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==Cover versions==

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==Single covers== ==Single covers==

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"Everybody Hurts"
Song
For the album by Air, see Everybody Hertz.

"Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the UK Singles Charts.

History

Much of the song is written by drummer Bill Berry, although as R.E.M. shares songwriting credits among its members, it is unknown how much he actually wrote. Berry did not drum on the song, as a Univox drum machine took care of the drumming, but he was responsible for the sampling of the drum pattern on the track. The string arrangement was written by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.

In the liner notes of the album In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003, Peter Buck writes that "the reason the lyrics are so atypically straightforward is because it was aimed at teenagers", and "I've never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the idea that high school is a portal to hell seems pretty realistic to me."

In the video for the song, directed by Jake Scott and filmed in San Antonio, Texas, the band is stuck in a traffic jam. It shows the people in other cars and subtitles of their thoughts appear on screen. At the end, all the people leave their cars and walk instead; they then vanish.

In 1995, British emotional support listening service The Samaritans, in response to the high suicide rate but low crisis service take-up amongst young men, launched a UK press advertising campaign consisting solely of the lyrics to "Everybody Hurts" and the charity's hotline number.

The song was placed on R.E.M.'s Warner Brothers "best of" album In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 in 2003. It was one of four songs from Automatic for the People to make the compilation, more than from any other album.

In a 2006 poll for a Channel 5 program "Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs", "Everybody Hurts" was voted 4th.

In October 2007, Much More Music placed "Everybody Hurts" as number 5 of the Top 40 Most Memorable Music Videos on "Listed".

Cover versions

The song was covered in 2005 by Paul Anka on the album Rock Swings, with a cover by UK rock band Feeder later in the same year as a download only single in aid of the charity War Child, before being included as a full-band version b-side on their "Shatter / Tender" AA sided single. In 1999, The Corrs covered the track on their album The Corrs Unplugged, and in 2003 by Alex Parks on her debut album Introduction. In 2007 it was covered by the winner of "Britain's Got Talent", Paul Potts, on his debut CD One Chance. Potts performs it in Italian and the track has the additional Italian title "Ognuno Soffre". Patti Smith did a cover on album Twelve, 2007. In 2007, DJ Sammy did a cover version of the song. Tina Arena also covered the song on her 2007 album Songs of Love & Loss.

Single covers

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.

US 7" and CD Single

  1. "Everybody Hurts" – 5:20
  2. "Mandolin Strum" – 3:26

"Collector's Edition" CD 1 (UK)

  1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit) – 4:57
  2. "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" (Long Version) – 3:29
  3. "Mandolin Strum" – 3:26

"Collector's Edition" CD 2 (UK)

  1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit) – 4:57
  2. "Chance (Dub)" – 2:36
  3. "Dark Globe" (Syd Barrett) – 1:51

DE CD Single

  1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit) – 4:57
  2. "Mandolin Strum" – 3:26
  3. "Chance (Dub)" – 2:36
  4. "Dark Globe" (Barrett) – 1:51

US 12" and CD Maxi-Single 1

  1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit) – 4:57
  2. "Mandolin Strum" – 3:26
  3. "Belong" (live) – 4:32
  4. "Orange Crush" (live) – 4:00

US 12" and CD Maxi-Single 2

  1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit) – 4:57
  2. "Star Me Kitten" (demo) – 3:05
  3. "Losing My Religion" (live) – 4:55
  4. "Organ Song" – 3:25

UK Cassette Single

  1. "Everybody Hurts" – 5:20
  2. "Pop Song '89" – 3:03

UK and DE 7" Single

  1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit) – 4:46
  2. "Pop Song '89" – 3:03

Notes

  1. Bowler, David (1995). R.E.M. from "Chronic Town to "Monster". New York, NY: Carol Publishing Group. p. 88. ISBN 0-8065-1724-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Performed on Mountain Stage on April 28 1991 (see here).
  3. Recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia; November 13 1989.


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