"The Fixer" is about male/female relationships. Speaking to the Toronto Globe and Mail, lead singer Eddie Vedder said: "Men, we all think we can fix anything. It's not necessarily a good thing. In a relationship, a woman will say 'This is wrong,' and we're like, 'I'll fix that, don't worry about it, we can fix it.' These wonderful people, the woman you're in a relationship with, they don't want you to fix it. They just want you to listen to what's happening: 'Don't fix it, I want you to own this with me – feel it.' This is a reminder song to me, to stop fixing."
This was the first single from Pearl Jam's ninth album, Backspacer. It's one of the most radio-friendly songs from the band, running just under three minutes with lyrics that are uncharacteristically direct. It charted at #56 in America and helped the album debut at #1, their first chart-topper since No Code in 1996. Pearl Jam's next album, Lightning Bolt, also went to #1. The band enjoys tremendous support from their dedicated fan base; none of their studio albums have charted lower than #5.
The song has an unusual 6/4 time signature, the mark of drummer Matt Cameron, who wrote the music (Vedder penned the lyric). Cameron was a longtime member of Soundgarden before joining Pearl Jam in 1998.
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