Dissident (song)

"Dissident"
Single by Pearl Jam
from the album Vs.
B-side	"Rearviewmirror" (live)
Released	May 16, 1994 (1994-05-16)
Genre	Grunge
Length	3:35
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Eddie Vedder Jeff Ament Stone Gossard Mike McCready Dave Abbruzzese
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam singles chronology
"Animal" (1994) "Dissident" (1994) "Spin the Black Circle" (1994)
Audio
"Dissident" on YouTube

"Dissident" is a song by American rock band Pearl Jam, appearing as the fifth track on their second studio album, Vs. (1993).^[1] It was written by band members Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Dave Abbruzzese. According to Vedder, "Dissident" is about a woman who secretly shelters a refugee but eventually turns him in to the authorities because she cannot support him any longer, leading her to feel guilty about her decision.

"Dissident" was released as the fourth single from Vs. on May 16, 1994. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and in Denmark, number two in Norway, and number seven in Finland and Ireland. "Dissident (Part 2)" was also released as a single, reaching number two in the Netherlands and number 19 in France, and two live singles found success in Denmark and Norway.

The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).^[2]