Glorified G

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Glorified G is a Pearl Jam song from their 1993 album Vs. It is the fourth track on the record, with music by the band and lyrics by Eddie Vedder. The song was not released as a single, but it reached number 39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1994. Jeff Ament plays upright bass on the track, and the guitar parts fuse a country-influenced line from Mike McCready with a quirky, discordant feel from Stone Gossard. The bridge shifts unexpectedly and the song doesn’t return to the usual chorus.

The track is an anti-gun song that mocks gun enthusiasts. Its lyrics were inspired by a real conversation in the band about guns after drummer Dave Abbruzzese said he had bought two guns; Vedder says he simply transcribed the dialogue from the rehearsal rather than writing traditional lyrics. Abbruzzese recalls the moment of shock when the guns were mentioned and how it shaped the opening line. Glorified G was recorded March–May 1993 at The Site in Nicasio, California, and produced by Brendan O’Brien alongside Pearl Jam. It debuted live on June 16, 1993, in Missoula, Montana, and was played through 1996 before disappearing from sets for several years, then returning in 2003 and remaining in the band's live repertoire.