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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.
List of R.E.M. music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "Wolves, Lower" 1982 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris [149] "Radio Free Europe" 1983 Arthur Pierson [149] "Pretty Persuasion" 1984 "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" Howard Libov [149] Left of Reckoning [H] James Herbert [149] "Cant Get There from Here" 1985
The song is named after the access number for the last-call return feature of telephones in North America, as indicated by its chorus: "I know you called I know you called I know you hung up my line. Star 69" Of all of the songs on Monster, "Star 69" is the one that evolved most from its initial demo. It started out at six minutes long before ...
We just wanted to do it; whenever we had a new batch of songs, it was time to record". [6] Because of the many new songs the band had, Buck unsuccessfully tried convincing everyone to make the next album a double album. [7] In November 1983, the band recorded 22 songs during a session with Neil Young producer Elliot Mazer in San Francisco. [8]
[1] [3] [4] Despite the grim themes, according to R.E.M. biographer David Buckley, the lyrics are "words of optimism, partnership and community, set against an age of individualism." [3] R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck said of the song that it "is a metaphor for America and its lost promises. This is where the Indians were and now look at it.
"Man on the Moon" is a mid-tempo country-rock song following a verse-chorus structure with an added pre-chorus and an instrumental bridge following the second and third choruses. The song has six lines in the first verse but only four in the second and third verses. [5] An early instrumental demo of the song was known to the band as "C to D ...
The song "Dream" was originally recorded as a demo by T-Pain on March 12, 2011, and ran for a duration of four minutes and 27 seconds. [4] It was then passed onto Beyoncé and recorded under the title "Wake Up" in 2013. [5] [6] Grande kept the chorus, but changed the song's lyrics. [7] She previewed "R.E.M" prior to the release of Sweetener. [8 ...
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.