Light Years (song)
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| "Light Years" | ||
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| Single by Pearl Jam | ||
| from the album Binaural | ||
| B-side(s) | "Grievance" (Live)/"Soon Forget" (Live) | |
| Released | July 18, 2000 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 5:06 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Writer(s) | Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder | |
| Producer(s) | Tchad Blake, Pearl Jam | |
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| Pearl Jam singles chronology | ||
| "Nothing As It Seems" (2000) |
"Light Years" (2000) |
"I Am Mine" (2002) |
| Binaural track listing | ||
| "Evacuation" (Track 3) |
"Light Years" (Track 4) |
"Nothing As It Seems" (Track 5) |
"Light Years" was the second single by the rock group Pearl Jam off their 2000 album, Binaural. The song also appeared on Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003.
The song was re-worked from its original demo version as the band felt the original version was too similar to their song "Given to Fly."[1]
[edit] Lyrical Meaning
At the Pinkpop Festival in 2000 Eddie Vedder dedicated the song to Diane Muus from Sony Music, a friend of the band who passed away at the age of 33 in 1997.[2] He said there are "times you have got friends that don't fuck up at all and are great people. And then you just lose them for some reason. They are off the planet and you never had a chance to say goodbye. I only mention this because there was a person we used to know here and that was Diane and ah, we never got a chance to say goodbye. This is goodbye. And if you've got good friends, love them while they're here."
[edit] Track listing
- "Light Years" (Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:06
- "Grievance" (Live) (Vedder) – 3:30
- "Soon Forget" (Live) (Vedder) – 2:04
- Live tracks recorded live from Bellingham, Washington on May 10, 2000.
