Shiny Happy People (track) by R.E.M.
Shiny Happy People appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Out Of Time (track #6) (this album) (1991)
- Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (track #20) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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90/100  | 04/19/2025 09:11 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
80/100 | 04/12/2025 16:32 |  slatsheit | | 88/100 |
85/100 | 03/24/2025 02:29 |  HoldenM | | 91/100 |
100/100 | 03/12/2025 10:04 | SomethingSpecial | | 97/100 |
100/100 | 02/21/2025 21:59 | kinginsomniac12 | | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.5/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.5.
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chisholm.matt 02/09/2022 13:27
This track is actually one of the best pop songs of all time. I totally agree with Michael when he says on Netflix's Song Exploder that including it on the same album as Losing my Religion is a bit schizophrenic.
VictorVale 01/03/2019 11:49
Clássica!
Brad1770 08/07/2018 11:30
All but dis-honed by R.E.M this track has never been played live except for their "Shiny Furry Monster's" version for Sesame Street . I'm sure in hind site R.E.M would not have included this on 'Out Of Time' and included "Fretless" instead
Rumoured to possibly be about the Thiamin Square massacre due to Chinese posters of the time with the words Shiny Happy People on them
Goliath 03/03/2018 16:59
This people don't hate it, great track.
koner1 08/29/2014 20:57
people hate it... i don't see why
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