<Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Better Man" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam . It is the eleventh track on the band's third studio album, Vitalogy (1994). The song was written by vocalist Eddie Vedder . Despite the lack of a commercial single release, "Better Man" reached the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and spent a total of eight weeks at number one . The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991--2003). </P> <P> "Better Man" was written by vocalist Eddie Vedder when he was in high school . He said, "I wrote' Better Man' before I could drink--legally--on a four - track in my old apartment ." In another interview, Vedder stated, "Sometimes I think of how far I've come from the teenager sitting on the bed in San Diego writing' Better Man' and wondering if anyone would ever even hear it ." Its melody and chord progression are based loosely on the song "Save It for Later" by The English Beat, which the band sometimes jams to live after "Better Man". He first performed it with a San Diego, California--based group called Bad Radio, with slightly faster tempo but altogether quite similar to the Vitalogy rendition . Vedder later recorded it with Pearl Jam, although Pearl Jam was initially reluctant to record it and had initially rejected it from Vs. due to its accessibility . </P> <P> Producer Brendan O'Brien on the song: </P>

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