Radio Song
Lyrics
Hey, I can’t find nothing on the radio
Yo! turn to that station
The world is collapsing
Around our ears
I turned up the radio
But I can’t hear it
When I got to the house
And I called you out
I could tell that you had been crying, crying
It’s that same sing song on the radio
It makes me sad
I meant to turn it off
To say goodbye
To leave in quiet
That radio song
Hey hey hey
I’ve everything to show
I’ve everything to hide
Look into my eyes
Listen
When I got to the show
Yo ho ho
I could tell that you had been crying, crying
It’s that same sing song, and the DJ sucks
It makes me sad
I tried to turn it off
To say goodbye my love
That radio song
Hey hey hey
The world is collapsing
Around our ears
I turned up the radio
But I can’t hear it
Yeah
I tried to sing along
But damn that radio song
Hey hey hey
I’ve everything to show
I’ve everything to hide
Look into my eyes listen to the radio
I turned up the radio
But I can’t hear it
No, I can’t hear it
Hey hey hey
Check it out
What are you saying
What are you playing
Who are you obeying
day out day in?
Baby baby baby
That stuff is driving me crazy
DJs communicate to the masses
Sex and violent classes
Now our children grow up prisoners
All their lives radio listeners
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
16 Official Releases
Radio Song (12” Single)USA – 0-40229
Radio Song (12” Single)Germany – 9362-40229-0
Radio Song (12” Single)Germany – 9362-40250-0
Radio Song (12” Single)UK – W0072T
Radio Song (Promotional 12” Single)Germany – 9362-40229-0
Radio Song (Promotional 12” Single)USA – PRO-A-5263
Radio Song (7” Single)Germany – 5439-19246-7
Radio Song (7” Single)USA – 7-19246
Radio Song (7” Single)Mexico – PRO 600
Radio Song (7” Single)UK – W0072
Radio Song (Maxi Cassette)USA – 4-19246
Radio Song (Maxi Cassette)USA – 4-40229
Radio Song (Maxi Cassette)UK – W0027C
Radio Song (Maxi CD)USA – 9362-40229-2
Radio Song (Maxi CD)Germany – 9362-40251-2 | W0072CDX
Coll. Edt.
Radio Song (Promotional Maxi CD)USA – PRO-CD-4808
Unofficial Releases (Bootlegs)
Radio Song (Bootleg CD Album)OS CD 3
‘Radio Song’ is also available on
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
Harmonics In Eternity (Bootleg LP)RME 1
released: unknown
Recorded: 4/3/91 KCRW Snap
- 1. World Leader Pretend
- 2. Fretless
- 3. Smiling Faces
- 4. Tusk
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Endgame
- 7. Jackson
- 8. Swan Swan H
- 9. Spooky
- 10. Fall On Me
- 11. Radio Song
- 12. I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You)
1998 The Greatest Hits Collection (Bootleg CD Album)Bulgaria –
released: unknown
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Shiny Happy People
- 5. Drive
- 6. E-Bow The Letter
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Bang And Blame
- 10. Radio Song
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Talk About The Passion
- 16. Near Wild Heaven
- 17. Nightswimming
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 1991 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Performed Live in Europe 1991. Came as a bonus to Seattle 1989 (which is not Seattle at all but Westwood One\s Superstars in Concert from Miami and Orlando). Slip case.
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
Classic Traxx (Bootleg CD Album)SH 69057
released: unknown
All tracks recorded live in USA 1993-1995
- 1. The Wake-Up Bomb
- 2. Bang And Blame
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Shiny Happy People
- 6. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 7. Drive
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 11. Love Is All Around
- 12. Man On The Moon
- 13. Pop Song 89
- 14. Red Rain
- 15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 16. The One I Love
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
Drive (Live 1985 – 1992) (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: 1985- 1992
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Drive
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. World Leader Pretend
- 5. Half A World Away
- 6. Man On The Moon
- 7. Everybody Hurts
- 8. Stand
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Orange Crush
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. Driver 8
- 13. Red Rain
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 16. Country Feedback
- 17. Pop Song 89
- 18. Endgame
- 19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
The Essential (Bootleg CD Album)MERCD 410
released: unknown
Recorded: various live and studio tracks
- 1. Driver 8
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Last Date
- 4. The One I Love
- 5. Maps And Legends
- 6. Pop Song 89
- 7. Skin Tight
- 8. Half A World Away
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. Time After Time (Annelise)
- 11. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 12. Dark Globe
- 13. Memphis Train Blues
- 14. Eleventh Untitled Song
- 15. Radio Free Europe
hib-Tone Version
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
Gold (Bootleg CD Album)WH 200297U
released: unknown
Recorded: Unknown Origins.
