Mind Your Manners
Pearl Jam
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I've got an unfortunate feelin', I've been beaten down I feel I don't believe and now the truth is coming out What they've taken is more than a vow They've taken your innocence and then they throw them on a burning fire All along they're sayin' mind your manners I caught myself believin' that I needed God And if it's hard for some we sure could use it now Try my patience, my patience tried This world's no longer good enough that makes me wanna cry All along they're sayin' mind your manners Silence save him Self-realized and metaphysically redeemed May not live another life May not solve a mystery Right around the corner Could be bigger than ourselves We could will it to the sky Or we could something else No longer sayin' mind your manners Always burning Self-realized and metaphysically redeemed May not live another life May not solve a mystery Right around the corner Could be bigger than ourselves We could will it to the sky Or we could something else Go to Heaven That's swell How do you like it Livin' Hell Go to Heaven That's swell How do you like it Livin' Hell Go to Heaven That's swell How do you like it Livin' Hell Livin' Hell!
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Written by: EDDIE JEROME VEDDER, MICHAEL DAVID MCCREADY
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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10 facts about this song
Background"Mind Your Manners" was the first single released from Pearl Jam's tenth studio album, "Lightning Bolt." It was released on July 11, 2013.
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Song Style and ClassificationThe song falls within the alternative rock classification, with a hard punk-inflected vibe that drew comparisons to songs by bands like The Stooges and Dead Kennedys.
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Song WritingThe song was written by the band's lead vocalist Eddie Vedder and lead guitarist Mike McCready.
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Music VideoThe band enlisted famed illustrator and animator, Danny Clinch, to direct the song's music video. The video featured the band performing in front of a backdrop of chaos and destruction.
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Live Performances"Mind Your Manners" made its live debut on July 16, 2013, at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, Canada.
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Chart PerformanceThe song peaked on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart at #2 and the Hot Rock Songs chart at #7.
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ArtworkThe single's cover artwork is a painting by artist Mark Simonton, which depicts a girl trying to eat a whole apple in one chunk - a metaphor for the song’s theme of over-consumption and greed.
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Grammy NominationIt earned Pearl Jam a Grammy nomination in 2015 for Best Rock Performance.
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Other RecognitionIt was ranked #26 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Best Songs of 2013".
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Lyric ThemeThe song adopts a confrontational tone, expressing frustration with modern society and its fixation on manners and conformity.
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