Get Up (R.E.M. song)
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| Single by R.E.M. from the album Green |
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| Released | September 1989 | ||||
| Format | 7" Single | ||||
| Recorded | 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 3:03 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||
| Producer | Scott Litt & R.E.M. | ||||
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"Get Up" was the fourth and final single to be released by R.E.M. from the band's sixth studio album Green. It was included in the limited edition Singleactiongreen box set released in November 1989. The song was released as a single only in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was written by Michael Stipe about Mike Mills. Mills always seemed to sleep late during their recording sessions for Green. This was Stipe's call for Mills to get up and work. However, Mike did not find this out until a concert in the late 1990s, when Michael Stipe introduced the song as being about him. [1]
The video for the song was created by a young filmmaker named Eric Darnell, who had recently graduated from the CalArts program in experimental animation and who went on to co-direct the mainstream computer animated features Antz and Madagascar.
In the film Tourfilm, which features live footage from R.E.M.'s live tour in 1989, Michael Stipe introduces this song as his favorite song.
A music box can be heard during the bridge.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.
- "Get Up" – 2:35
- "Funtime" (David Bowie, Iggy Pop) – 2:16
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Black, Johnny (2004). Reveal: The Story of R.E.M.. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-776-5.
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