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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.
Canadian rock band The Watchmen covered the song at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on September 24, 2011, shortly after news of R.E.M.'s breakup was made public. 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 ...
"R.E.M" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande from her fourth studio album Sweetener, released in 2018. It was written by Grande and Pharrell Williams , production being handled by the latter. The song title inspired the name for Grande's makeup brand, R.E.M. Beauty .
The list consists mostly of studio recordings. Remix and live recordings are not listed separately unless the song was only released in that form. [1] Album singles are listed as released on their respective album. Only one release is listed per song, except for a couple of re-recordings, like their first Hib-Tone single.
The song lasts five minutes and twenty-two seconds, is composed in the key of G major and E minor in the introduction, which is repeated three times, and has a tempo of 155 beats per minute. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The band described the song as a "folk dirge". [ 10 ]
The film took its title from the Automatic for the People song of the same name. [41] The song "The Great Beyond" was released as a single from the Man on the Moon soundtrack album. "The Great Beyond" only reached number 57 on the American pop charts, but was the band's highest-charting single ever in the UK, reaching number three in 2000.
"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 ...
The song's complete title is not featured in the lyrics, but there is the line "the sidewinder sleeps in a coil" as well as the later line "the sidewinder sleeps on its back". A sidewinder is a species of rattlesnake ( Crotalus cerastes ), and also an antique style of telephone, with a winding handle on the side. [ 8 ]