Song · R.E.M.
“New Test Leper” by R.E.M.
From the album New Adventures in Hi‐Fi (1996)
“New Test Leper” by R.E.M. appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1996 on the album New Adventures in Hi‐Fi. Its best result is #1501 on the CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,324 alternative song of all time.
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"New Test Leper" sits on New Adventures in Hi-Fi, R.E.M.'s tenth studio album, from 1996, a four-way band composition from Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, produced by Scott Litt with the band. Stipe sings, Buck plays guitar, Mills handles bass and organ, and Berry is on drums and percussion.
It never went out as a single; its only life outside the album was a German promo CD from Warner Bros. the same year. It did hang around on stage, though, through the Up tour of 1998 and 1999 and in scattered shows until 2008, and it made the cut for the career roundup that followed the band's split in 2011, Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011.
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 | 1501 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1501 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1508 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1506 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1510 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1510 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1509 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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