The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

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"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Automatic for the People
Released	March 19, 1993 (UK) March 19, 1993 (DE) May 1993 (US)
Format	CD single, 7" single, 12" single, Cassette
Recorded	1992
Genre	Rock
Length	4:06
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Chart positions
#24 (U.S.) #17 (UK)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Man on the Moon" (1992)	"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" (1993)	"Everybody Hurts" (1993)

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by R.E.M.. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain. The band used "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as the B-side to this song.

The song was released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was later released as a single in 1993, reaching 17 in the UK singles chart.

The phrase "Call me when you try to wake her" is employed 32 times in the song.

The song was included on R.E.M.'s Warner Brothers "best of" album In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 in 2003, although Buck's personal sleevenotes on the song were not complimentary. It was one of four songs from Automatic for the People to make the compilation, more than from any other album.

Contents 1 Single covers 2 Track listing 2.1 US CD Single 2.2 UK "Collector's Edition" CD Single 1 2.3 UK "Collector's Edition" CD Single 2 2.4 DE CD Maxi-Single 2.5 UK and DE 7" and Cassette Single 3 Notes

[edit] Single covers

UK CD1 cover

UK CD2 cover

US and German CD cover

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] US CD Single

1. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
2. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Solomon Linda, Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George Weiss) – 2:41

[edit] UK "Collector's Edition" CD Single 1

1. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
2. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Linda, Creatore, Peretti, Weiss) – 2:41
3. "Fretless"¹ – 4:51

[edit] UK "Collector's Edition" CD Single 2

1. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
2. "Organ Song" – 3:25
3. "Star Me Kitten" (demo) – 3:05

[edit] DE CD Maxi-Single

1. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
2. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Linda, Creatore, Peretti, Weiss) – 2:41
3. "Fretless"¹ – 4:51
4. "Organ Song" – 3:25

[edit] UK and DE 7" and Cassette Single

1. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
2. "Get Up" – -:--

[edit] Notes

¹ Originally released on the Until the End of the World soundtrack in 1991

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  ·  The Best of R.E.M.  ·  Singles Collected  ·  In the Attic  ·  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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