Spin the Black Circle is a song by Pearl Jam, released on November 8, 1994, as the lead single from the band’s third studio album Vitalogy (1994). Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written primarily by guitarist Stone Gossard.
Spin the Black Circle peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number 11 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Spin the Black Circle was the band’s first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100.
Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Spin the Black Circle reached the top ten in the UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway. Spin the Black Circle reached the top 20 in Sweden, the top 30 in the Netherlands, and charted at number 92 in Germany. The song remains the band’s highest charting single in the United Kingdom to date.
At the 1996 Grammy Awards, Spin the Black Circle received the award for Best Hard Rock Performance, the first Grammy Award which Pearl Jam had ever won.
Tracklist:
- Spin the Black Circle
- Tremor Christ
PEARL JAM Spin the Black Circle Lyrics
See this needle
Oh see my hand
Drop, drop, dropping it down
oh so gently
here it comes
touch the flame
Turn me up
won’t turn you away
Spin, spin
spin the black circle
Spin, spin
spin the black, spin the black
Spin, spin
spin the black circle
Spin, spin
whoa
Pull it out
a paper sleeve
Oh my joy
only you deserve conceit
Oh I’m so big
and my whole world
I’d rather you
rather you, than her
Spin, spin
spin the black circle
Spin, spin
spin the black, spin the black
Spin, spin
spin the black circle
Spin, spin
whoa
Oh you’re so warm
oh, the ritual
as I lay down your crooked arm
Spin, spin
spin the black circle
Spin, spin
spin the black, spin the black
Spin, spin
spin the black circle
Spin, spin
Spin the black
circle
Spin the black circle
Spin the black circle
Songwriters: Anders Osborne, Kevin (keb’ Mo’) Moore
PEARL JAM Tremor Christ Lyics
Winded is the sailor drifting by the storm
Wounded is the organ he left all bloodied on the shore
Gorgeous was his savior, sees her drowning in his wake
A daily taste the salt of her tears but a chance blamed fate
Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake
The smallest oceans still get big big waves
Ransom paid the Devil
He whispers pleasing words
Triumphant are the angels if they can a get there first
Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake
The smallest oceans still get big big waves
I’ll decide
Take the dive
Take my time
Not my life
Wait for signs
Believe in lies
To get by
It’s divine, oh whoa
Oh, you know what it’s like
Turns the bow back, tows and drops the line
Puts his faith and love in tremor Christ
Songwriters: Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mike Mccready, Stone Gossard, David Abbruzzese.
