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Finest Worksong

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Lyrics

he time to rise has been engaged
You’re better best to rearrange
I’m talking here to me alone
I listen to the finest worksong
Your finest hour

Another chance has been engaged
To throw Thoreau and rearrange
You are following this time
I beg you not beg to rhyme (blow your horn)
Your finest hour (blow your horn)

Take your instinct by the reins
Your better best to rearrange
What we want and what we need
Has been confused been confused (blow your horn)
Your finest hour (blow your song)

Take your instinct by the reins
Better best to rearrange
What we want and what we need
Has been confused been confused (blow your horn)
Your finest hour (blow your song)
Your finest hour (blow your horn)
Your finest hour (blow your song)
Your finest hour

9 Official Releases

FINEST WORKSONG (12” Single)
Netherlands – 651320-6

FINEST WORKSONG (12” Single)
UK – IRMT 161

FINEST WORKSONG (Promotional 12” Single)
USA – IRS-23850

FINEST WORKSONG (Promotional 12” Single)
USA – L33-17150

FINEST WORKSONG (Promotional 12” Single)
UK – WIRMT 161B ADL

FINEST WORKSONG (7” Single)
Netherlands – ILS 651320-7

FINEST WORKSONG (7” Single)
UK – IRM 161

FINEST WORKSONG (Maxi CD)
UK – DIRM 161
released: 1988-04-00
Label: IRS
limited edition numbered box set

1. Finest Worksong
2. Time After Time (Annelise)
Medley: Time After Time – Red Rain – So. Central Rain
live recorded at: 1987-09-14 in Utrecht
3. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

FINEST WORKSONG (Maxi CD)
Netherlands – ILS 651320-2
released: 1988-00-00
Label: IRS
3 inch CD in 5 inch Adapter Ring – Cardboard Sleeve

1. Finest Worksong
Other Mix
2. Finest Worksong
Lenghty Club Mix
3. Time After Time (Annelise)
Medley: Time After Time – Red Rain – So. Central Rain
live recorded at: 1987-09-14 in Utrecht

‘FINEST WORKSONG’ is also available on

Cosmic Communications (Maxi CD)

released: unknown
Label: IRS
Various

Losing My Religion (Maxi CD)

released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 11/19/1992, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

1. Drive
2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
3. Everybody Hurts
4. Man On The Moon
5. Losing My Religion
6. Country Feedback
7. Begin The Begin
8. Fall On Me
9. Me In Honey
10. Finest Worksong
11. Drive
12. Love Is All Around
13. Funtime
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Losing My Religion
From Mountain Stage

Green Dreams (Bootleg LP)
??
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Orlando Arena, Orlando FL 4/30/89

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Greendreams (Bootleg LP)
VIGOTONE – THREE
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Orlando Arena, Orlando FL 4/30/89, w/ 2 fan club tracks

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
21. See No Evil
Fan Club Track
22. Academy Fight Song
Fan Club Track

2nd Strike At the Bowl (Bootleg CD Album)
ISR –
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Tracks 1 – 25 Recorded at Milton Keynes 7/30/95 plus 7 Out of Time Outtakes

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
26. Night Swim
27. Fretless
28. Kerouac No. 4 (Organ Song)
29. It’s A Free World Baby
30. Unknown
31. Untitled OOT Instrumental
32. Shiny Happy People

Electric (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded at Pink Pop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland, 5/15/89

1. Exhuming McCarthy
2. Turn You Inside Out
3. Stand
4. Orange Crush
5. Feeling Gravitys Pull
6. King Of Birds
7. World Leader Pretend
8. Underneath The Bunker
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Get Up
11. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
13. Summertime
14. Swan Swan H
15. Finest Worksong

Acoustic 3CD Box (Bootleg CD Album)
Luxemburg –
released: unknown
Label: IRS
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 ’87 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87

Adhesion (Bootleg CD Album)
KTS 471-72
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Milton Keynes 7/30/95

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Aural Pleasure (Bootleg CD Album)
MOONTUNES 13/14
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Milton Keynes 7/30/95 + 7/29/95 and 1/16/95 , Tracks 10-14 on disc 2 are from July 29th, and 15-17 are from the

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
26. Circus Envy
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
27. Orange Crush
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
28. Welcome To The Occupation
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
29. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
30. King Of Comedy
live recorded at: 1995-01-16 in Adelaide
31. Me In Honey
live recorded at: 1995-01-16 in Adelaide
32. Disturbance At The Heron House
live recorded at: 1995-01-16 in Adelaide

Automatic People (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded 11/19/92 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. Last song appears to be MTV Performance.

Automatically Live (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded 11/19/92 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. Last song appears to be MTV Performance.

