Finest Worksong

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“Finest Worksong”
Single by R.E.M. from the album Document
B-side	Time After Time, Etc. (Live)
Released	March 1988 (US/CAN) April 1988 (UK/Holland)
Format	12" Single/7" Single/3" CD Single/CD Single
Recorded	1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:48
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Scott Litt & R.E.M.
R.E.M. singles chronology
"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (1987) "Finest Worksong" (1988) "Stand" (1989)

"Finest Worksong" was the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. It peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Charts, at the time the highest chart the band had ever had in Britain.

The single version of the song (also known as Mutual Drum Horn Mix), featuring a new horn section by The Uptown Horns, was placed on R.E.M.'s I.R.S. Records compilation Eponymous. This was the last original single the band released on I.R.S. Records.

[edit] Track listing

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

7" single

1. "Finest Worksong" – 3:50
2. "Time After Time, Etc." (live)¹ – 8:22

12" single and 3" CD single

1. "Finest Worksong" – 3:50
2. "Time After Time, Etc." (live)¹ – 8:22
3. "Finest Worksong" (Lengthy Club Mix) – 5:52
4. "Finest Worksong" (Other Mix) – 3:47

UK CD single

1. "Finest Worksong"
2. "Time After Time, Etc." (live)¹
3. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

[edit] Notes

¹ Recorded at the Muziekcentrum, Utrecht, The Netherlands; September 14, 1987, this live medley included "Time After Time", a snippet of Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain" and "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"

[edit] External links

• Video Clip at REMhq.com

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