High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Nothing as It Seems" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Written by bassist Jeff Ament, "Nothing as It Seems" was released on April 25, 2000 as the first single from the band`s sixth studio album, Binaural (2000). The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song also appears on Pearl Jam`s 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).