Begin The Begin (Bootleg CD Album)
EU – CD 12033
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Westwood One, Orlando 1989

Boreal Equinoxia (Bootleg CD Album)
BC 039
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. Plus 3 Bonus Tracks

Consider Life (Bootleg CD Album)
NG270493
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 1/20/93 MTV Inaugural Ball

Down Under 95 (Bootleg CD Album)
ROB-1046 A/B
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 1/16/95

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Circus Envy
3. Crush With Eyeliner
4. Drive
5. King Of Comedy
6. Me In Honey
7. Disturbance At The Heron House
8. Try Not To Breathe
9. Revolution
10. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
11. Tongue
12. Man On The Moon
13. Half A World Away
14. Country Feedback
15. Losing My Religion
16. You
17. Orange Crush
18. Star 69
19. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
20. Let Me In
21. Everybody Hurts
22. I Took Your Name
23. Bang And Blame
24. Finest Worksong

The Dream: Green World Tour (Bootleg CD Album)
RPCD 1028
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Landgraaf, Holland 5/15/89, Milan, Italy, 6/15/89

1. Exhuming McCarthy
2. Turn You Inside Out
3. Stand
4. Orange Crush
5. Feeling Gravitys Pull
6. King Of Birds
7. World Leader Pretend
8. Underneath The Bunker
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Get Up
11. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
13. Summertime
14. Swan Swan H
15. Finest Worksong
16. Begin The Begin
17. Perfect Circle
18. Dark Globe

Espana ’95 (Bootleg CD Album)
EMCD0001/02
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded, San Sebastian, Spain 2/15/95

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Circus Envy
3. Try Not To Breathe
4. Drive
5. Crush With Eyeliner
6. You
7. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
8. Monty Got A Raw Deal
9. Revolution
10. Tongue
11. Man On The Moon
12. I Took Your Name
13. Country Feedback
14. Losing My Religion
15. Departure
16. Star Me Kitten
17. Me In Honey
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Pop Song 89
24. Bang And Blame
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Funtime (Bootleg CD Album)
Germany – BRR 0393
released: unknown
Label: IRS
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

Gravity (Bootleg CD Album)
LL 15447
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Westwood One Superstars In Concert Miami & Orlando 4/89

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

It’s The End Of The World … As We Know It (Bootleg CD Album)
KTS 005
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Orlando 1989

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Perfect Circle (Bootleg CD Album)
CB 53023
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 1989 “”Westwood One”" Orlando Green Tour concert.

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Greatest Hits Live (Bootleg CD Album)
CHER-049-A
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Various

1. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
2. The One I Love
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Pop Song 89
5. Orange Crush
6. Get Up
7. Stand
8. Losing My Religion
9. Shiny Happy People
10. Radio Song
11. Everybody Hurts
12. Drive
13. Radio Free Europe
14. Superman
15. Driver 8
16. Finest Worksong
17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
18. Crush With Eyeliner
19. Bang And Blame

The Green World Tour (Bootleg CD Album)
France – RS CD18
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Perugia Palasport (Italy) – June 17, 1989

1. Pop Song 89
2. These Days
3. Exhuming McCarthy
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Orange Crush
6. Disturbance At The Heron House
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. King Of Birds
9. Shaking Through
10. World Leader Pretend
11. Finest Worksong
12. Underneath The Bunker
13. Sitting Still
14. Get Up
15. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
16. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
17. Stand

Have You Heard This? (Bootleg CD Album)
MOVEMENT 0065
released: unknown
Label: IRS

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

Heal Heal Rock N Roll (Bootleg CD Album)
OCT 104/105
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 7/30/95 – National Bowl – Milton Keynes, England

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Heroes Of Pop (Bootleg CD Album)
GEMA H 8801 2
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Westwood One Superstars In Concert Miami & Orlando 4/89

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

I Feel Fine (Bootleg CD Album)
SE-466
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 14 Cuts from Monster Tour.

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Turn You Inside Out
4. Circus Envy
5. Finest Worksong
6. Try Not To Breathe
7. You
8. Man On The Moon
9. Losing My Religion
10. Get Up
11. Star 69
12. Everybody Hurts
13. Bang And Blame
14. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

It’s A Free World (Bootleg CD Album)
STE 017
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: (Tracks 1-2) MTV Inagural Ball, (Tracks 3-15) 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club Athens GA,

Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Bootleg CD Album)
Germany – SPQRCD02
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 5/27/87 – McCabe\s Guitar Shop. Santa Monica, CA. Please note that only the songs that R.E.M. performed from this release appear here.

TMOQ (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Label: IRS

Live In Athens 1992 (Bootleg CD Album)
SA24.017
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA.

Live in USA 1987 (Bootleg CD Album)
HL CD 019
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87

Live Monster (Bootleg CD Album)
VM 019
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 7/30/95, Milton Keynes, UK

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Try Not To Breathe
5. I Took Your Name
6. Bang And Blame
7. Strange Currencies
8. Man On The Moon
9. Country Feedback
10. Half A World Away
11. Losing My Religion
12. Pop Song 89
13. Finest Worksong
14. Everybody Hurts
15. Fall On Me
16. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Losing My Religion Vol.3 Live in USA 1989 (Bootleg CD Album)
BAN-042-C
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: Westwood One Radio Show, Orlando 1989

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

LOVE AND SQUALOR (Bootleg CD Album)
CD 555-07
released: unknown
Label: IRS

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Man On The Moon (Bootleg CD Album)
HL 2913
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, USA

Maps and Legends (Bootleg CD Album)
MONG CD005
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 5/24/87, McCabe\s Guitar Shop,

The Megatour (Bootleg CD Album)
CH016/017
released: unknown
Label: IRS
Recorded: 1/22/95, Brisbane Australia, (2)11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA