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QUESTION Why is the track Shiny Happy People, one of REM's biggest UK hits, not on their latest 'best of' CD? What other examples of glaring omissions from compilation CDs are there?
THE REM compilation is a 'best of' and not a 'greatest hits'. REM don't consider it one of their best and, wishing to dissociate themselves from it, stopped playing it at concerts almost a decade ago (though they later performed it on Sesame Street under the title Furry Happy Monsters).See the full content of this document
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A Hit for Muppets Only ; Answers to Correspondents
The song was released in 1991 on the band's album Out Of Time and featured the vocal talents of Kate Pierson of the B-52s. It was essentially written as a joke to demonstrate how to get a Top Ten hit, which it did in the U.S. (No.
10) and the UK (No. 6).The ironic meaning of the track is well-hidden and so lost to most people - a ...See the full content of this document
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