Ament makes a major songwriting contribution to Pearl Jam. He wrote the music for one of the band's biggest hits, "Jeremy", as well as "Nothingman" (from "Vitalogy"). His contributions to Pearl Jam's songs have not been limited to music with Ament having written the lyrics for the "Yield" songs "Pilate" and "Low Light", the "Binaural" songs "Gods' Dice" and "Nothing as It Seems", "Help Help" (from "Riot Act"), "Other Side" (from the "Save You" single), and "Sweet Lew" (from "Lost Dogs"). As well as bass contributions, Ament has often provided backing vocals and has played guitar on two of the Pearl Jam songs he had written musically: "Smile" (from "No Code") and "Bee Girl" (from "Lost Dogs"). He performs lead vocal duties on "Sweet Lew" and also on the Ramones cover "I Just Want To Have Something To Do". He plays guitar and keyboard on Dance of the Clairvoyants (from Gigaton).