Album · R.E.M.
Green by R.E.M.
Green is an album by R.E.M., released in 1988. 7 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 200 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Orange Crush”, on 76 lists and voted number one once.
Green, R.E.M.'s sixth album, came out on Warner Bros. Records in the US on November 8, 1988, and in the UK and Europe a day later. The band produced it with Scott Litt for the second time, and they sound hungry to stretch: bright, major-key rock songs, a mandolin wandering into the mix, and players swapping their usual instruments on some tracks.
The politics are right up front, in the lyrics and even in the packaging. "Orange Crush" rides a martial drumbeat and a buzzing, chiming guitar line into something ominous. "Stand" is gleeful bubblegum, goofy and catchy as sin, and "Pop Song '89" is a wiry, jaunty singalong. "World Leader Pretend" is slow and heavy-hearted, "You Are the Everything" floats into something tender and dreamy, and "Get Up" and "Turn You Inside-Out" bring the bite.
It worked on both fronts, winning over critics and selling well, and the band hit the road for an 11-month world tour, releasing four singles along the way: "Orange Crush", "Stand", "Pop Song 89" and "Get Up".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Green on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange Crush#486 of all time | 76 | #1 | 1 | 1988–2026 | |
| 2 | Stand | 65 | #4 | – | 1988–2026 | |
| 3 | Pop Song '89 | 26 | #32 | – | 1989–2024 | |
| 4 | World Leader Pretend | 17 | #280 | – | 1999–2021 | |
| 5 | You Are The Everything | 11 | #280 | – | 1991–2018 | |
| 6 | Get Up | 2 | #791 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 7 | Turn You Inside-Out | 2 | #890 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.