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"Love Boat Captain"
Single by Pearl Jam
from the album Riot Act
B-side(s)	"Love Boat Captain" (Live)/"Other Side"
Released	February 18, 2003
Format	CD single
Recorded	February 2002 (Music) and June 2002 (Vocals) at Studio X, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:36
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Boom Gaspar, Eddie Vedder
Producer(s)	Adam Kasper, Pearl Jam
Chart positions
# 16 Canadian Singles Chart # 29 Australian Singles Chart # 110 UK Singles Chart
Pearl Jam singles chronology
"Save You" (2003)	"Love Boat Captain" (2003)	"Man of the Hour" (2003)
Riot Act track listing
"Save You" (Track 2)	"Love Boat Captain" (Track 3)	"Cropduster" (Track 4)

"Love Boat Captain" is a song from Pearl Jam's 2002 album, Riot Act. Singer Eddie Vedder co-wrote the song with keyboardist Boom Gaspar. The song was released as a CD single in 2003 exclusive to Australia, Canada, and Europe.^[1]

It references the 2000 Roskilde tragedy with the line "Lost 9 friends we'll never know... 2 years ago today." When "Love Boat Captain" is performed in concert, Vedder modifies the lyric to reflect the passage of time since the tragedy (as of 2006, the lyric is "6 years ago today").

There is also a reference to The Beatles' song "All You Need Is Love" with the lyrics "I know it's already been sung,...can't be said enough/Love is all you need,..all you need is love,..."

Contents 1 Music video 2 Formats and track listing 3 References 4 External links

A music video directed by James Frost was filmed for the song at Seattle's Chop Suey club in September of 2002, though it was merely a live performance rather than a conceptual video. It was one of five videos shot at the club to promote Riot Act (including "I Am Mine", "Save You", "Thumbing My Way", and "1/2 Full"). Up to that point the band had not made any music videos since 1998's "Do the Evolution".

Compact Disc Single (Australia and Canada)

1. "Love Boat Captain" (Gaspar, Vedder) – 4:36
2. "Love Boat Captain" (Live) (Gaspar, Vedder) – 4:50
   • Recorded live in Seattle, Washington on December 6, 2002.
3. "Other Side" (Ament) – 4:03

Compact Disc Single (Europe)

1. "Love Boat Captain" (Gaspar, Vedder) – 4:36
2. "Other Side" (Ament) – 4:03

Compact Disc Single (Enhanced) (Europe)

1. "Love Boat Captain" (Gaspar, Vedder) – 4:36
2. "Love Boat Captain" (Live) (Gaspar, Vedder) – 4:50
   • Recorded live in Seattle, Washington on December 6, 2002.
3. "Other Side" (Ament) – 4:03
4. "Love Boat Captain" (Video) – 4:43
   • Filmed live at the Chop Suey club in Seattle, Washington.

• Music video for "Love Boat Captain" at Google Video
• Lyrics

Pearl Jam
Jeff Ament | Stone Gossard | Mike McCready | Eddie Vedder | Matt Cameron
Boom Gaspar | Dave Krusen | Matt Chamberlain | Dave Abbruzzese | Jack Irons
Discography
Albums: Ten | Vs. | Vitalogy | No Code | Yield | Binaural | Riot Act | Pearl Jam
Live Albums and Compilations: Live on Two Legs | Official Bootlegs | Lost Dogs | Live at Benaroya Hall | Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 | Live in NYC 12/31/92 | Live at Easy Street
Videos: Single Video Theory | Touring Band 2000 | Live at the Showbox | Live at the Garden
Singles: "Alive" | "Even Flow" | "Jeremy" | "Oceans" | "Go" | "Animal" | "Daughter" | "Dissident" | "Spin the Black Circle" | "Immortality" | "Not For You" | Merkin Ball | "Who You Are" | "Off He Goes" | "Hail, Hail" | "Given to Fly" | "Wishlist" | "Last Kiss" | "Nothing As It Seems" | "Light Years" | "I Am Mine" | "Save You" | "Love Boat Captain" | "Man of the Hour" | "World Wide Suicide" | "Life Wasted"
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