The top 100 most played songs by R.E.M. in their career. Information taken from www.remtimeline.com

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She's In Fashion (Suede Cover)

Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo

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All Things Must Pass (George Harrison Cover)

Baby, let me dance away forever
Baby, let me dance away forever and ever, yeah
Baby, let me dance away
Let me dance away forever

Baby, you should be ashamed
You should be shame's only daughter
Whatever he's got in his hand
You can get it on your own, you'll see

Baby, let me wash your feet forever
Baby, you can stay at my house forever and ever
Baby, let me dance away
Let me dance away forever

Baby, you should be ashamed
You should be shame's only daughter
Whatever he's got in his hand
You can get it on your own
You can get it on your own
You can get it on your own
You can make the cobras dance
But not me, yeah

There's a cobra in my hand
She's calling back again
There's a cobra in my hand
She's calling back again
There's a cobra in my hand
She's calling back again
There's a cobra in my hand
Calling me

Cobra - Cover (Geese)

Karaoke Hits 1995, Vol. 1

Common People (Originally Performed By Pulp) [Full Vocal Version]

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On Sunday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia started allowing women to drive for the first time. The World, along with some talented young musicians from Boston's Berklee College of Music, came up with a commemorative song for the occasion: an Arabic version of The Beatles' "Drive My Car."

This Beatles' cover of 'Drive My Car' celebrates Saudi women's new right to drive

First performance: 17 July 1983 - Toad’s Place, New Haven, CT
Last performance: 23 September 2008 - Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
Total number of known performances: 88

We’re starting the countdown at number 98 because we have a 3-way tie for the position.

Written in the period post Murmur’s release while on the road touring that album, the song debuted in July 1983, but unlike most other songs that became set regulars after their debut, it was only played twice that year, on 17 and 20 July. Even during 1984 on the Reckoning tour it was only played occasionally, getting played 23 times (20% of shows). It made very occasional appearances after that in 1985-87, with 1989’s Green tour providing the most performances, 35 in total (25% of shows). The song had seemingly been retired about after that, but was resurrected in 2008, getting 8 plays on that tour, with Munich the city with its final appearance.
Perhaps the most well-known performance of the song occurred on 14 September 1987 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, when in the final encore of the night just Michael and Peter performed the song, followed by Michael singing a few lines of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Red Rain’, before closing with a mesmerizing ‘So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)’ to close the show. It was officially released as ‘Time After Time Etc.’ on the B-Side to the ‘Finest Worksong’ 7” and 12” single in 1988.

Fun fact: The water tower referred to in the song was in Athens on Chase Street. It has since been torn down. Despite the song being based on real events, Michael confirmed Annelise was a fictional character.

1983-07-17 New Haven, CT

#98 - R.E.M. - Time After Time (Annelise) - 17 July 1983, Toad's Place, New Haven, CT

2008-09-23 Germany, München, Olympiahalle

#98 - R.E.M. - Time After Time (Annelise) - 23 September 2008 - Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany

1989-10-14, PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, BC

#98 - R.E.M. - Time After Time (Annelise) - 14 October 1989 - Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada

First performance: 7 October 1986 - Coliseum, Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City, UT
Last performance: 21 April 1989 - Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA
Total number of known performances: 88

Although not released until ‘Document’ in 1987, the song made its live debut about 1 month into the Pageantry tour in October 1986. It was played at most shows thereafter during 1986 and 1987, but seemingly fell out of favour with the band after that, and was only played 1 further time in 1989, before being permanently retired.

Fun fact: The firehouse referred to in the song is the old Athens fire station at 489 Prince Avenue. The building still exists, and is now home to the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation.

This live version comes from a performance on 29 October 1987 in Ann Arbor, MI, a blistering 7 minute version with a ferocious Peter guitar solo. Enjoy!

1987-10-29 Ann Arbor, MI

#98 - R.E.M. - Oddfellows Local 151 - 29 October 1987 - University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

First known performance: 4 October 1980 - Tyrone’s O.C., Athens, GA
Last performance: 11 June 1989 - Metropol, Berlin, West Germany
Total number of known performances: 88 (actual number likely to be 150-200)

In the liner notes for ‘Dead Letter Office’, Peter claimed this song was written the same afternoon as ‘Radio Free Europe’, however the first documented performance of this song occurs almost 4 months earlier than that one (setlist information is sparse for 1980 and 1981 however!). For a song called a ‘Xeroxed surf instrumental’ by one well regarded R.E.M. book, this was a song held in high regard by the band, featuring at least twice on every tour in the 1980’s, including a very respectable 17 times in 1986 (27% of shows that tour, possibly due to being featured as the B-Side to the ‘Superman’ 7” single). It was played twice in 1989, before being retired for good.

Fun fact: This song had many titles in its early days, including ‘Stronger Than Dirt’, ‘Generic Surf’ and ‘Auntie’s Quilt’. Even after settling on the name ‘White Tornado’ it would still feature on setlists written as ‘Generic Surf’.

This live version comes from 23 January 1982 at Viceroy Park in Charlotte, NC, a time still 4 months prior to them signing with IRS and 7 months prior to 'Chronic Town'!

1982-01-23 Viceroy Park, Charlotte, NC

#98 - R.E.M. - White Tornado - 23 January 1982 - Viceroy Park, Charlotte, NC

First performance: 15 November 1995 - Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL 
Last performance: 18 November 2008 - Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Total number of performances: 93

A personal favourite, the closing track from ‘Automatic For The People’ made its debut towards the end of the Monster tour, featuring Amanda Brown, formerly of The Go-Betweens on violin, who guested with the band at the final 8 shows of the tour. Amanda also joined the band on 'Losing My Religion', 'Binky The Doormat', 'Strange Currencies' and 'Everybody Hurts', and can be seen performing with the band on the ‘Road Movie’ release.

During the 1999 and 2003 tours the song featured heavily, receiving 34 plays in 1999 (68% of shows), and 31 times in 2003 (54% of shows). It continued to be played on an irregular basis up to 2008, and it featured in the band’s final show on 18 November 2008 in Mexico City.

Fun fact: The opening chords of the song sound almost identical to the very first performance of ‘Time After Time (Annelise)’ on 17 July 1983, which was shared earlier in the week. Listen and judge for yourself!

#93 - R.E.M. - Find The River - 18 November 1995 - The Omni, Atlanta, GA

At My Most Beautiful (R.E.M. Cover)

Version of the classic Cast track, written by John Power.

Walkaway - Cast (Cover)

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#93 - R.E.M. - Find The River - 18 November 1995 - The Omni, Atlanta, GA

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