Pop Song 89

Pop Song 89

Infobox Single |
Name = Pop Song 89


Artist = R.E.M.
from Album = Green
Released = May 1989
Format = 7" Single, CD Single
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:03
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Last single = "Stand" (1989)
This single = "Pop Song 89" (1989)
Next single = "Get Up" (1989)

"Pop Song 89" was the third single released from R.E.M.'s sixth studio album "Green". It peaked at #86 on the Hot 100, and in the UK Stand was re-released instead.

In the music video, MTV asked Stipe, who directed it himself, to censor the three topless women with whom he was dancing in the video. Instead, Stipe superimposed black bars on the chests of all four dancers, himself included, and stated, "a nipple is a nipple."

The song was reported to be an adaptation of The Doors song, "Hello, I Love You". [ [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1742 Songfacts on "Pop Song '89"] ]

The acoustic version that was used as the single's b-side was also included on the bonus disc of the limited two-disc edition of "" in 2003.

"Pop Song 89" was recently covered by Motion City Soundtrack for the record Punk Goes 80's and by Rockfour for their record "For Fans Only!".

Charts

Track listing

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

# "Pop Song 89" – 3:03
# "Pop Song 89" (acoustic) – 2:58

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