A tribute to Cobain, it is called 'Daughter/Hey Hey, My My' by fans, since the extension is from the Neil Young song ' Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)', which Cobain's suicide note had quoted. A different form of extension to the song was first introduced in the band's performance on Saturday Night Live in April 1994, just eight days after the death of Nirvana frontman and grunge pioneer Kurt Cobain. This extension is called a 'Daughter tag'. 'Daughter' is played at nearly every Pearl Jam show, almost always with an extension of the ending that could be an improvisation or a segment of another song. Both of these performances of the song featured different lyrics than the version that would ultimately wind up on Vs. It was also played at the band's Decemconcert at The Academy Theater in New York City, where Vedder introduced the song as 'Brother'. 'Daughter' was first performed live at Neil Young's 1992 Bridge School Benefit.

The song was also successful in Australasia, peaking at number 11 in New Zealand and number 18 in Australia.Ĭhris True of Allmusic described the song as 'sort-of classic Pearl Jam.' He added, 'It's earnest, it's got tension, and that nod to classic rock. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 18, while in the Netherlands, it reached number 46, and in Belgium, it reached number 39. It was their second top 10 hit there, after ' Jeremy'. In Europe, the song was a major success in Ireland, becoming Pearl Jam's highest-charting hit at number four. In Canada, the song reached the number 16 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles.

Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Austria, Japan, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. At the 1995 Grammy Awards, 'Daughter' received a nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It has remained an alternative rock radio staple. The acoustic guitar-driven song remains one of Pearl Jam's preeminent songs, and helped solidify the group's success following the monumental Ten. at number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. 'Daughter' became the most successful song from Vs. While the 'Daughter' single was released commercially to international markets in 1993, the commercial single was not released in the United States until Jand was only available as a more expensive import version beforehand. Good, creative people are just fucking destroyed.' Release and reception They have to live with that abuse for the rest of their lives. What hurts about shit like that is that it ends up defining people's lives. The song ends, you know, with this idea of the shades going down-so that the neighbors can't see what happens next. These kids, because they seemed unable or reluctant to learn, they'd end up getting the shit beaten outta them. 'The child in that song obviously has a learning difficulty, and it's only in the last few years that they've actually been able to diagnose these learning disabilities, that before were looked at as misbehavior as just outright rebelliousness, but no one knew what it was.

Lyrics Įddie Vedder said about the song 'Daughter': Live, I kind of mix the two approaches together. It actually brought out a whole new dimension of the song for me, and it felt really fresh to me to play it like that. At first I was like, 'Well.okay.' so I set up a 26' kick, a snare, and an 18' floor tom, and we just used the room mic's and went for it. That was a trip, because we'd already been playing that song for half a year, and I was kind of used to what I was doing. But when we went in to record it, Brendan suggested trying something different, to just use the kick and snare. When we were originally working on 'Daughter', I did a lot more stuff on the toms. Guitarist Mike McCready said, 'That's one of the few solos I really had to sit down and work out.' Drummer Dave Abbruzzese on his drumming on 'Daughter': Bassist Jeff Ament plays upright bass on the song. Guitarist Stone Gossard used a Guild wide-body acoustic guitar to write the music for 'Daughter'.

Alone with you lyrics daughter