Belong
Lyrics
Her world collapsed early Sunday morning
She got up from the kitchen table
Folded the newspaper and silenced the radio
Those creatures jumped the barricades
And have headed for the sea, sea
Those creatures jumped the barricades
and have headed for the sea
She began to breathe
To breathe at the thought of such freedom
Stood and whispered to her child, belong
She held the child and whispered
With calm, calm; belong
Stood and whispered to her child, belong
She held the child and whispered
With calm, calm; belong
These barricades can only hold for so long
Her world collapsed early Sunday morning
She took the child held tight
Opened the window
A breath, this song, how long
and knew, knew; belong
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
No Official Releases named ‘Belong’
‘Belong’ is also available on
OUT OF TIME (CD Album)Australia –
released: unknown
- 1. Radio Song
- 2. Losing My Religion
- 3. Low
- 4. Near Wild Heaven
- 5. Endgame
- 6. Shiny Happy People
- 7. Belong
- 8. Half A World Away
- 9. Texarcana
- 10. Country Feedback
- 11. Me In Honey
Green & Out Of Time (CD Album)Australia – 9362460742
released: unknown
- 1. Pop Song 89
- 2. Get Up
- 3. You Are The Everything
- 4. Stand
- 5. World Leader Pretend
- 6. The Wrong Child
- 7. Orange Crush
- 8. Turn You Inside Out
- 9. Hairshirt
- 10. I Remember California
- 11. Eleventh Untitled Song
- 12. Radio Song
- 13. Losing My Religion
- 14. Low
- 15. Near Wild Heaven
- 16. Endgame
- 17. Shiny Happy People
- 18. Belong
- 19. Half A World Away
- 20. Texarcana
- 21. Country Feedback
- 22. Me In Honey
1994 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 2. World Leader Pretend
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 3. Belong
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 4. Low
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 5. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 6. Country Feedback
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 7. Begin The Begin
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 8. Monty Got A Raw Deal
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 9. Everybody Hurts
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 10. Man On The Moon
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 11. Everybody Hurts
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 12. Drive
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 13. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York - 14. Bang And Blame
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York - 15. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
Acoustic 1 (Bootleg CD Album)Luxemburg – TSP-CD-161-1
released: unknown
From Mountain Stage 4/28/91
Acoustic 3CD Box (Bootleg CD Album)Luxemburg –
released: unknown
Contains Acoustic 1, Acoustic 2 and Electric
- 1. World Leader Pretend
- 2. Radio Song
- 3. Fall On Me
- 4. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 5. Half A World Away
- 6. Belong
- 7. Love Is All Around
- 8. Losing My Religion
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 11. Low
- 12. Swan Swan H
- 13. White Train
- 14. If You Go Away
- 15. Birdshead
- 16. My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- 17. Hello In There
- 18. Dark End Of The Street
- 19. Pop Song 89
- 20. Talk About The Passion
- 21. Exhuming McCarthy
- 22. Turn You Inside Out
- 23. Stand
- 24. Orange Crush
- 25. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 26. King Of Birds
- 27. World Leader Pretend
- 28. Underneath The Bunker
- 29. Pretty Persuasion
- 30. Get Up
- 31. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 32. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 33. Summertime
- 34. Swan Swan H
- 35. Finest Worksong
Acoustic Series: Live USA 89-93 (Bootleg CD Album)SH69022
released: unknown
MTV Unplugged and other venues.
- 1. Half A World Away
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. Low
- 5. Perfect Circle
- 6. Fall On Me
- 7. Belong
- 8. Love Is All Around
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Losing My Religion
- 11. Pop Song 89
- 12. Turn You Inside Out
- 13. Tom’s Diner
- 14. Moon River
- 15. Everybody Hurts
Acoustic Tour 1991 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: [1] Toronto, May 9, 1991 [2] Los Angeles (KCRW radio) 4/3/91, and [3] Charleston, WV (Mountain Stage program), May 4, 1991
- 1. World Leader Pretend
live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto - 2. Radio Song
live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto - 3. Love Is All Around
live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto - 4. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto - 5. Fall On Me
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 6. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 7. Belong
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 8. Low
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 9. Endgame
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 10. Swan Swan H
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 11. Spooky
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 12. Disturbance At The Heron House
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 13. Fretless
live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica - 14. Dallas
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 15. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 16. World Leader Pretend
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
Animal’s Attractions (Bootleg CD Album)Italy – SBC012
released: unknown
Recorded at MTV\s Unplugged, 1991.
- 1. Half A World Away
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. Low
- 5. Perfect Circle
- 6. Fall On Me
- 7. Belong
- 8. Love Is All Around
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Losing My Religion
- 11. Pop Song 89
BLUE – THE ACOUSTIC CONCERT (Bootleg CD Album)GLR 91 06
released: unknown
Recorded: MTV\s Unplugged, 1991.
