sad song from late 90s early 2000s??

Last Kiss

Last Kiss- Pearl Jam

Good song! But sad :(

This was originally recorded by J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers in 1964. Their version also went to #2 in the US. See those Songfacts to learn more about it.

Lead singer Eddie Vedder came across this song when he found the record in an antique store in Seattle before a show. He bought it and stayed up all night listening to it. He took it to the band and they played it throughout the summer of their 1998 tour.

Pearl Jam recorded this at a sound check and released it as a single to their fan club, who often get songs that are unavailable to the public. After a while, radio stations got copies and started playing it. By the Spring of 1999, it was getting a lot of airplay and becoming a hit, even though it was not released as a single or available on an album.

Pearl Jam didn't release many singles, but when it was clear there was a great deal of demand for the song, they decided to put it out on the condition that the proceeds from the single go to benefit refugees in Kosovo.

This is the highest-charting Pearl Jam song in the US. The band generally eschews traditional promotion methods, choosing instead to focus on their music. This song found an audience without Pearl Jam shilling for it, something that was a relief to the band. In a 2000 interview with the Australian version of Rolling Stone, guitarist Stone Gossard said: "If one of our records takes off, it won't be because we did 3 videos and were on the cover of Time and did Oprah, The View, and every radio station's Christmas show." Vedder added: "That was kind of uplifting, or at least it re-instilled some faith that a good song can cut through, even though there's no dancers on stage when we do the song, or video to go with it or anything like that. That helped me feel like all was not lost or something, at least in our world here." (thanks, Saint - New Orleans, LA)

In addition to the CD single, this can be found on some bootlegs and live albums, as well as the No Boundaries compilation, which also benefited refugees in Kosovo.

90s Sad Songs

The band is Pearl Jam, and the name of the song is Last Kiss

It's a Pearl Jam cover of an old 60's/70's song. Great song - super sad.

Last kiss by Pearl Jam. It is actually a remake of a much older song

last kiss by pearl jam but that was a remake of a song from the 50s but I'm not sure by who

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBGfoOVn4o4

Last Kiss- Pearl Jam

"oh where oh where can my baby be? the lord took her away from me."

fantastic song

yeah, last kiss, originally by someone, and then covered in the 90s by pearl jam