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| - "Orange Crush" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the first single from the band's sixth studio album, Green, in 1988. It was not commercially released in the US despite reaching number one as a promotional single on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks (where, at the time, it had the record for longest stay at number one with eight weeks, beating U2). It peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Charts, making it the band's then-highest chart hit in Britain.
- Orange Crush is a song by R.E.M. which was an orange flavored soft drink. In this case, though, it was meant to refer to Agent Orange, a chemical used by the US to defoliate the Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. US military personnel exposed to it developed cancer years later and some of their children had birth defects. The song does not refer to any single Vietnam-related experience for lead singer Michael Stipe, but simply that he lived in that era of American history. Stipe's father served in Vietnam in the helicopter corps.
- "Orange Crush" is a song by R.E.M. from their sixth studio album Green, recorded and released in 1988 on the Warner Bros. Records label. It was the first single taken from Green, and the first single by R.E.M. to be released on the Warner Bros. Records label after their newly signed record contract, after their five-album contract with I.R.S. Records expired. Despite not being released as a commercial single in the U.S., it reached #1 on Mainstream rock chart and Modern Rock Tracks chart on promotional singles, where it stayed for eight weeks (beating the record set previously by U2). The song was released as a commercial single in the UK, and peaked at #28 on the UK Singles Chart, being the band's highest chart position in Britain at the time.
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| - Orange Crush is a song by R.E.M. which was an orange flavored soft drink. In this case, though, it was meant to refer to Agent Orange, a chemical used by the US to defoliate the Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. US military personnel exposed to it developed cancer years later and some of their children had birth defects. The song does not refer to any single Vietnam-related experience for lead singer Michael Stipe, but simply that he lived in that era of American history. Stipe's father served in Vietnam in the helicopter corps. Stipe sometimes introduced this in concert by singing the US Army jingle, "Be all that you can be, in the Army." The drill sergeant heard in the background during the middle is just an imitation by Stipe. In the traditional Michael Stipe way, the words he says during the imitation are complete nonsense. This was not the first R.E.M. song to deal with the Vietnam War. That distinction goes to "Body Count," an early unreleased song that they played live many times. The song is ranked 4th tier for drums, while vocals, guitar and bass are ranked 1st tier. The drum pattern is a disco beat.
- "Orange Crush" is a song by R.E.M. from their sixth studio album Green, recorded and released in 1988 on the Warner Bros. Records label. It was the first single taken from Green, and the first single by R.E.M. to be released on the Warner Bros. Records label after their newly signed record contract, after their five-album contract with I.R.S. Records expired. Despite not being released as a commercial single in the U.S., it reached #1 on Mainstream rock chart and Modern Rock Tracks chart on promotional singles, where it stayed for eight weeks (beating the record set previously by U2). The song was released as a commercial single in the UK, and peaked at #28 on the UK Singles Chart, being the band's highest chart position in Britain at the time. Although the title of the song is shared with a U.S. soft drink, the imagery of the song is more centered around war, most likely the Vietnam War. The promotional music video for "Orange Crush" contributes to this imagery, which was commercially released in 2003 on the In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 video release. The song itself was placed on R.E.M.'s 2003 Warner Bros. "best of" compilation album In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003.
- "Orange Crush" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the first single from the band's sixth studio album, Green, in 1988. It was not commercially released in the US despite reaching number one as a promotional single on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks (where, at the time, it had the record for longest stay at number one with eight weeks, beating U2). It peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Charts, making it the band's then-highest chart hit in Britain. The video for the song, directed by Matt Mahurin, won the band its first VMA, for Best Post-Modern Video. "Orange Crush" was also the first song to win in the category. The song was placed on R.E.M.'s Warner Bros. Records compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 in 2003, and a live version appears on the R.E.M. Live album recorded in Dublin in 2005. The song's title is a reference to the chemical defoliant Agent Orange manufactured by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical for the U.S. Department of Defense and used in the Vietnam War. As a guest on the late-night show Last Call with Carson Daly, Michael Stipe explained that the song was about a young American football player leaving the comforts of home for the war in Vietnam.[citation needed] Also, Stipe opened the song during The Green World Tour by singing the famous U.S. Army recruiting slogan, "Be all you can be... in the Army." British indie rock band Editors recorded a cover of "Orange Crush" as the B-side for the re-issue of the "Blood" single.
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