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| "Shiny Happy People" | ||||
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| Single by R.E.M. | ||||
| from the album Out of Time | ||||
| B-side | "Forty Second Song" | |||
| Released | May 6, 1991[1] | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1990 | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| "Shiny Happy People" on YouTube | ||||
"Shiny Happy People" is a 1991 song by alternative rock band R.E.M. and is the second single from their seventh studio album Out of Time. It went to the top ten in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. It features the voice of The B-52's singer Kate Pierson.
- ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. May 4, 1991. p. 31. Misprinted as May 7 on source.
- ↑ O'Neal, Sean (January 29, 2015). ""Shiny Happy People" and a young man's blossoming into cynicism". Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ Andrew Marr (November 20, 2016). REM Talk Donald Trump on Andrew Marr show, Michael Stipe Mike Mills. YouTube. The Andrew Marr Show. BBC. Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "In Defense of… R.E.M.'s 'Shiny Happy People'".