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  2. Drive (R.E.M. song) - Wikipedia

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    The title itself is derived from Stipe and R.E.M.'s support for what would eventually become the "Motor Voter Bill" and the lyric "Hey, kids, rock 'n' roll" is an homage to the song "Stop It" by fellow Athens, Georgia, group Pylon; Stipe has also said the song is an "obvious homage to 'Rock On' by David Essex," which features a similar line.

  3. Radio Free Europe (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Radio Free Europe" is the debut single by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1981 on the short-lived independent record label Hib-Tone. The song features "what were to become the trademark unintelligible lyrics which [ sic ] have distinguished R.E.M.'s work ever since."

  4. Near Wild Heaven - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Everybody Hurts - Wikipedia

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    "The record's biggest surprise, however, is its one surefire pop hit, "Everybody Hurts", an almost unbearably passionate argument against suicide. It sounds like a gigantic arena transfiguration of a '50s rock ballad, with Stipe's voice pleading over triplets and massed strings, and surely will be played on radio for generations to come, right next to unforgettable anthems like "Bridge Over ...

  6. The One I Love (R.E.M. song) - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Driver 8 - Wikipedia

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    Their version was released on the download-only live album Radar Redux. [6] Indie rock band The Walkmen covered the song as a part of The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series in August 2010. Santa Cruz Bicycles produced a mountain bike model called Driver 8. It was first released in 2009. [7] Love Canon covered the song on their 2018 album Cover ...

  8. Man on the Moon (song) - Wikipedia

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    Stipe recounted the other R.E.M. members had written and performed the music of the song and recorded it along with the rest of the Automatic for the People album during studio sessions in Seattle. As of the final week of the recording sessions, Stipe was still struggling to write the lyric, and the others continued to plead with him to finish it.

  9. Orange Crush (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Orange Crush" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the first single from the band's sixth studio album, Green, in 1988.It was not commercially released in the U.S. despite reaching number one as a promotional single on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks (where, at the time, it had the record for longest stay at number one with eight weeks, beating U2).