Losing My Religion

"Losing My Religion"
"Losing My Religion"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Out of Time
B-side	"Rotary Eleven"
Released	February 19, 1991
Recorded	September–October 1990
Studio	Bearsville (Woodstock, New York); John Keane Studios (Athens, Georgia); Soundscape (Atlanta);
Genre	Alternative rock; folk rock; jangle pop;
Length	4:28
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Bill Berry; Peter Buck; Mike Mills; Michael Stipe;
Producer(s)	Scott Litt; R.E.M.;
R.E.M. singles chronology
Audio sample
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Music video
	"Losing My Religion" on YouTube

"Losing My Religion" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in February 1991 by Warner Bros. as the first single and the second track from the group's seventh album, Out of Time (1991). Built on a mandolin riff, it was written by lead singer Michael Stipe and is about unrequited love.^[4] The song was an unlikely hit for the group, garnering extensive airplay on radio as well as on MTV and VH1 due to its critically acclaimed music video, directed by Tarsem Singh. The single became R.E.M.'s highest-charting hit in the United States, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and expanding the group's popularity beyond its original fan-base. At the 1992 Grammy Awards, "Losing My Religion" won two awards: Best Short Form Music Video and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.^[5] In 2017, "Losing My Religion" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.^[6]

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^ "Michael Stipe on the "vulnerability" of 'Losing My Religion'". faroutmagazine.co.uk. September 21, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^ Jon Pareles (February 26, 1992). "Cole's 'Unforgettable' Sweeps the Grammys". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
^ https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#l