Everybody Hurts

"Everybody Hurts"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Automatic for the People
B-side"Mandolin Strum"
ReleasedApril 5, 1993 (1993-04-05)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 5:20 (album version)
  • 4:57 (edit)
  • 4:46 (alternate edit)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
(1993)
"Everybody Hurts"
(1993)
"Nightswimming"
(1993)
Music video
"Everybody Hurts" on YouTube

"Everybody Hurts" is a song by American rock band R.E.M. from their eighth studio album, Automatic for the People (1992), and released as a single in April 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100, but fared much better on the US Cash Box Top 100, where it peaked at number 18. The song also reached the top 10 on the charts of Australia, Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Its music video was directed by Jake Scott and filmed in San Antonio, Texas. In 2003, Q ranked "Everybody Hurts" at number 31 on their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever",[5] and in 2005, Blender ranked the song at number 238 on their list of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".[6]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. April 3, 1993. p. 17. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. - Track Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Kumari, Kayla (November 25, 2019). "'The Voice': Top 11 Perform Songs Chosen by Fans". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. ^ SPIN Media LLC (November 1992). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 62. 08863032.
  5. ^ "Q - 1001 best songs ever (2003)".
  6. ^ "Blender Magazine: Greatest Songs Since You Were Born". Archived from the original on February 14, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2020.