Shiny Happy People
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| "Shiny Happy People" | ||
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| Single by R.E.M. | ||
| From the album Out of Time | ||
| Single Released | 1991 | |
| Single Format | CD | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Song Length | 3:46 | |
| Record label | Warner Brothers | |
| Producer | Scott Litt | |
| Chart positions | 6 (UK) 10 (USA) | |
| R.E.M. single chronology | ||
| "Losing My Religion" 1991 | "Shiny Happy People" 1991 | "Near Wild Heaven" 1991 |
"Shiny Happy People" is a song by the band R.E.M. It appeared on their 1991 album Out of Time and was released as a single in the same year. The song features guest backing vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52's. The song is extremely upbeat, with feelgood lyrics, and was originally written as a joke by the band.
Although it was one of R.E.M.'s biggest hits, "Shiny Happy People" has never been popular with the band or with their main fanbase. It was excluded from the band's 2003 'Best Of' album In Time. The band promised that it would never play the song live, but later performed it on Sesame Street under the title "Furry Happy Monsters".
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External links
Video sample at R.E.M.hq (http://www.remhq.com/videos/shinyHappy.html)
| Band members: Michael Stipe | Peter Buck | (Bill Berry) | Mike Mills
Additional musicians: Scott McCaughey | Bill Rieflin | Ken Stringfellow Albums: Chronic Town (EP) | Murmur | Reckoning | Fables of the Reconstruction | Lifes Rich Pageant | Document | Green | Out of Time | Automatic for the People | Monster | New Adventures in Hi-Fi | Up | Reveal | Around the Sun Compilations: Dead Letter Office | Eponymous | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 Musical styles: Alternative rock | Jangle pop | College rock |
