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That's me pretending to be Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a feeble attempt at that.

The song features a funk guitar riff by Gossard. The recorded version of the song actually sounds slightly sharper than D major, with everything tuned up - accidentally or otherwise - around one quarter of a step. "Even Flow" was written in the key of D major, with Gossard performing his parts in open D tuning and McCready complementing it with a similar rhythm pattern in standard tuning. This version is on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). This version was used for the music video, and was used in single releases in the United Kingdom.

I still don't think Stone is satisfied with how it came out." Īn alternate version of the song was recorded with drummer Dave Abbruzzese in 1992 while the band was recording songs for the soundtrack for the 1992 film, Singles. We played that thing over and over until we hated each other. Not sure why we didn't use that one from the demo as well, but I know it felt better." Guitarist Mike McCready stated, "We did 'Even Flow' about 50, 70 times. There were a hundred takes on that song, and we just never nailed it." Drummer Dave Krusen said, "I was pretty green back then and 'Even Flow' suffered from too much fluctuation." He added that "it was really tough for me. Bassist Jeff Ament said, "I knew it was a great song all along, and I felt that it was the best song that we got the worst take of on the first record. "Even Flow" features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard. A remixed version of the song was included on the 2009 Ten reissue.

The song was included in Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, it was released in 1992 as the second single from the band's debut album, Ten (1991). " Even Flow" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam.