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Pop Song 89 by R.E.M.
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 1989
Year: 1989
"Pop Song 89" was the third single released from R.E.M.s sixth studio album Green. It peaked at #86 on the Hot 100, and in the UK "Stand" was re-released instead.
MTV asked Stipe, who directed the video, to censor the three topless women with whom he was dancing in the video. Instead, Stipe superimposed black bars on the chests of all four dancers, himself included, and stated, "a nipple is a nipple."
The acoustic version that was used as the singles b-side was also included on the bonus disc of the limited two-disc edition of in 2003.
"Pop Song 89" was covered by Motion City Soundtrack for Punk Goes 80s and by Rockfour for their record For Fans Only!'. Read full article at wikipedia.org
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