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"Losing My Religion" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in February 1991 by Warner Bros. as the first single from their seventh album, Out of Time (1991). It developed from a mandolin riff improvised by the guitarist, Peter Buck , with lyrics about unrequited love .
The band also performed "Losing My Religion" with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Madison–Morgan Cultural Center, in Madison, Georgia, as part of MTV's 10th-anniversary special. [31] After spending some months off, R.E.M. returned to the studio in 1991 to record their next album. In late 1992, the band released Automatic for the ...
Warner Bros. Records executive Jeff Gold, alongside Rock the Vote campaign co-founder and Virgin Records executive Jeff Ayeroff, approached R.E.M. in regards to printing a petition on the back of Out of Time's CD longbox packaging in the United States, where buyers were encouraged to sign their name in support for Rock the Vote, who were in support of the Motor Voter Act to ease voter ...
"Losing My Religion" Out of Time: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Scott Litt and R.E.M. 1991 "Lotus" Up: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Pat McCarthy and R.E.M. 1998 "Love Is All Around" I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack: Reg Presley: Scott Litt and R.E.M. 1996 "Low" Out of Time: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael ...
The record has become a popular radio dedication to loved ones, relying on a misinterpretation of its refrain, "This one goes out to the one I love." However, subsequent lyrics in the same verse contradict the love song interpretation and suggest a darker, more manipulative theme ("A simple prop to occupy my time").
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REM’s bassist sends an angry tweet after the band’s songs “Everybody Hurts” and “Losing My Religion” are played at one of his rallys: “We are exploring all legal avenues to prevent ...
Barbara Ellen from NME wrote, "This whilst still gorgeous does not match 'Losing My Religion's maverick vision, or the ecstatic giggle of 'Shiny Happy People'." [3] Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel felt that "Near Wild Heaven" "already overdoes the contrast between dark-edged lyrics and a light-hearted melody by folding Mike Mills' lead vocal into a sugary arrangement.