Crush with Eyeliner

"Crush with Eyeliner"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Monster
B-side "Crush With Eyeliner" (instrumental version)
Released August 15, 1995 (1995-08-15)
Format
Recorded 1994
Genre
Length 4:39
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Strange Currencies"
(1995)		 "Crush with Eyeliner"
(1995)		 "Tongue"
(1995)

"Crush with Eyeliner" is a song by R.E.M., released as the fourth single from their ninth studio album Monster. Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore provides background vocals.

Michael Stipe claims the song was inspired by the band New York Dolls, who, in his opinion, "knew how to exaggerate a song, to make it sound really sleazy and over the top." This was also one of the first songs that surfaced from Stipe after the writer's block that hounded him after the death of his friend, actor River Phoenix.[3]

The single's video, directed by Spike Jonze, shows a group of Japanese youths dancing and miming to the track at a party, while the band are shown briefly, looking on. It is available on the music video compilation Parallel.

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe.

12" and CD maxi-single

  1. "Crush with Eyeliner" – 4:39
  2. "Fall on Me" (live)1 – 3:23
  3. "Me in Honey" (live)1 – 4:18
  4. "Finest Worksong" (live)1 – 4:18

7" single

  1. "Crush with Eyeliner" (album version) – 4:39
  2. "Crush with Eyeliner" (instrumental version) – 4:39

Notes

1 Recorded at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia; November 19, 1992. The performance, a benefit for Greenpeace, was recorded on a solar-powered mobile studio.

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4][5] 55
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 45
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 28
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 21
Italy (Hit Parade Italia)[9] 12
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[10] 23
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] 23
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[12] 13
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[13] 20
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[14] 33

References

  1. ↑ http://thequietus.com/articles/16426-rem-monster-review-anniversary
  2. ↑ "ALBUMS". R.E.M.Hq. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  3. ↑ Black, Johnny (2004). Reveal: The Story of R.E.M. London: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-776-5.
  4. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Mar 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – R.E.M. – Crush with Eyeliner" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8531." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Crush with Eyeliner". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Indice per Interprete: R" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  12. ↑ "REM Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  13. ↑ "REM Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  14. ↑ "REM Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
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