Near Wild Heaven

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"Near Wild Heaven"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Out of Time
Released	5 August 1991
Format	CD (UK / Germany) 7" (UK / Germany / France) 12" (UK / Germany) Cassette (UK)
Recorded	September–October 1990
Genre	Rock
Length	3:18
Label	Warner Bros. W0055 (UK, 7") W0055C (UK, cassette) W0055CDX (UK, CD) W0055T (UK, 12") 5439-19179-7 (France / Germany, 7") 9362-40195-2 (Germany, CD) 9362-40171-0 (Germany, 12")
Producer(s)	Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Chart positions
#27 (UK singles chart)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Shiny Happy People" (1991)	"Near Wild Heaven" (1991)	"Radio Song" (1991)

"Near Wild Heaven" was the third single released from R.E.M.'s seventh studio album Out of Time in 1991. The song was the first single released by the band to have had its lyrics both co-written and sung by bassist Mike Mills. According to a quotation from Peter Buck in R.E.M. Inside Out: The Stories Behind Every Song by Craig Rosen, the lyrics are a collaboration between Mills and leader singer Michael Stipe. It managed to peak at #27 on the UK Singles Charts but the single was not released in the United States.

Mike Mills had previously written the lyrics to the single "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" and he had sung the cover song "Superman," but he had not previously sung his own work on a released recording.

Contents 1 Single covers 2 Track listing 2.1 7" / cassette 2.2 12" 2.3 CD 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Single covers

7" Single cover

CD Single cover

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] 7" / cassette

1. "Near Wild Heaven"
2. "Pop Song '89" (live)¹

[edit] 12"

1. "Near Wild Heaven"
2. "Pop Song '89" (live)¹
3. "Half a World Away" (live)²

[edit] CD

1. "Near Wild Heaven" – 3:18
2. "Tom's Diner" (Suzanne Vega) (live)¹ – 2:04
3. "Low" (live)¹ – 4:59
4. "Endgame" (live)¹ – 3:28

[edit] Notes

¹ Recorded at The Borderline Club, London, England; March 15, 1991.
² Recorded on Rockline, Los Angeles, California; April 1, 1991.

[edit] External links

• Video clip at REMhq.com
• "Near Wild Heaven" (CD) at MusicBrainz

R.E.M.
Peter Buck • Mike Mills • Michael Stipe • Bill Berry
Other musicians: Scott McCaughey • Bill Rieflin • Ken Stringfellow • Nathan December • Buren Fowler • Peter Holsapple • Barrett Martin • Joey Waronker
Management and producers: Bertis Downs, IV • Pat McCarthy • Jefferson Holt • Scott Litt Joe Boyd • Don Dixon • Mitch Easter • Don Gehman
Discography
Albums and EPs: Chronic Town • Murmur • Reckoning • Fables of the Reconstruction • Lifes Rich Pageant • Document • Green • Out of Time • Automatic for the People • Monster • New Adventures in Hi-Fi • Up • Reveal • Around the Sun
Singles: See here
Compilations: Dead Letter Office • Eponymous • In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 • And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Remix album: R.E.M.IX
Soundtrack: Man on the Moon
Videos: Succumbs • Tourfilm • Pop Screen • This Film Is On • Parallel • Road Movie • In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 • Perfect Square • When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
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