But another thing any Pearl Jam fan from back in the day can tell you is that one of Ten's most beloved and enduring tracks, "Black," was never actually released as a single...because Eddie Vedder wouldn't allow it.
Those lyrics were, of course, very meaningful to Vedder (he wrote them, after all). As he explained in a 1993 interview with Cameron Crowe for Rolling Stone, "There are certain songs that come from emotion."
In fact, "Black" meant so much to Vedder that he refused to let the record label release it as a single or make a music video for it.
"Some songs just aren't meant to be played between Hit No. 2 and Hit No. 3," he said. "You start doing those things, you'll crush it. That's not why we wrote songs. We didn't write to make hits. But those fragile songs get crushed by the business. I don't want to be a part of it. I don't think the band wants to be part of it."
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Still more years later, the track continues to find new listeners. In February of 2026, Forbes reported that "Black" was once again climbing the charts; specifically, Billboard‘s Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart, where it debuted at #24.
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