Song · R.E.M.
“Country Feedback” by R.E.M.
From the album Out of Time (1991)
“Country Feedback” by R.E.M. appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1991 on the album Out of Time. Its best result is #1445 on the CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,199 alternative song of all time.
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"Country Feedback" comes from R.E.M.'s 1991 album Out of Time, and its title is a plain description of the sound, country rock smeared with feedback, rather than any clue to the words. Those words are a jumble of scattered, keening snapshots from someone watching a relationship come apart, and Michael Stipe barely wrote them down: he walked in with a few words on a scrap of paper, sang it once, and walked out. The band heard the take the next day and never cut it again.
Peter Buck plays acoustic and electric guitar, Mike Mills adds organ, Bill Berry handles bass, percussion and a vocal, and John Keane guests on steel guitar, with Scott Litt producing alongside the band. Stipe once told a crowd it was his favorite R.E.M. song, and Pitchfork later heard in it the band's most naked remorse.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1461 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1461 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1464 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1462 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1447 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1447 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1445 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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