Top 14 Pearl Jam Wedding Songs For Rock & Grunge Lovers

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Finding the right Peal Jam songs for your wedding can be difficult. Besides “Just Breathe” and Future Days” by Pearl Jam and “Without You” by Eddie Vedder, you have to get a little creative.

Enjoy our list of Pearl Jam wedding songs to incorporate into your playlist.

pearl jam wedding songs

Seattle band Pearl Jam was formed by former band members of Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, and individual musicians. Their first studio album, Ten, was released in 1991 amid the Grunde movement.

Lead singer Eddie Vetter also released two solo albums, Into The Wild Soundtrack (2007) and Ukulele Songs (2011). We included some of his solo songs as relevant wedding songs.

Pearl Jam is considered one of the most influential bands from the 1990s and still relevant today.

Spotify Pearl Jam Playlist

Pearl Jam Wedding Songs List

Just Breathe
2009, Backspacer

I don’t want to hurt
There’s so much in this world
To make me believe
Stay with me

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Future Days
2013, Lightning Bolt

I believe
And I believe ’cause I can see
Our future days
Days of you and me

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Amongst the Waves
2009, Backspacer

Love ain’t love until you feel it
Up riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved

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Wishlist
1998, Yield

I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb ‘to trust’ and never let you down

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You Are
2002, Riot Act

Love is a tower, of strength to me
I am the shoreline, but you’re the sea

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Thin Air
2000, Binaural

It’s not in my past to presume
Love can keep on moving in both directions
How to be happy and true
Is the quest we’re taking on together

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Better Man (instrumental cover by Vitamin String Quartet)
2003, The String Quartet Tribute to Pearl Jam

She lies and says she still loves him, can’t find a better man
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can’t find a better man

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Yellow Ledbetter
B-side of Jeremy

On a weekend I wanna wish it all away, yeah
And they called and I said that I’ll go
And I said that I’ll call out again

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Throw Your Arms Around Me
2003, 2/23/03 – Perth, Australia

I will squeeze the life right out of you
I will make you laugh, I’ll make you cry
And we may never forget it

Eddie Vetter’s Solo Wedding Hits

Rise
2007, Into the Wild Soundtrack

Gonna rise up
Find my direction magnetically
Gonna rise up
Throw down my ace in the hole

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Without You
2011, Ukulele Songs

For every wish upon a star
That goes unanswered in the dark
There is a dream I’ve dreamt about you

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Hard Sun
2007, Into the Wild Soundtrack

When I go to cross that river
She is comfort by my side
When I try to understand
She just opens up her eyes

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Tonight You Belong to Me – Eddie Vedder & Neil Finn
2013, Crucible – The Songs of Hunters & Collectors

Although we’re apart
You are a part of my heart
But tonight
You belong to me

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Longing To Belong
2011, Ukulele Songs

I may be dreaming but I’m
Longing to belong
To you

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Pearl Jam’s wedding songs fit perfectly into a Pearl Jam super fans’ wedding playlist. The songs also can be loved by anyone who doesn’t even know who Pearl Jam is before your wedding.

Pearl Jam Highest-Charting Singles – Mainstream Rock Chart

  • #1 Daughter, 1993
  • #1 Better Man, 1995
  • #1 Given to Fly, 1997
  • #2 I Got Id, 1995
  • #2 World Wide Suicide, 2006
  • #2 Mind Your Manners, 2013
  • #3 Even Flow, 1992
  • #3 Black, 1993
  • #3 Go, 1993
  • #3 Dissident, 1994
  • #3 Nothing as It Seems, 2000
  • #4 Superblood Wolfmoon, 2020
  • #5 Jeremy, 1992
  • #5 Who You Are, 1996
  • #5 Last Kiss, 1999
  • #5 Brother, 2009
  • #5 Sirens, 2013

If you have a Pearl Jam song that would fit perfectly into any wedding, not on our list, be sure to comment on the song below.

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