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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 have distinguished R.E.M.'s work ever since."
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).
The album is the first to collect songs from R.E.M.'s I.R.S. and Warner Bros. tenures, as well as three songs from the group's final studio recordings from post-Collapse into Now sessions. [73] In November, Mills and Stipe did a brief span of promotional appearances in British media, ruling out the option of the group ever reuniting.
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
Eponymous includes several alternative versions of songs, including the soundtrack contribution "Romance", which had not previously appeared on an R.E.M. record. Spanning from the initial single release of "Radio Free Europe" to the previous year's breakthrough hit album Document, Eponymous provides a fair overview of R.E.M.'s early work.
"Sitting Still" was one of the first songs written by R.E.M., in late 1980, along with "Radio Free Europe" and "Shaking Through."[1] [3] Hib-Tone founder Jonny Hibbert agreed to release "Radio Free Europe" and "Sitting Still" as a single on his label in exchange for the publishing rights.
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.
Out of Time is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on March 12, 1991, [1] by Warner Bros. Records.With Out of Time, R.E.M.'s status grew from that of a cult band to a massive international act.