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Who sang Losing My Religion?

Release date: 19/2/1991

Duration: 04:28

Writer(s): Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe

Producer(s): Scott Litt

R.E.M. released the song Losing My Religion. Date of release: 19/2/1991.

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This song is about a person who is in love with someone unattainable and loses her mind trying to pursue that person.

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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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The title of the song, "Losing My Religion", refers to an English expression meaning "to lose one's temper". The song was written by the band's lead singer, Michael Stipe, and guitarist Peter Buck. Stipe said the song was inspired in part by the book "The God of Small Things," by Arundhati Roy.

The song was released in 1991 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the one and only R.E.M. single to reach that position. The song received critical acclaim and was named "Song of the Year" at the 1992 Grammy Awards.

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