- 1. Half A World Away
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. Low
- 5. Fretless
- 6. Fall On Me
- 7. Belong
- 8. Love Is All Around
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Losing My Religion
- 11. Pop Song 89
The Complete Unplugged Show (Bootleg CD Album)RCCD 4742
released: unknown
Recorded: MTV\s Unplugged 1991, +Bonus
- 1. Half A World Away
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. Low
- 5. Perfect Circle
- 6. Fall On Me
- 7. Belong
- 8. Love Is All Around
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Losing My Religion
- 11. Pop Song 89
- 12. Ghost Riders In The Sky
Bonus - 13. Funtime
Bonus - 14. Pop Song 89
Bonus
From The Borderline (Bootleg CD Album)France – RPCD 2038/2039
released: unknown
Recorded: The Borderline 3/15/91 and Shocking Club, Milan 3/22/91
- 1. World Leader Pretend
- 2. Half A World Away
- 3. Fretless
- 4. The One I Love
- 5. Hello In There
- 6. My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- 7. Jackson
- 8. Dallas
- 9. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 10. Belong
- 11. Low
- 12. Love Is All Around
- 13. You Are The Everything
- 14. Swan Swan H
- 15. Radio Song
- 16. Perfect Circle
- 17. Endgame
- 18. Pop Song 89
- 19. Losing My Religion
- 20. Fall On Me
- 21. Tom’s Diner
- 22. You Ain’t Goin Nowhere
- 23. Get Up
- 24. Moon River
- 25. Half A World Away
- 26. Swan Swan H
- 27. Driver 8
- 28. Low
- 29. Fretless
- 30. Losing My Religion
Funtime (Bootleg CD Album)Germany – BRR 0393
released: unknown
Various 1984 -91
- 1. Radio Song
Tower of LUV Bug Mix - 2. Shiny Happy People
Music Mix - 3. Finest Worksong
Lenghty Club Mix - 4. Belong
Instrumental - 5. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Alt. Version 1988 - 6. See No Evil
- 7. Academy Fight Song
- 8. Summertime
- 9. Low
- 10. Radio Song
Monster Mix - 11. Finest Worksong
Other Mix - 12. Man On The Moon
Special Version - 13. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
- 14. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 15. Tainted Obligation
- 16. Losing My Religion
- 17. Funtime
- 18. Radar Love
Half A World Away Part Two (Bootleg CD Album)MONG CD007B
released: unknown
Recorded:(Tracks 1-12) MTV\s Unplugged 1991, (Tracks 13-16) 4/1/91 Rockline, (Tracks 17-18) 4/13/91 Saturday Night Live
- 1. Half A World Away
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. Low
- 5. Perfect Circle
- 6. Fall On Me
- 7. Belong
- 8. Love Is All Around
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Losing My Religion
- 11. Pop Song 89
- 12. Endgame
- 13. Half A World Away
- 14. Radio Song
- 15. Love Is All Around
- 16. Losing My Religion
- 17. Losing My Religion
- 18. Shiny Happy People
Have You Heard This? (Bootleg CD Album)MOVEMENT 0065
released: unknown
- 1. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 2. Dark Globe
- 3. Drive
Primary Remix - 4. Drive
Secondary Remix - 5. Radio Free Europe
Mitch Easter Dub - 6. Funtime
- 7. Shiny Happy People
Music Version - 8. Belong
Acoustic - 9. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Alternate - 10. See No Evil
- 11. Summertime
- 12. Man On The Moon
- 13. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
- 14. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 15. Finest Worksong
Lengthy - 16. Radio Song
Monster Mix - 17. Tainted Obligation
- 18. Low
- 19. Low
Here I Am Again (Bootleg CD Album)SIAE – 92EF101011
released: unknown
Recorded: Out of Time Outtakes
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Speed Metal
- 3. Shiny Happy People
- 4. Me In Honey
- 5. Endgame
- 6. Belong
- 7. Texarcana
- 8. It’s A Free World Baby
- 9. Here I Am Again (Organ Song)
- 10. Untitled OOT Instrumental
Hitting The Note (Bootleg CD Album)Italy – BKCD 076
released: unknown
Recorded: (Tracks 1-11) From MTV\s Unplugged \91, (Tracks 12-13) London Borderline (Track 14) Milan, Italy, (Track 15) Washington, DC, USA.
- 1. Perfect Circle
- 2. Low
- 3. Belong
- 4. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 5. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 6. Love Is All Around
- 7. Losing My Religion
- 8. Fall On Me
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. Pop Song 89
- 11. Summertime
- 12. Moon River
- 13. Dark Globe
- 14. One
Latex Or Oil Based? (Bootleg CD Album)Australia – CD-EYE-11
released: unknown
Recorded during 1991 acoustic tour (Tracks 1-8) Mountain Stage, (Tracks 9-12) Rockline Rehearsal ’91, (Tracks 13-16) Rockline ’91.
- 1. World Leader Pretend
- 2. Radio Song
- 3. Fall On Me
- 4. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 5. Half A World Away
- 6. Belong
- 7. Love Is All Around
- 8. Losing My Religion
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. Half A World Away
- 11. Love Is All Around
Fragment 1 - 12. Love Is All Around
Fragment 2 - 13. Half A World Away
- 14. Radio Song
- 15. Love Is All Around
- 16. Losing My Religion
Low (Bootleg CD Album)Italy – TCD 28
released: unknown
Recorded: 3/22/91, Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
- 1. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 2. Half A World Away
- 3. Swan Swan H
- 4. Belong
- 5. Driver 8
- 6. Low
- 7. Fretless
- 8. Love Is All Around
- 9. Losing My Religion
- 10. Fall On Me
- 11. Get Up
Metal (Bootleg CD Album)MINOTURA RECORDS 26 LTD
released: unknown
Recorded: 4/91 – MTV Unplugged.
- 1. Half A World Away
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. Low
- 5. Perfect Circle
- 6. Fall On Me
- 7. Belong
- 8. Love Is All Around
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Losing My Religion
- 11. Pop Song 89

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