Electrolite
"Electrolite" is a song by R.E.M. released as their third single and closing track from their tenth studio album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The song is a piano-based ballad to Los Angeles, Hollywood icons and the closing 20th century. Initially, Michael Stipe objected to including the song on the album, but was won over by Peter Buck and Mike Mills. It has since become one of his favorite R.E.M. songs as well as one of Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke's; Radiohead has covered the song.
| "Electrolite" | ||||
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| Single by R.E.M. | ||||
| from the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi | ||||
| B-side | "The Wake-Up Bomb" (Live), "Binky the Doormat" (Live), "King of Comedy" (808 State remix) | |||
| Released | December 2, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Soundcheck at the Desert Sky Mall in Phoenix, United States on November 4, 1995 | |||
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| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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The single was released on December 2, 1996, in the United Kingdom and on February 2, 1997, in the United States. Commercially, "Electrolite" reached the top 40 in Canada, Finland, Iceland and the United Kingdom but stalled at number 96 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single's music video, directed by Peter Care and Spike Jonze, "involved dune buggies, crazy costumes, and rubber reindeer."