Eddie Vedder wrote this about leaving his stepfather. He hated the guy with a passion. In the song, Vedder is leaving him in his rear view mirror, meaning he's driving away from him and not giving him a second thought. Eddie's stepfather was also an influence on the songs "Alive" and "Better Man."
A track from Pearl Jam's second album, Vs., "Rearviewmirror" was a stubborn one to complete. Vedder had been working on the song for years and had it ready for the sessions, but he couldn't get a vocal take he liked, and Dave Abbruzzese, their drummer at the time, was having a hard time getting his part up to standard. Near the end of the sessions, they both finally got it right. According to the Pearl Jam chronicle Twenty, Abbruzzese celebrated by throwing his drumsticks across the studio, which you can hear on the recording.
Eddie Vedder played guitar on this track - it was the first time he played the instrument on a Pearl Jam recording.
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