(Don't Go Back To) Rockville
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| "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" | ||
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| Single by R.E.M. | ||
| from the album Reckoning | ||
| Released | June 1984 | |
| Format | 7", 12" | |
| Recorded | 1984 | |
| Genre | College rock | |
| Length | 4:34 | |
| Label | IRS | |
| Producer(s) | Don Dixon and Mitch Easter | |
| R.E.M. singles chronology | ||
| "So. Central Rain" (1984) |
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (1985) |
"Can't Get There From Here" (1985) |
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" was the second and final single released by R.E.M. from their second studio album Reckoning. The song failed to chart on either the Billboard Hot 100 or the UK Singles Charts.
The song was written by Mike Mills as a plea to his then girlfriend, Ingrid Schorr, not to return to her hometown of Rockville, Maryland. [1]
In recent performances Mike Mills has taken lead vocals instead of Michael Stipe. A live version of the song was released as the B-side to "Leaving New York" in 2004.
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[edit] Cover versions
- 10,000 Maniacs released a cover of the song as a B-side to their 1992 single "Candy Everybody Wants."
- The Long Tall Texans covered it on their 1999 album Aces and Eights.
- The Irish singer David Kitt included it on his 2005 album Black and Red Notebook.
[edit] Track listings
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.
European Singles
- "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" - 4:55
- "Wolves, Lower" - 4:14
- 9-9 (live)1 (12" only)
- "Gardening at Night" (live)1 (12" only)
US Singles
- "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" - 4:55
- "Catapult" (live)2
[edit] Notes
1 Recorded at the Paradise Theater, Boston, Massachusetts; July 13, 1983.
2 Recorded at the Music Hall, Seattle, Washington; June 27, 1984.
[edit] References
- ^ Black, Johnny (2004). Reveal: The Story of R.E.M. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-776-5.
