Alive

Written by Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder, "Alive" was Pearl Jam's debut single, released on July 7, 1991, and features lyrics that describe a fictionalized account of when Vedder was told that the man he thought was his father was not his biological parent. The song charted at number 16 in the United Kingdom and became the first Pearl Jam song to receive a certification from the British Phonographic Industry in August 2018, eventually receiving gold certification in July 2022 for sales and streams of over 400,000.