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"Driver 8" is the second single from American musical group R.E.M.'s third album, Fables of the Reconstruction, released in September 1985. The song peaked at number 22 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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.
This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. that were officially released. The list includes songs performed by the entire band only (Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe 1980 to 1997; Buck, Mills and Stipe 1998 to 2011).
It was the first R.E.M. single to reach the charts, peaking at number 78 on the Billboard singles chart and remaining on the chart for five weeks. [30] The song also reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. [31] Cash Box reviewed the single and commented on "its toughened-up Byrds jangly guitar and vocal style."
"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).
List of R.E.M. songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Air. [130] US Alt. [78] US Main. Rock [79] CAN [131] NOR [9] UK [132] "Pretty Persuasion" 1984 — — 44 — — — Reckoning "Ages of You" 1987 — — 39 — — — Dead Letter Office "Turn You Inside-Out" 1989 ...
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-release. The accompanying video's director was artist Robert Longo. The director of photography was Alton Brown. [3]
The song was well received by critics and reached number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 17 on the US Cash Box Top 100, number 18 on the UK Singles Chart, and number one in Iceland. It remains one of R.E.M.'s most popular songs [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was included on the compilations In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 and Part Lies, Part ...
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