- 1. Shiny Happy People
- 2. Everybody Hurts
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. E-Bow The Letter
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Man On The Moon
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. The One I Love
- 9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 10. Bang And Blame
- 11. Drive
- 12. Radio Song
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. Talk About The Passion
- 15. Near Wild Heaven
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. Near Wild Heaven
- 18. Nightswimming
The Greatest Hits Collection 1998 (Bootleg CD Album)WH 970427
released: unknown
Recorded: Various
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Shiny Happy People
- 5. Drive
- 6. E-Bow The Letter
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Bang And Blame
- 10. Radio Song
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Talk About The Passion
- 16. Near Wild Heaven
- 17. Nightswimming
Greatest Hits Live (Bootleg CD Album)CHER-049-A
released: unknown
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
Half A World Away Part One (Bootleg CD Album)MONG CD007A
released: unknown
Recorded: (Tracks 1-19) 4/3/91 KCRW Snap, (Tracks 20-26) Christmas Singles.
- 1. World Leader Pretend
- 2. Half A World Away
- 3. Fretless
- 4. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 5. Radio Song
- 6. Low
- 7. Love Is All Around
- 8. Academy Fight Song
- 9. Tusk
- 10. Dallas
- 11. Losing My Religion
- 12. Mary Tyler Moore Theme Song
- 13. Bandwagon
- 14. Endgame
- 15. Jackson
- 16. Swan Swan H
- 17. Spooky
- 18. Radio Free Ethiopia
- 19. Fall On Me
- 20. Deck The Halls
- 21. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
- 22. See No Evil
- 23. Good King Wenceslas
- 24. Academy Fight Song
- 25. Ghost Reindeer In The Sky
- 26. Summertime
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
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
It’s REM Jim… But Not As We Know Them! (Bootleg CD Album)TNT 006
released: unknown
Recorded: Various
- 1. Where’s Captain Kirk?
- 2. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
- 3. See No Evil
- 4. Good King Wenceslas
- 5. Academy Fight Song
- 6. Spooky
- 7. Dallas
- 8. Half A World Away
- 9. Texarcana
- 10. It’s A Free World Baby
- 11. Low
- 12. Radio Song
- 13. Country Feedback
- 14. Losing My Religion
- 15. Near Wild Heaven
- 16. Shiny Happy People
- 17. Radio Song
- 18. Me In Honey
- 19. Everybody Hurts
- 20. Drive
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
Live Collection (Bootleg CD Album)Italy – LLRCD 153
released: unknown
Recorded: (Tracks 1-5) Madison 1982, (Tracks 6-15) Orlando Westwood One Show, (Tracks 16-19) Nicky Campbell Show, BBC London 1991.
- 1. Gardening At Night
- 2. Radio Free Europe
- 3. White Tornado
- 4. West Of The Fields
- 5. There She Goes Again
- 6. Pop Song 89
- 7. Exhuming McCarthy
- 8. Turn You Inside Out
- 9. Orange Crush
- 10. Swan Swan H
- 11. Begin The Begin
- 12. Stand
- 13. Perfect Circle
- 14. Get Up
- 15. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 16. Losing My Religion
- 17. Half A World Away
- 18. Radio Song
- 19. Love Is All Around
Losing My Religion Vol.4 Live in USA 1991 (Bootleg CD Album)BAN-042-D
released: unknown
Recorded: KCRW and SNL 1991.
- 1. World Leader Pretend
- 2. Half A World Away
- 3. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 4. Radio Song
- 5. Low
- 6. Love Is All Around
- 7. Tusk
- 8. Losing My Religion
- 9. Bandwagon
- 10. Endgame
- 11. Jackson
- 12. Swan Swan H
- 13. Spooky
- 14. Radio Free Ethiopia
- 15. Fall On Me
- 16. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1991-04-13 in New York - 17. Shiny Happy People
live recorded at: 1991-04-13 in New York
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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