Hollow Man (song) explained

Hollow Man
Cover:	R.E.M. - Hollow Man.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	R.E.M.
Album:	Accelerate
Released:	June 2, 2008
Recorded:	2007
Length:	2:39
Label:	Warner Bros.
Prev Title:	Supernatural Superserious
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Man-Sized Wreath
Next Year:	2008

"Hollow Man" is the fourth track and second single from R.E.M.'s fourteenth album Accelerate. The music video was created by Crush Inc., a graphic-design and production studio based in Toronto, and posted on the band's website on April 23, 2008.^[1] The single was released in the UK on June 2, 2008. The song peaked at number 7 on Billboard magazine's Triple A chart.

Track listing

CD single (UK, W804CD1)

1. "Hollow Man" – 2:42
2. "Horse to Water" (Live in Vancouver) – 2:38

The CD cover shows a typical Nokia mobile phone interface.

Canceled release

• This three-track single was scheduled as a CD single in Germany but was subsequently canceled. The B-side "Indian Summer" is however available through download stores. Some three-track copies of the CD single were released as promotional copies.

1. "Hollow Man" – 2:42
2. "Horse to Water" (Live in Vancouver) – 2:38
3. "Indian Summer" – 5:01

Personnel

• "Hollow Man" and "Horse to Water" written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
• "Indian Summer" written by Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening cover, from their album Jamboree, 1988).

Music video

The music video for the song features a four-frame animated figure overlaid on top of the footage. At Hollowman.tv, the band have encouraged fans to print off copies of the character and photograph it themselves to insert on the video projected behind their live performances of the song.

External links

• Music video
• Hollow Man site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hollow Man video premier.
2. Web site: Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army – RZA . Zobbel.de . December 26, 2012 . Zywietz, Tobias.