It's something I came up with, I live in California, I just came up with the riff down there, and then Stone and I kicked it around in the studio before we went in, and it just...it had good energy to it.

He was able to finish the recording of the song by watching bassist Jeff Ament's fingers as he played the bass.

[4]The lyrics for "Save You" represent the anger felt by anyone who watches a close friend waste away his or her life.

[5] Vocalist Eddie Vedder about the song: One thing I've learned about addiction in the last few years is that having seen other folk go through it, and really not having done that, with heroin which can grip you that intensely.

[6]When asked in an interview about the profanities in the song's lyrics, Vedder stated: It is a term of endearment.

[1] "Save You" was released as a single with a previously unreleased B-side titled "Other Side," which can also be found on the compilation album, Lost Dogs (2003).

Louis Pattison of NME called the song "a magic carpet ride of bucking riffery and thrashing bead-shakers" and stated that it "[ranks] with Pearl Jam's best.

"[8] Brett Hickman of Stylus said, "What [Riot Act] also makes known is that the band still likes to crank it.

[10] The video was filmed at Seattle, Washington's Chop Suey club in September 2002.

It was one of five videos shot at the club to promote Riot Act (including "I Am Mine," "Love Boat Captain," "Thumbing My Way" and "½ Full").

The band played "Save You" when it appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman in November 2002 in support of Riot Act.