"Given To Fly" Is A Song By The American Rock Band Pearl Jam. Featuring Lyrics Written By Vocalist Eddie Vedder And Music Written By Guitarist Mike McCready "Given To Fly" Was Released On January 6 1998 As The First Single From The Band's Fifth Studio Album Yield 1998 . "Given To Fly" Proved To Be The Album's Most Popular Single. "Given To Fly" Topped The Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart And Eventually Peaked At Number 21 On The Billboard Hot 100. The Song Spent A Total Of Six Weeks At Number One On The Mainstream Rock Chart. The Song Was Included On Pearl Jam's 2004 Greatest Hits Album Rearviewmirror Greatest Hits 1991–2003.