World Wide Suicide

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"World Wide Suicide" is a politically charged rock song by American band Pearl Jam, released in 2006 and widely recognized for its critique of the Iraq War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Pearl Jam
artist Pearl Jam
chartPositionUSAlternativeSongs 1
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock 2
composer Eddie Vedder
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive
distributedAs digital download
promo CD single
firstRadioSingleFrom Pearl Jam
followedBySingle Life Wasted
genre alternative rock
post‑grunge
rock
hasCoverArt World Wide Suicide single cover
hasLiveVersionsReleasedOn various Pearl Jam official bootlegs
hasLyricalTheme anti‑war
government criticism
soldiers’ deaths
hasMusicVideo World Wide Suicide music video
hasNotableAirplay US modern rock radio
hasPoliticalTheme critique of the Iraq War
includedInAlbum Pearl Jam
isPartOf Pearl Jam discography
isTitleTrackSingleFromEra Pearl Jam (2006 album) promotion
language English
length 3:29
lyricist Eddie Vedder
musicVideoDirector Danny Clinch
notableFor being Pearl Jam’s first major radio hit of the mid‑2000s
politically charged lyrics about the Iraq War
performer Pearl Jam
precededBySingle Save You
producer Adam Kasper
Pearl Jam
recordedIn 2005
recordLabel J Records
Monkeywrench Records
releaseDate 2006-03-14
trackNumberOnAlbum 2
writer Eddie Vedder

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Pearl Jam notableSong World Wide Suicide