Who You Are (Pearl Jam song)

"Who You Are"
Single by Pearl Jam
from the album No Code
B-side	"Habit"
Released	July 30, 1996 (1996-07-30)
Genre	Alternative rock[1] psychedelia[2] raga rock[3]
Length	3:50
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Stone Gossard, Jack Irons, Eddie Vedder
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam singles chronology
"Merkin Ball" (1995) "Who You Are" (1996) "Hail, Hail" (1996)
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"Who You Are" is a song by American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music co-written by drummer Jack Irons and guitarist Stone Gossard, "Who You Are" was released on July 30, 1996, as the first single from the band's fourth studio album, No Code (1996). The song topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Canadian Alternative 30 chart. It also peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the UK Rock Chart, and reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Norway, and Finland—where the song reached number two and became the band's highest-charting single.

The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). On Pearl Jam's greatest hits album, "Who You Are" has a slight lyric change. Instead of "circumstance, clapping hands",^[4] it's "avalanche, falling fast".