Finest Worksong
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| Single by R.E.M. | ||||
| from the album Document | ||||
| B-side | "Time After Time, Etc." (Live) | |||
| Released | March 1988 (US/CAN) April 1988 (UK/NL) |
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| Format | 12" single/7" single/3" CD single/CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
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| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | IRS Records | |||
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| Producer(s) | Scott Litt & R.E.M. | |||
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"Finest Worksong" was the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. It peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1988, at the time the group's highest-charting single in the UK.
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.
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
7" single
12" single and 3" CD single
UK CD single
1 Recorded at the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands; September 14, 1987, this live medley included "Time After Time (AnnElise)", a snippet of Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain" and "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"
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