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Finest WorksongR.E.M.
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- #4Disturbance at the Heron House
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- #5Strange
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)R.E.M.
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The One I LoveR.E.M.
- #8Fireplace
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- #9Lightnin’ Hopkins
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- #10King of Birds
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- #11Oddfellows Local 151
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Finest Worksong by R.E.M.
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R.E.M.Writed by
Bill Berry & Peter Buck & Mike Mills & Michael StipeAbout
The last single from Document, “Finest Worksong” features an incredible guitar riff–of nearly a single note–by Peter Buck.
Number 50 on the UK top charts and number 28 on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Finest Worksong Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The time to rise has been engaged
You'd better best to rearrange
I'm talking here, to me alone
I listen to the finest work song
[Chorus]
Your finest hour
Your finest hour
[Verse 2]
Another chance has been engaged
To throw Thoreau and rearrange
You are following this time
I beg you not, beg to rhyme
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, your finest hour
Oh-oh, your finest hour
[Verse 3]
Take your instinct by the reins
You'd better best to rearrange
What we want and what we need
Has been confused, been confused
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, your finest hour
Oh-oh, your finest hour
[Verse 4]
Take your instinct by the reins
Better best to rearrange
What we want and what we need
Has been confused, been confused
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, your finest hour
Oh-oh, your finest hour
Oh-oh, your finest hour
Oh-oh, your finest hour
Finest Worksong Q&A
Who wrote Finest Worksong's ?
Finest Worksong was written by Bill Berry & Peter Buck & Mike Mills & Michael Stipe.
Who produced Finest Worksong's ?
Finest Worksong was produced by Scott Litt & R.E.M..
When did R.E.M. release Finest Worksong?
R.E.M. released Finest Worksong on Tue Sep 01 1987.
What did R.E.M. say about "Finest Worksong"?
According to Marcus Gray’s It Crawled from the South (1996, pg. 181), Stipe said “The American work ethic can be a very ugly thing. Some of the songs on the album deal with a misunderstanding of work as a replacement for feeling, or repression of feeling”.