Pearl Jam “Jeremy” was inspired by a newspaper article Vedder read about a high school student who shot himself in front of his English class on January 8, 1991. It reached the number five spot on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Billboard charts. It did not originally chart on the regular Billboard Hot 100 singles chart since it was not released as a commercial single in the U.S. at the time, but a re-release in July 1995 brought it up to number 79.
Eddie Vedder Vocal:
Jeff Ament Bass:
Stone Gossard, Mike McCready Guitars:
