Everybody Hurts (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1992
From the album Automatic For The People (track #4)
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Everybody Hurts appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Automatic For The People (track #4) (this album) (1992)
- In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (track #16) (compilation) (2003)
- Live (track #5) (2007)
- Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (track #22) (compilation) (2011)
- R.E.M. At The BBC (track #68) (compilation) (2018)
- R.E.M. At The BBC (track #83) (compilation) (2018)
- The Best Of R.E.M. At The BBC (track #30) (compilation) (2018)
- Complete Studio Albums 1988-1996 (track #26) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 12:42 | Siromynian | 20,223 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 16:03 | Brando1788 | 1,209 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 17:36 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
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Onater 09/11/2016 18:51 | #174778
This is actually my least favourite song in the album. It's a great song, but doesn't really fit in with the flow of the album very well. It has a very different tone from just about every other R.E.M. song.
StefanR10 07/10/2020 21:09 | #255388
This song saved many lives so i give it 100 points.
Not an REM fan, but this is a good tune.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/21/2013 22:26 | #62413
The hugely popular ballad. It truly is a beautiful tune.
slatsheit 11/08/2024 02:01 | #305931
As an R.E.M. fan, I for many years absolutely abominated this song. Don't get me wrong; I'm all for compassion and accompaniment in times of trouble, but not with a profoundly lame rewrite of "Bridge over Troubled Water" with horrendous-singing-era Michael Stipe braying cliches at me. However, in recent times, I have come more to terms with it. Raised my rating from 5 to 70. I understand more the point of the song, and I can't knock John Paul Jones's string arrangement. (Edited)
