List of songs recorded by R.E.M. explained

This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. that were officially released. The list includes songs performed by the entire band only (Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe 1980 to 1997; Buck, Mills and Stipe 1998 to 2011). Side projects, including contributions by solo members of the band, are not included in this list. The list consists mostly of studio recordings. Remix and live recordings are not listed separately unless the song was only released in that form.[1] Album singles are listed as released on their respective album. Only one release is listed per song, except for a couple of re-recordings, like their first Hib-Tone single.

Song Release Songwriter(s) Producer
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David Barbe and R.E.M.
"1,000,000" Chronic Town Mitch Easter and R.E.M.
"11th Untitled Song" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"165 Hillcrest" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" single Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"2JN" "Imitation of Life" singlePat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"32 Chord Song" "I'll Take the Rain" singlePat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"7 Chinese Bros." Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"9-9" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
" of Saturdays" Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Academy Fight Song" fanclub single
"Accelerate" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Adagio" "Bad Day" single Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"After Hours" (live) "Losing My Religion" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Aftermath" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Ages of You" "Wendell Gee" single Joe Boyd
"Airliner" "Supernatural Superserious" single Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Airportman" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" from the documentary .
"All the Best" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"All the Right Friends" (first version) Dead Letter Office I.R.S. Vintage Years reissue Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"All the Right Friends" Vanilla Sky soundtrack Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Animal" Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Arms of Love" "Man on the Moon" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Around the Sun" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
" of Man" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"At My Most Beautiful" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Auctioneer (Another Engine)" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"Baby Baby" fanclub single
"Bad Day" Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Bandwagon" "Cant Get There from Here" single Joe Boyd
"Bang and Blame" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Be Mine" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Beach Ball" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Beat a Drum" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Begin the Begin" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"Belong" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Binky the Doormat" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Bittersweet Me" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Blue" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Boy in the Well" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Burning Down" "Wendell Gee" single Joe Boyd
"Burning Hell" "Cant Get There from Here" single Joe Boyd
"Camera" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Cant Get There from Here" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)" Chronic Town Mitch Easter and R.E.M.
"Catapult" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Chance (Dub)" "Everybody Hurts" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Chorus and the Ring" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" fanclub single
"Christmas Griping" fanclub single
"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" fanclub single
"Christmas Time Is Here" fanclub single Lee Mendelson, Vince Guaraldi
"Christmas in Tunisia" fanclub single
"Circus Envy" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Country Feedback" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Crazy" "Driver 8" single Joe Boyd
"Crazy Like a Fox" fanclub single
"Crush with Eyeliner" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Cuyahoga" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"Dallas" (live) (featuring Billy Bragg, Clive Gregson & Christine Collister) Out of Time (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
"Dark Globe" "Orange Crush" single Syd BarrettScott Litt and R.E.M.
"Daysleeper" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Deck the Halls" Winter Warnerland traditional Greg Lee, Jeff Smith, and R.E.M.
"Departure" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Diminished" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Disappear" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Discoverer" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Disturbance at the Heron House" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Draggin' the Line" Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack Tommy James, Bob King Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Drive" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Driver 8" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"E-Bow the Letter" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Electrolite" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Electron Blue" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Emphysema" "Daysleeper" single Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Endgame" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Every Day Is Yours to Win" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Everybody Hurts" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Exhuming McCarthy" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Fall on Me" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"Falls to Climb" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Fascinating" Officially released in 2019 through a Bandcamp download to support Hurricane Dorian Relief. See Reveal Advance 2001 for more information on unofficial release through the fansite murmurs.com. Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Favorite Writer" "Bad Day" single Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Feeling Gravitys Pull" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"Femme Fatale" "Superman" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Final Straw" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Find the River" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Finest Worksong" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Fireplace" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"First We Take Manhattan" Leonard Cohen Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"The Flowers of Guatemala" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"Forty Second Song" "Shiny Happy People" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Fretless" Until the End of the World soundtrack Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Fruity Organ" "Man on the Moon" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Funtime" "Get Up" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Gardening at Night" Chronic Town Mitch Easter and R.E.M.
"Gentle on My Mind" (Live)
"Get Up" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Ghost Reindeer in the Sky" fanclub single
"Ghost Rider" "Orange Crush" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Good Advices" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"Good King Wenceslas" fanclub single Traditional
"" Man on the Moon soundtrack Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Green Grow the Rushes" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"Hairshirt" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Half a World Away" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Hallelujah" Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Harborcoat" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Hastings and Main" fanclub single
"High Speed Train" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Hollow Man" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Hope" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Horse to Water" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Houston" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Hyena" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"I Believe" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"I Don't Sleep, I Dream" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"I Remember California" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"I Took Your Name" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"I Walked with a Zombie" Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"I Wanted to Be Wrong" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"I Will Survive" fanclub single Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
"Ignoreland" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Iht->U->Ediytw (Dubmix)" fanclub single
"I'll Take the Rain" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"I'm Gonna DJ" Accelerate Emer Patten
"Imitation of Life" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Indian Summer" "Hollow Man" single Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"It Happened Today" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"It's a Free World, Baby" Coneheads soundtrack Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"I've Been High" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Java" fanclub single
"Jesus Christ" fanclub single
"Just a Touch" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"King of Birds" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"King of Comedy" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"King of the Road" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" single Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Kohoutek" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"Last Date" "The One I Love" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Laughing" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Leave" Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Leaving New York" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Let Me In" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Letter Never Sent" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Life and How to Live It" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Lightnin' Hopkins" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" single Solomon Linda, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Albert Stanton Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Little America" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Live for Today" fanclub single
