Song · R.E.M.
“Ages of You” by R.E.M.
Released 1985
“Ages of You” by R.E.M. appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1987 and 1988. It was first released in 1985. Its best result is #40 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #131 alternative song of 1987 and #5,293 alternative song of all time.
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"Ages of You" is one of R.E.M.'s earliest songs, and it finally surfaced on their album Dead Letter Office. It has a scrappy family tree: it grew out of another early number, "Burning Down". As Peter Buck tells it in the liner notes, the band got bored with that one, salvaged the two parts they liked, rewrote everything else, and then got bored with the result too.
It was pencilled in for the Chronic Town EP, but producer Mitch Easter felt it weakened the running order and reckoned "Wolves, Lower" was the better fit, so that one got the spot instead. All four members, Bill Berry, Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, share the writing credit, and I.R.S. Records put it out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 40 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 247 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
Also listed as: Ages Of You.
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