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Red MosquitoPearl Jam

Released: August 27, 1996

Songwriter: Mike McCready Jack Irons Stone Gossard Eddie Vedder Jeff Ament

Producer: Pearl Jam Brendan O’Brien

[Intro]
(Line one, mighty fine)

[Verse]
Watched from the window with a red mosquito
I was not allowed to leave the room
I saw the sun go down and now it's coming up
Somewhere in the time between

[Chorus]
I was bitten
Must have been the devil
He was just paying me a little visit
Reminding me of his presence
Letting me know he's a-waiting, oh

[Verse 2]
Red man's your neighbor, Call it behavior
While you're climbing up slippery hills
Two steps ahead of him, Punctures in your neck
Hovering just above your bed
Hovering just above your bed

[Chorus]
I was bitten
Must have been the devil
He was just paying me a little visit
Reminding me of his presence
And letting me know he's a-waiting
He's a-waiting oh, there
Yeah

[Outro]
If I had known then, what I know now
If I had known then, what I know now
If I had known then, what I know now
If I had known then, what I know now

Pearl Jam

Founded in 1990 in Seattle, Pearl Jam is one of the most successful bands out of the grunge movement, if not of the whole alternative rock scene from the early 90s. The group started with Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass), veterans of the proto-grunge scene, recording a demo along with local guitarist Mike McCready. Once the tape passed along, it attracted a San Diego-based singer, Eddie Vedder. Along with drummer Dave Krusen, they signed with Epic Records and released Ten in 1991, which by the following year was becoming one of the most successful debut albums ever.

Growing uncomfortable with success, the following albums went for a more anguished and experimental sound, and the band’s notorious activism had its most prominent case once they boycotted Ticketmaster, accusing them of price-gouging fans. In the meantime, various drummers passed through the band, with percussion only settling once Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron joined them in the tour for 1998’s Yield.

With 10 studio albums and various live recordings (including “Official Bootlegs” of basically every concert the band performed since 2000), Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the U.S. and an estimated 60 million worldwide.

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