Dance of the Clairvoyants is a song by Pearl Jam. The song was released on January 22, 2020, as the lead single from their eleventh studio album, Gigaton (2020). An accompanying music video was released on the same day. The lyrics were written by Eddie Vedder and the music was written by all five members of the band.
The band’s bassist, Jeff Ament, said of the song:
“‘Dance’ was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration, mixing up the instrumentation and building a great song, and Ed writing some of my favorite words yet, around Matt’s killer drum pattern. Did I mention Mike’s insane guitar part and that Stone is playing bass on this one? We’ve opened some new doors creatively and that’s exciting.”
The full song was released via streaming and download at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time on January 22, 2020. Dance of the Clairvoyants has been noted as being an evolution of the band’s sound, as there is more of an electronic influence in the song than previous Pearl Jam songs.
Tracklist:
- Dance of the Clairvoyants
A music video titled Dance of the Clairvoyants (Mach I) was released on the band’s official YouTube channel on January 22, 2020. It was directed by Joel Edwards, produced by Evolve Studios with footage by Filmsupply.
A second music video featuring the band titled Dance of the Clairvoyants (Mach II) was directed by Ryan Cory and was released on January 29, 2020.
On February 7, 2020, Pearl Jam released a third video titled Dance of the Clairvoyants (Mach III). This video was billed by the band as their first official video in seven years.
Pearl Jam
Eddie Vedder: lead vocals, backing vocals
Jeff Ament: guitar, keyboards
Matt Cameron: drums, percussion, drum programming
Stone Gossard: guitar, bass guitar
Mike McCready: guitar, percussion
