This article is about the Pearl Jam song. For the Ola album, see Given to Fly (album). For other uses, see Given to Fly (disambiguation).
"Given to Fly"
Single by Pearl Jam
from the album Yield
B-side
"Pilate"
"Leatherman"
Released
December 22, 1997 (1997-12-22)
Recorded
February–September 1997
Genre
Rock[1]
Length
4:01
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Mike McCready
Eddie Vedder
Producer(s)
Brendan O'Brien
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam singles chronology
"Off He Goes" (1996)
"Given to Fly" (1997)
"Wishlist" (1998)
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"Given to Fly" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Mike McCready, "Given to Fly" was released to radio on December 22, 1997, as the first single from the band's fifth studio album, Yield (1998).
"Given to Fly" proved to be the album's most popular single. The song topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and eventually peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Worldwide, the single charted well, reaching number five in Finland, number six in Norway and Spain, and the top 20 in Australia, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).
^Martin Clarke (October 1, 2017). Pearl Jam & Eddie Vedder: None Too Fragile. Plexus Publishing Limited. pp. 185–. ISBN 978-0-85965-872-0.
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