So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)

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"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Reckoning
Released	March 1984
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1984
Genre	College Rock
Length	3:11
Label	I.R.S. Records
Producer(s)	Mitch Easter and Don Dixon
Chart positions
#85 (US)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Talk About the Passion" (1983)	"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (1984)	"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (1984)

"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" was the first single taken from R.E.M.'s second studio album Reckoning. Released in June 1984, it became the second R.E.M. single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #85.

As mentioned in the liner notes of the 1988 I.R.S. Records greatest hits album Eponymous, the song was performed on Late Night with David Letterman in 1983 before it even had a title.

Michael Stipe chose to sing his vocals for the video live.

[edit] Variant titles

Depending on where one looks, this song is titled:

• "So. Central Rain" (the back of both Reckoning and Eponymous).
• "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (on the single)
• "S. Central Rain" (both on the Reckoning album cover and the liner notes on Eponymous)
• "Southern Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (inside the Reckoning sleeve)

[edit] Cover versions

A version of the song was released by Grant-Lee Phillips on his 2006 covers album, Nineteeneighties.

[edit] Track listings

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

7" Single

1. "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" - 3:16
2. "King of the Road" (Roger Miller) - 3:16

12" single

1. "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" - 3:16
2. "Voice of Harold" - 4:25
3. "Pale Blue Eyes" - 2:54

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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