Radio Song

Warner Bros.
0-40229 (US, 12")
4-19246 (US, cassette)
4-40229 (US, maxi-cassette)
7-19246 (US, 7")
9-40229 (US, CD)
W0072 (UK, 7")
W0072C (UK, cassette)
W0072CDX (UK, CD)
W0072T (UK, 12")
5439-19246-7 (Germany, 7")
9362-40229-2 (Germany, CD)
9362-40250-0 (Germany, 12")

Producer(s)

Scott Litt, R.E.M.

R.E.M. singles chronology

"Near Wild Heaven"
(1991)

"Radio Song"
(1991)

"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
(1991)

"Radio Song" is the fourth single released by R.E.M. from their 1991 album Out of Time, where it appeared as the opening track.

Singer Michael Stipe once said that he hoped everyone had enough sense of humor to realize that he was "kind of taking the piss of everyone," himself included.^[1]

Stipe also asked KRS-One, leader of Boogie Down Productions (of which Stipe was a fan), to contribute to the track. He provides some backing vocals for the track, as well as a closing rap, and appears prominently in the video.

Track listing

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

US/UK/Germany 7" / US/UK cassette

"Radio Song" – 4:15
"Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (live)¹ – 3:15

UK "Collectors' Edition" CD

"Radio Song" – 4:15
"You Are the Everything" (live)³ – 4:43
"Orange Crush" (live)² – 4:03
"Belong" (live)⁴ – 4:47

US/Germany CD / US 12"/maxi-cassette

"Radio Song (Tower of Luv Bug mix)" – 4:14
"Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (live)¹ – 3:15
"Belong" (live)⁴ – 4:07

UK/Germany 12"

"Radio Song" – 4:15
"Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (live)¹ – 3:15
"Shiny Happy People (Music Mix)"

Notes

¹ Recorded on Rockline, Los Angeles, California; April 1, 1991.
² Recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia; November 13, 1989.
³ Taken from the live performance video, Tourfilm.
⁴ Recorded at the Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina; November 10, 1989.

Details for the second and third live recordings (tracks three and four) for "Collectors' Edition" are not provided on the CD materials.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Dutch Singles Chart	56
Irish Singles Chart	5
UK Singles Chart	28

Personnel

R.E.M.

Additional musicians

David Arenz – violin
Ellie Arenz – violin
Mark Bingham – string arrangements
David Braitberg – violin
Andrew Cox – cello
Reid Harris – viola
Peter Holsapple – bass guitar
Ralph Jones – double bass
Kidd Jordan – baritone, tenor and alto saxophone
Dave Kempers – violin
KRS-One – rapping
Scott Litt – echo-loop feed
Elizabeth Murphy – cello
Paul Murphy – lead viola

References

↑ Black, Johnny (2004). Reveal: The Story of R.E.M. London: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-776-5.

External links

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Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe

Personnel	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker

Managers	Bertis Downs IV Jefferson Holt

Studio albums	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 Accelerate Collapse into Now

Compilations	Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011

EPs	Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia

Other albums	Man on the Moon r.e.m.IX R.E.M. Live Live at The Olympia

Singles	"Radio Free Europe" "Talk About the Passion" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" "Cant Get There from Here" "Driver 8" "Wendell Gee" "Fall on Me" "Superman" "The One I Love" "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" "Finest Worksong" "Orange Crush" "Stand" "Pop Song 89" "Get Up" "Losing My Religion" "Shiny Happy People" "Near Wild Heaven" "Radio Song" "Drive" "Man on the Moon" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Everybody Hurts" "Nightswimming" "Find the River" "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "Bang and Blame" "Strange Currencies" "Crush with Eyeliner" "Tongue" "E-Bow the Letter" "Bittersweet Me" "Electrolite" "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" "Daysleeper" "Lotus" "At My Most Beautiful" "Suspicion" "The Great Beyond" "Imitation of Life" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "I'll Take the Rain" "Bad Day" "Animal" "Leaving New York" "Aftermath" "Electron Blue" "Wanderlust" "#9 Dream" "Supernatural Superserious" "Hollow Man" "Man-Sized Wreath" "Until the Day Is Done" "Mine Smell Like Honey" "Überlin" "Oh My Heart" "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"

Other songs	"Gardening at Night" "Perfect Circle" "Begin the Begin" "Ages of You" "Turn You Inside-Out" "Texarkana" "Country Feedback" "First We Take Manhattan" "Ignoreland" "Star 69" "New Test Leper" "All the Right Friends"

Videos	Succumbs Tourfilm Pop Screen This Film Is On Parallel Road Movie In View Perfect Square When the Light Is Mine R.E.M. Live This Is Not a Show R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX

Related articles	Discography Tours Peter Buck Athens, Georgia Automatic Baby College radio/college rock Hindu Love Gods The Baseball Project Tired Pony Athens Andover "I Belong to You" I.R.S. Records Warner Bros. Records Hib-Tone Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M. Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People "Homer the Moe" Scott Litt

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