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Who sang Driver 8?

Release date: 1985

Duration: 03:24

R.E.M. released the song Driver 8. Date of release: 1985.

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The song is about a train driver named Driver 8 who has been working for a long time without taking a break. The train driver encourages him to take a break, even though they still have a long way to go before reaching their destination. The lyrics also mention a cabin, power lines, children, wheat fields and a woman selling her faith on a crusade.

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R.E.M. - Short Biography

- R.E.M. is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980.
- The band members are Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
- Noted for Buck's arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's vocal quality, stage presence and obscure lyrics, Mills' melodic bass lines and backing vocals, and Berry's drumming style.
- Considered a pioneer of alternative rock in the early 1990s.
- They sold over 90 million albums worldwide and became one of the world's best-selling musical acts before breaking up in 2011.

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"Driver 8" is a song released in September 1985 by the American musical group R.E.M. It is the second single from their third album, Fables of the Reconstruction.

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