"Living Well Is the Best Revenge" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Living Well Jesus Dog" "Man-Sized Wreath" single Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Losing My Religion" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Lotus" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Love Is All Around" I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrackScott Litt and R.E.M.
"Low" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Low Desert" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Magnetic North" fanclub single
"Make It All Okay" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Man on the Moon" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Mandolin Strum" "Everybody Hurts" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Man-Sized Wreath" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Maps and Legends" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"Me in Honey" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Memphis Train Blues" "Stand" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Merry Xmas Everybody" fanclub single David Barbe and R.E.M.
"Mine Smell Like Honey" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Mr. Richards" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Monty Got a Raw Deal" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Moon River" Reckoning 1992 I.R.S. Vintage Years reissue
"Moral Kiosk" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Munich" (Live) Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3
"Mystery to Me" (Demo) And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 Don Gehman
"Near Wild Heaven" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"New Orleans Instrumental No. 2" "Man on the Moon" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"New Test Leper" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Nightswimming" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"No Matter What" fanclub single
"Nola-4/26/2010" "Oh My Heart" single Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Oddfellows Local 151" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Oh My Heart" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Old Man Kensey" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"On the Fly" (Live) Live at The Olympia Jacknife Lee
"" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Only in America" fanclub single
"Orange Crush" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Organ Song" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Out in the Country" "Bad Day" single Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Out of Tune" (Demo) Lifes Rich Pageant 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
"" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Pale Blue Eyes" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" single Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" fanclub single
"Parakeet" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"" (Live) "At My Most Beautiful" single Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Perfect Circle" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Permanent Vacation" iTunes Originals – R.E.M. Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Photograph" (with Natalie Merchant) Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Merchant
"Pilgrimage" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Pop Song 89" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Pretty Persuasion" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Radio Free Europe" (Hib-Tone version) "Radio Free Europe" (Hib-Tone single) Mitch Easter
"Radio Free Europe" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Radio Song" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Red Head Walking" "Supernatural Superserious" single Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Revolution" Batman & Robin soundtrack Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Romance" Made in Heaven soundtrack Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Rotary Eleven" "Losing My Religion" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Rotary Ten" "Fall on Me" single Don Gehman
"Sad Professor" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Santa Baby" fanclub single Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer
"Saturn Return" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Second Guessing" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"See No Evil" fanclub single
"Sex Bomb" fanclub single
"Shaking Through" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"She Just Wants to Be" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Shiny Happy People" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Silver Bells" fanclub single
"Sing for the Submarine" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Sitting Still" (Hib-Tone version) "Radio Free Europe" (Hib-Tone single) Mitch Easter
"Sitting Still" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Skin Tight" (live) "Stand" single James Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Smokin' in the Boys Room" (live) REMTV Cub Koda, Michael Lutz
"So Fast, So Numb" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Sponge" Vic Chesnutt Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Stand" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Star 69" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Star Me Kitten" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance" (live) Live at The Olympia Jacknife Lee
"Strange" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Strange Currencies" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Stumble" Chronic Town Mitch Easter and R.E.M.
"Summer Turns to High" Reveal Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Summertime" fanclub single George Gershwin
"Superman" Lifes Rich Pageant Gary Zekley, Mitchell Bottler Don Gehman
"Supernatural Superserious" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Surfing the Ganges" "Lotus" single Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Suspicion" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Swan Swan H" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"Sweetness Follows" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Take Seven" fanclub single
"Talk About the Passion" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Texarkana" Out of Time Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"That Someone Is You" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Theme from Two Steps Onward" (Demo) And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 Don Gehman
"There She Goes Again" "Radio Free Europe" single Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"These Days" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"Throw Those Trolls Away" (Demo)[2] Fables of the Reconstruction (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
"Time After Time (Annelise)" Reckoning Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Tighten Up" Bucketfull of Brains magazine Archie Bell, Billy Buttier
"Tired of Singing Trouble" Lifes Rich Pageant I.R.S. Vintage Years reissue
"Tom's Diner" (live) "Near Wild Heaven" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Tongue" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Toyland" fanclub single
"Toys in the Attic" "Fall on Me" single Don Gehman
"Tricycle" "E-Bow the Letter" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Try Not to Breathe" Automatic for the People Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Turn You Inside-Out" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Überlin" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Underneath the Bunker" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"Undertow" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Until the Day Is Done" Accelerate Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Voice of Harold" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" single Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
" Bomb" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Wait" (demo) Lifes Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
"Walk It Back" Collapse into Now Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"Walk Unafraid" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Wall of Death" Richard Thompson Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Walter's Theme" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" single Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Wanderlust" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"We All Go Back to Where We Belong" Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
"We Walk" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Welcome to the Occupation" Document Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Wendell Gee" Fables of the Reconstruction Joe Boyd
"West of the Fields" Murmur Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"What If We Give It Away?" Lifes Rich Pageant Don Gehman
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Where's Captain Kirk?" fanclub single Mark Coalfield, Kenneth Spiers
"White Tornado" "Superman" single Don Gehman
"Why Not Smile" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Wichita Lineman" (Live) "Bittersweet Me" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Wicked Game" fanclub single
"Wind Out" Bachelor Party soundtrack Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
"Winged Mammal Theme" "Drive" single Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Wolves, Lower" Chronic Town Mitch Easter and R.E.M.
"World Leader Pretend" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
" Joke Ever" Around the Sun Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
" Child" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"Yellow River" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" single Jeff Christie Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"You" Monster Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"You Are the Everything" Green Scott Litt and R.E.M.
"You're in the Air" Up Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
"Zither" New Adventures in Hi-Fi Scott Litt and R.E.M.

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Notes and References

  1. "Disguised" is not listed separately, as it was renamed "Supernatural Superserious" when released on Accelerate.
  2. part of lyrics used for "I Believe"