R.E.M. discography
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This page lists albums, singles and compilations by the band R.E.M., alongside their chart positions, release date (U.S.), and sales achievements in the U.S. and UK.
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† Issued out-of-contract.
[edit] Soundtracks
- Man on the Moon (November 23, 1999) US #109
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | UK Singles Chart | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Mainstream Rock | U.S. Modern Rock | Album |
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| 1981 | "Radio Free Europe" (Hib-Tone version) | - | - | - | - | Non-album release |
| 1983 | "Radio Free Europe" (re-recorded version) | - | 78 | 25 | - | Murmur |
| 1983 | "Talk About the Passion" | - | - | - | - | Murmur |
| 1984 | "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" | - | 85 | - | - | Reckoning |
| 1984 | "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville" | - | - | - | - | Reckoning |
| 1985 | "Can't Get There From Here" | - | - | 14 | - | Fables of the Reconstruction |
| 1985 | "Driver 8" | - | - | 22 | - | Fables of the Reconstruction |
| 1985 | "Wendell Gee" | 91 | - | - | - | Fables of the Reconstruction |
| 1986 | "Fall On Me" | - | 94 | 5 | - | Life's Rich Pageant |
| 1986 | "Superman" | - | - | 17 | - | Life's Rich Pageant |
| 1987 | "Ages of You" 3 | - | - | 39 | - | Dead Letter Office |
| 1987 | "The One I Love" 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | - | Document |
| 1987 | "It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" 2 | 39 | 69 | 16 | - | Document |
| 1988 | "Finest Worksong" | 50 | - | 28 | - | Document |
| 1988 | "Stand" | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Green |
| 1988 | "Orange Crush" | 28 | - | 1 | 1 | Green |
| 1989 | "Pop Song 89" | - | 86 | 14 | 16 | Green |
| 1989 | "Get Up" | - | - | - | - | Green |
| 1989 | "Turn You Inside-Out" 3 | - | - | 7 | 10 | Green |
| 1991 | "Losing My Religion" | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Out of Time |
| 1991 | "Shiny Happy People" | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | Out of Time |
| 1991 | "Near Wild Heaven" | 27 | - | - | - | Out of Time |
| 1991 | "Radio Song" | 28 | - | - | - | Out of Time |
| 1991 | "Texarkana" 3 | - | - | 7 | 4 | Out Of Time |
| 1992 | "Drive" | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1 | Automatic for the People |
| 1992 | "First We Take Manhattan" 3 | - | - | - | 11 | "Drive" single |
| 1992 | "Ignoreland" 3 | - | - | 4 | 5 | Automatic for the People |
| 1993 | "Man on the Moon" | 18 | 30 | 4 | 2 | Automatic for the People |
| 1993 | "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" | 17 | - | 28 | 24 | Automatic for the People |
| 1993 | "Everybody Hurts" | 7 | 29 | - | 21 | Automatic for the People |
| 1993 | "Nightswimming" | 28 | - | - | - | Automatic for the People |
| 1993 | "Find the River" | 54 | - | - | - | Automatic for the People |
| 1994 | "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | Monster |
| 1994 | "Bang and Blame" | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | Monster |
| 1995 | "Star 69" 3 | - | - | 15 | 8 | Monster |
| 1995 | "Strange Currencies" | 9 | 47 | 8 | 14 | Monster |
| 1995 | "Crush With Eyeliner" (UK-only release) | 23 | - | 20 | 33 | Monster |
| 1995 | "Tongue" (UK-only release) | 13 | - | - | - | Monster |
| 1996 | "E-Bow the Letter" | 4 | 49 | 15 | 2 | New Adventures In Hi-Fi |
| 1996 | "Bittersweet Me" | 19 | 46 | 7 | 6 | New Adventures In Hi-Fi |
| 1997 | "Electrolite" | 29 | 96 | - | - | New Adventures In Hi-Fi |
| 1997 | "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" | - | - | - | - | New Adventures In Hi-Fi |
| 1997 | "The Wake-Up Bomb" 3 | - | - | 30 | - | New Adventures In Hi-Fi |
| 1998 | "Daysleeper" | 6 | 57 | 30 | 18 | Up |
| 1998 | "Lotus" | 26 | - | 31 | 31 | Up |
| 1999 | "At My Most Beautiful" | 10 | - | - | - | Up |
| 1999 | "Suspicion" | - | - | - | - | Up |
| 2000 | "The Great Beyond" | 3 | 57 | 33 | 11 | Man on the Moon OST |
| 2001 | "Imitation of Life" | 6 | 83 | - | 22 | Reveal |
| 2001 | "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" | 24 | - | - | - | Reveal |
| 2001 | "I'll Take the Rain" | 44 | - | - | - | Reveal |
| 2003 | "Bad Day" | 8 | - | - | - | In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. |
| 2004 | "Animal" | 33 | - | - | - | In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. |
| 2004 | "Leaving New York" | 5 | - | - | - | Around the Sun |
| 2004 | "Aftermath" | 41 | - | - | - | Around the Sun |
| 2005 | "Electron Blue" | 26 | - | - | - | Around the Sun |
| 2005 | "Wanderlust" | 27 | - | - | - | Around the Sun |
| 2007 | "#9 Dream" | - | 101 | - | - | Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur |
[edit] Notes
1 "The One I Love" reached #51 in UK, #16 in 1991 re-issue.
