Shiny Happy People
Lyrics
Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd
People people
Throw your love around
Love me love me
Take it into town
Happy happy
Put it in the ground
Where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Everyone around love them, love them
Put it in your hands
Take it take it
There’s no time to cry
Happy happy
Put it in your heart
Where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
17 Official Releases
Shiny Happy People (12” Single)Germany – 9362-400078-0
Shiny Happy People (12” Single)Germany – 9362-40078-0 | W0027T
Shiny Happy People (12” Single)UK – W0027T
Shiny Happy People (Promotional 12” Single)USA – PRO-A-5060
Shiny Happy People (7” Single)Ecuador – 80165
Shiny Happy People (7” Single)Germany – 5439-19307-7 | W0027
Shiny Happy People (7” Single)Germany – 5439-19307-7
Shiny Happy People (7” Single)USA – 7-19242
Shiny Happy People (7” Single)UK – W0027
Shiny Happy People (Promotional 7” Single)Spain – 1378
Shiny Happy People (Maxi Cassette)USA – 4-19242
Shiny Happy People (Maxi Cassette)UK – W0027C
Shiny Happy People (Maxi CD)Germany – 9362-40078-2 | W0027CD
Shiny Happy People (Maxi CD)UK – W0027CD
Shiny Happy People (Maxi CD)UK – W0027CDX
Shiny Happy People (Promotional Maxi CD)USA – PRO-CD-4888
Shiny Happy People (Promotional Maxi CD)USA – PRO-CD-5060
‘Shiny Happy People’ is also available on
Hit Collection 2000 (Promotional Maxi CD)released: unknown
- 1. The Great Beyond
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. Bang And Blame
- 4. Draggin’ The Line
- 5. Daysleeper
- 6. Nightswimming
- 7. Everybody Hurts
- 8. Losing My Religion
- 9. Strange Currencies
- 10. Shiny Happy People
- 11. Lotus
- 12. Drive
- 13. E-Bow The Letter
- 14. Electrolite
- 15. Radio Free Europe
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
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
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
2nd Strike At the Bowl (Bootleg CD Album)ISR –
released: unknown
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
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
Draggin’ The Line – Greatest Hits ’99 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Daysleeper
- 2. Draggin’ The Line
- 3. Everybody Hurts
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Man On The Moon
- 6. Strange Currencies
- 7. Shiny Happy People
- 8. Lotus
- 9. Suspicion
- 10. Drive
- 11. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 12. E-Bow The Letter
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. Radio Free Europe
- 15. Nightswimming
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. The One I Love
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
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 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
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
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


