1988–2003, Buck wrote 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.' The song was used in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer that preceded the show. In the liner notes of the album In Time: The Best of R.E.M. It took us forever to figure out the arrangement and who was going to play what, and then Bill ended up not playing on the original track. I'm not sure if Michael would have copped that reference, but to a lot of our fans it was a Staxxy-type thing. We went through about four different ideas and how to approach it and eventually came to that Stax, Otis Redding, 'Pain in My Heart' kind of vibe.

it kind of went around and around, and he was strumming it. Bill brought it in, and it was a one-minute long country-and-western song. 'Everybody Hurts' is similar to ' Man on the Moon'. Guitarist Peter Buck commented on the making of the track, saying: The string arrangement was written by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. Berry's drums are largely absent from the song-a Univox drum machine took his place-but he was responsible for the sampling of the drum pattern on the track. share songwriting credits among its members, it is unknown how much he actually wrote.

Much of the song was written by drummer Bill Berry, although as R.E.M. In 2005, Blender ranked the song at number 238 on their list of 'Greatest Songs Since You Were Born'. In 2003, Q ranked 'Everybody Hurts' at number 31 on their list of the '1001 Best Songs Ever'. Its music video was directed by Jake Scott. It also reached the top 10 on the charts of Australia, Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The song fared much better on the US Cash Box Top 100, where it peaked at number 18. It peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100. from their eighth studio album, Automatic for the People (1992), and released as a single in April 1993. ' Everybody Hurts' is a song by American rock band R.E.M.

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