (without Pry To, Bugs, Stupid Mop, Aye Davinta): 24
Vitalogy: 18
Lightning Bolt: 17
Yield: 12 (without Red Dot)
Yield: 11
Gigaton: 8
No Code: 7
Pearl Jam: 7
Riot Act: 5
Binaural: 3



Median/Mid Point
Ten: 32
Vs: 16
Vitalogy (without Pry To, Bugs, Stupid Mop, Aye Davinta): 13
Lightning Bolt: 10
Backspacer: 6
Vitalogy: 5
No Code: 5
Gigaton: 5
Yield: 4
Pearl Jam: 4
Binaural: 2
Riot Act: 2

Mode (most common number)
Ten: 32
Lightning Bolt: 7
Vs: 5
Backspacer: 5
Yield: 4
Vitalogy (both): 3
No Code: 3
Pearl Jam: 3
Gigaton: 3
Binaural: 2
Riot Act: 2

[stip]

Into the Wild's stats are pretty crazy. I had no idea it was that popular. It is ahead of every record but Ten


Society: 124
Hard Sun: 102
Rise: 54
Long Nights: 49
No Ceiling: 34
Guaranteed: 31
Tolumne: 24
Setting Forth: 22
Far Behind: 20
The Wolf: 17
End of the Road: 16

Mean: 45
Median: 31

[Anders]

Temple Of The Dog doing well too.

[Bammer]

Good stuff, stip

[BurtReynolds]

There is bias toward the recent, post-spotify stuff, as that is how many of us consume new music. The mid career stuff was already out and consumed before being put on Spotify, so that wouldn't be reflected in the numbers.

[Bammer]

There is bias toward the recent, post-spotify stuff, as that is how many of us consume new music. The mid career stuff was already out and consumed before being put on Spotify, so that wouldn't be reflected in the numbers.

Good call

[stip]

There is bias toward the recent, post-spotify stuff, as that is how many of us consume new music. The mid career stuff was already out and consumed before being put on Spotify, so that wouldn't be reflected in the numbers.

True to a point - there would be a new album bump for post Spotify (so Backspacer -> though I don't know when it became dominant), but insofar as Spotify is how so many people listen to music now, it does also speak to the comparative ongoing interest in pre Spotify material

[BurtReynolds]

- The Spotify algorithm weights things in favor of newer stuff in a couple of ways.

- In my case, though I love the mid-career stuff, I don't really listen to PJ at all any more, despite the fact I've listened to them a billion times. I imagine the diehard PJ fans are perfectly happy with new stuff, and currently listen to it more than they listen to old stuff.

- Random people looking for Pearl Jam on Spotify are likely to listen to Ten-Vitalogy, then maybe check out the new albums to see what they're up to. I don't see any reason why their middle albums would suddenly get discovered now, or get regular play from hardcore PJ fans.

[Kevin Davis]

I bet most of those songs at the way top also appear on a lot of those "ultimate 90's hits," "rediscover grunge," etc. playlists that have them getting played a lot somewhat unintentionally by casual listeners. There's a pretty significant difference between those and even other early linchpin songs like "Corduroy," "Animal," etc., big songs for the band that are a rung or two down the commercial visibility ladder.

If there is a Spotify-curated PJ best-of playlist, I'd wonder how closely that list just mirrors that...

[bart]

Would be interesting if there were an option to filter for unique users