R.E.M.

== Info ==
Named for "rapid eye movement", or the neurological process which causes dreaming. Despite Shiny Happy People being a major hit, the band has expressed extreme dislike of the song. Thus it is not on their greatest hits. The song Orange Crush is about a football player going off to Vietnam. The One I Love, despite popular belief, is not a love song. Weird Al Yankovic parodied their hit Stand with Spam, a song about the processed meat product. Shiny Happy People would be reworked into a Sesame Street Sketch called Furry Happy Monsters where R.E.M. helps teach about happy and sad. Almost all of their albums have gone at least gold, with compilation In Time also going platinum. Video albums Pop Screen, Tourfilm, and The Film is On went gold. Numerous hit singles. Covered The Everly Brothers. Performed a song about the infamous Munich Olympics.
== Genres ==
College Rock
== Songs ==
Losing My Religion
Man on the Moon
Orange Crush
Stand
It's the End of the World as We Know It
Shiny Happy People
The One I Love
== Influences ==
The Everly Brothers
== Parody ==
REM has been referenced twice in popular internet cartoon Homestar RunnerCategory:College Rock
Category:Eighties
Category:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Category:Alternative
Category:Hard Rock
Category:Saturday Night Live performers