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"Losing My Religion" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in February 1991 by Warner Bros. as the first single from their seventh album, Out of Time (1991). It developed from a mandolin riff improvised by the guitarist, Peter Buck , with lyrics about unrequited love .
[25]: 296 The album's lead single, "Losing My Religion", was a worldwide hit that received heavy rotation on radio, as did the music video on MTV and VH1. [7]: 205 "Losing My Religion" was also R.E.M.'s highest-charting single in the US, reaching number four on the Billboard charts.
Warner Bros. Records executive Jeff Gold, alongside Rock the Vote campaign co-founder and Virgin Records executive Jeff Ayeroff, approached R.E.M. in regards to printing a petition on the back of Out of Time's CD longbox packaging in the United States, where buyers were encouraged to sign their name in support for Rock the Vote, who were in support of the Motor Voter Act to ease voter ...
The song is a ballad featuring the singer Michael Stipe accompanied only by the bassist Mike Mills on piano, a string arrangement by the former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and oboe by Deborah Workman in the latter part of the song. Mills wrote the music and Stipe the lyrics of the song, but it is credited to the entire band.
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"Losing My Religion" Out of Time: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Scott Litt and R.E.M. 1991 "Lotus" Up: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Pat McCarthy and R.E.M. 1998 "Love Is All Around" I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack: Reg Presley: Scott Litt and R.E.M. 1996 "Low" Out of Time: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael ...
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.
REM’s bassist sends an angry tweet after the band’s songs “Everybody Hurts” and “Losing My Religion” are played at one of his rallys: “We are exploring all legal avenues to prevent ...