Daughter (song)

"Daughter"
"Daughter"
Song

Daughter remains one of rock group Pearl Jam's preeminent songs. Released as the third of four singles of their 1993 studio ablum, Vs., "Daughter" topped both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Billboard charts, thereby solidifying the group's success following the monumental Ten. "Daughter" eventually peaked at #28 in the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's first Top 40 single. In 1995, the song was nominated the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It has remained an alternative radio staple and is played in nearly every Pearl Jam show, almost always with an extension of the ending that could be an improvisation or a segment of another song. This extension is called a "Daughter tag."

A different form of extension to the song was first introduced in their performance on comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live in April 1994, just 8 days after the death of Nirvana frontman and grunge pioneer Kurt Cobain. This extension of the song is also seen as a tribute to Cobain, and is called "Daughter/Hey Hey, My My" by fans (since the extension is from a Neil Young song of the same name (not to be confused with My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)). Cobain's suicide note said "it's better to burn out than to fade away" towards the end of it, which is a phrase from the song "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)".

Daughter is also on the live album Live on Two Legs and on their Greatest Hits album Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003.