Near Wild Heaven

"Near Wild Heaven"

Single by R.E.M.

from the album Out of Time

B-side

"Pop Song '89" (live acoustic version)

Released

5 August 1991

Format

CD (UK / Germany)
7" (UK / Germany / France)
12" (UK / Germany)
Cassette (UK)

Recorded

September–October 1990

Genre

Alternative rock, jangle pop, country rock, sunshine pop

Length

3:18

Label

Warner Bros.
W0055 (UK, 7")
W0055C (UK, cassette)
W0055CDX (UK, CD)
W0055T (UK, 12")
5439-19179-7 (France / Germany, 7")
9362-40195-2 (Germany, CD)
9362-40171-0 (Germany, 12")

Writer(s)

Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

Producer(s)

Scott Litt & R.E.M.

R.E.M. singles chronology

"Shiny Happy People"
(1991)

"Near Wild Heaven"
(1991)

"Radio Song"
(1991)

"Near Wild Heaven" was the third single released from R.E.M.'s seventh studio album Out of Time in 1991. The song was the first single released by the band to have had its lyrics both co-written and sung by bassist Mike Mills. According to a quotation from Peter Buck in R.E.M. Inside Out: The Stories Behind Every Song by Craig Rosen, the lyrics are a collaboration between Mills and lead singer Michael Stipe. It managed to peak at No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart but the single was not released in the United States.

Mike Mills had previously written the lyrics to the single "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" and he had sung the cover song "Superman", but he had not previously sung his own work on a released recording.

The song is considered to be a tribute to 1960s-pop sunniness.

Music video

The music video for this song features the band playing the song in a crowded café.

Track listing

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

7" / cassette

"Near Wild Heaven"
"Pop Song '89" (live)¹

12"

"Near Wild Heaven"
"Pop Song '89" (live)¹
"Half a World Away" (live)²

CD

"Near Wild Heaven" – 3:18
"Tom's Diner" (Suzanne Vega) (live)¹ – 2:04
"Low" (live)¹ – 4:59
"Endgame" (live)¹ – 3:28

Notes

¹ Recorded at The Borderline Club, London, England; March 15, 1991.
² Recorded on Rockline, Los Angeles, California; April 1, 1991.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[1]	65
Dutch Singles Chart	51
German Singles Chart	46
Irish Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	27

Personnel

Bill Berry – drums, piano, backing vocals
Peter Buck – guitar
Mike Mills – lead vocals, bass guitar
Michael Stipe – backing vocals

References

↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

External links

Music video at REMhq.com
Near Wild Heaven at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

R.E.M.

Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe

Personnel	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker

Managers	Bertis Downs IV Jefferson Holt

Studio albums	Murmur Reckoning Fables of the Reconstruction Lifes Rich Pageant Document Green Out of Time Automatic for the People Monster New Adventures in Hi-Fi Up Reveal Around the Sun Accelerate Collapse into Now

Compilations	Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 7IN—83–88

EPs	Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia

Other albums	Man on the Moon r.e.m.IX R.E.M. Live Live at The Olympia Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions

Singles	"Radio Free Europe" "Talk About the Passion" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" "Cant Get There from Here" "Driver 8" "Wendell Gee" "Fall on Me" "Superman" "The One I Love" "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" "Finest Worksong" "Orange Crush" "Stand" "Pop Song 89" "Get Up" "Losing My Religion" "Shiny Happy People" "Near Wild Heaven" "Radio Song" "Drive" "Man on the Moon" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Everybody Hurts" "Nightswimming" "Find the River" "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "Bang and Blame" "Strange Currencies" "Crush with Eyeliner" "Tongue" "E-Bow the Letter" "Bittersweet Me" "Electrolite" "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" "Daysleeper" "Lotus" "At My Most Beautiful" "Suspicion" "The Great Beyond" "Imitation of Life" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "I'll Take the Rain" "Bad Day" "Animal" "Leaving New York" "Aftermath" "Electron Blue" "Wanderlust" "#9 Dream" "Supernatural Superserious" "Hollow Man" "Man-Sized Wreath" "Until the Day Is Done" "Mine Smell Like Honey" "Überlin" "Oh My Heart" "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"

Other songs	"Sitting Still" "Gardening at Night" "Perfect Circle" "Pretty Persuasion" "Begin the Begin" "Cuyahoga" "Ages of You" "Turn You Inside-Out" "Texarkana" "Country Feedback" "First We Take Manhattan" "Ignoreland" "Dark Globe" "Star 69" "New Test Leper" "All the Right Friends" "Out in the Country"

Videos	Succumbs Tourfilm Pop Screen This Film Is On Parallel Road Movie In View Perfect Square When the Light Is Mine R.E.M. Live This Is Not a Show R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX REMTV

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