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"The One I Love" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released on the band's fifth full-length studio album, Document , and also as a 7" vinyl single in 1987. The song was their first hit single, reaching No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , No. 14 in Canada, and later reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart in its 1991 re ...
Stipe referred to the lyrics in the chorus of "Sitting Still" from R.E.M.'s debut album, Murmur, "nonsense", saying in a 1994 online chat, "You all know there aren't words, per se, to a lot of the early stuff. I can't even remember them." In truth, Stipe carefully crafted the lyrics to many early R.E.M. songs.
Instrumentally, the song was almost entirely composed by Mike Mills, with Michael Stipe supplying the lyric and vocal (Mills' backing vocal is "Gonna miss you, boy"). [3] Peter Buck hated the song when it was initially recorded, claiming its only redeeming feature was his banjo solo, and it was only included on the album at the last minute.
Man on the Moon soundtrack: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Pat McCarthy and R.E.M. 1999 "Green Grow the Rushes" Fables of the Reconstruction: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Joe Boyd: 1985 "Hairshirt" Green: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Scott Litt and R.E.M. 1988 "Half a World Away" Out of Time
"Man on the Moon" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in November 1992 as the second single from their eighth album, Automatic for the People (1992). The lyrics were written by lead singer Michael Stipe , and the music by drummer Bill Berry and guitarist Peter Buck .
Green is the sixth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released in the United States on November 8, 1988, by Warner Bros. Records and the following day in the UK and Europe. The second album to be produced by the band and Scott Litt , it continued to explore political issues both in its lyrics and packaging.
The accompanying music video for "Strange Currencies", directed by Mark Romanek, was shot on the first anniversary of the death of Michael Stipe's close friend River Phoenix and features Phoenix's last girlfriend, actress Samantha Mathis. [citation needed] It also features an early performance by actor and model Norman Reedus. It is in black ...
Eponymous is the first greatest hits album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1988.It was their last authorized release on I.R.S. Records, [6] to whom they had been contracted since 1982, having just signed with Warner Bros. Records.