Radio Free Europe (song)
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| "Radio Free Europe" | ||
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| Single by R.E.M. | ||
| B-side(s) | "Sitting Still" (1981) "There She Goes Again" (1983) |
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| Released | July 1981 July 1983 |
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| Format | 7" single, 12", cassette | |
| Recorded | 1981 1983 |
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| Genre | College rock | |
| Length | 3:48 (1981) 4:06 (1983) |
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| Label | Hib-Tone (1981) I.R.S. Records (1983) |
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| Producer(s) | Don Dixon & Mitch Easter | |
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| R.E.M. singles chronology | ||
| "Radio Free Europe" (1981/83) |
"Talk About the Passion" (1983) |
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"Radio Free Europe" was R.E.M.'s first single, released on Hib-Tone Records in 1981. It was also their only release prior to being signed to a major record label.
The song was re-recorded in 1983 for R.E.M.'s first album, Murmur, and re-released that year as the album's first single. At the request of MTV, it was accompanied by a music video, directed by Arthur Pierson. The video took place in the garden of artist Howard Finster, who would go on to paint the album cover for the band's second album, Reckoning.
Only a thousand copies of the Hib-Tone single were produced, and most were sent to radio stations and record companies. This version can be found on R.E.M.'s greatest hits compilations, Eponymous and the two-CD version of And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987.
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[edit] Track listings
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.
[edit] 1981 (Hib-Tone)
- "Radio Free Europe" – 3:46
- "Sitting Still" – 3:07
[edit] 1983 (I.R.S.)
- "Radio Free Europe" – 4:03
- "There She Goes Again" (Lou Reed) – 2:49