2 "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" reached #87 in UK, #39 in 1991 re-issue.
3 "Ages of You", "Turn You Inside-Out", "Texarkana", "First We Take Manhattan", "Ignoreland", "Star 69" and "The Wake-Up Bomb" were not released as standard singles. They managed to chart on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and/or Modern Rock Tracks chart, which measure airplay on rock radio stations in the United States.
[edit] Christmas Fan Club singles
Every Christmas since 1988 R.E.M. have rewarded members of their official fan club with special, exclusive singles. Here are all the songs to have featured in each of those packages:
- "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" (R.E.M. original)/"See No Evil" (Television cover) (1988) Green vinyl 7"
- "Good King Wenceslas" (traditional)/"Academy Fight Song" (Mission of Burma cover) (1989) Vinyl 7"
- "Ghost Reindeer in the Sky" (spoof of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Stan Jones)/"Summertime" (George Gershwin) (1990) Vinyl 7"
- "Baby Baby" (Vibrators cover)/"Christmas Griping" (R.E.M. original) (1991) Vinyl 7"
- "Where's Captain Kirk?" (Spizzenergi cover)/"Toyland" (Victor Herbert/Glen MacDonough, from Babes in Toyland) (1992) Vinyl 7"
- "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans)/"Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi/Lee Mendelson, from A Charlie Brown Christmas) (1993) Vinyl 7"
- "Sex Bomb" (Flipper cover)/"Christmas in Tunisia" (R.E.M. original) (1994) Vinyl 7"
- "Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak cover)/"Java" (Allen Toussaint instrumental cover) (1995) Vinyl 7"
- "Only in America" (Jay & the Americans cover)/"I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor cover) (1996) Vinyl 7"
- "Live for Today" (R.E.M. original)/"Happy When I'm Crying" (performed by Pearl Jam; Pearl Jam original) (1997) Vinyl 7"
- "E-Bow the Letter" (live video, with backing vocals by Thom Yorke) /"Lucky" (live video, performed by Radiohead with vocals by Michael Stipe; Radiohead original) (both recorded at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, Washington, D.C. (1998) VHS
- "Country Feedback" (live version of the R.E.M. original, with Neil Young on guitar)/"Ambulance Blues" (performed by Neil Young and R.E.M.; Neil Young original) (1999) CD
- "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" (Beatles cover)/"Hastings and Main" (R.E.M. original)/"Take Seven" (R.E.M. original) (2000) Blue vinyl 7"
- "Let Me In" (live)/"Find the River" (live)/"Find the River" (Athens rehearsal video) (2001) CD ROM
- "No Matter What" (Badfinger cover)/"Jesus Christ" (Big Star cover)/video footage of Michael Stipe reading from a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (2002) CD ROM
- "Country Feedback" (live, with Wilco) /"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (live, with Wilco) (2003) CD
- "I Wanted to Be Wrong" (live)/"She Just Wants to Be" (live) (2004) CD
- "Turn You Inside Out" (live video)/"The Great Beyond" (live video) (2005) DVD
- "Tongue" (live, performed by Tin Cup Prophette)/"So. Central Rain" (live)/"These Days" (live, performed by The Observatory (band)|The Observatory)/"Begin The Begin" (live) (2006) CD
[edit] Internet-only releases
- R.E.M.IX (2002) - remixes of Reveal tracks
- Not Bad for No Tour (2001) - live songs
