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"Radio Free Europe" is a song by R.E.M., and was also their first single, released on the Hib-Tone label in 1981 and was especially successful in college radio, earning R.E.M. a record deal with I.R.S.. The song was re-recorded for the band's debut LP and re-released as a single on I.R.S., giving the band their first U.S. chart position on the Billboard charts, at #78.

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  • "Radio Free Europe" is a song by R.E.M., and was also their first single, released on the Hib-Tone label in 1981 and was especially successful in college radio, earning R.E.M. a record deal with I.R.S.. The song was re-recorded for the band's debut LP and re-released as a single on I.R.S., giving the band their first U.S. chart position on the Billboard charts, at #78.
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  • "Radio Free Europe" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe" was released as R.E.M.'s debut single on the short-lived independent record label Hib-Tone in 1981. The song features "what were to become the trademark unintelligible lyrics which have distinguished R.E.M.'s work ever since." The single received critical acclaim, and its success earned the band a record deal with I.R.S. Records. R.E.M. re-recorded the song for its 1983 debut album Murmur and a live performance at Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, Canada, from July 9, 1983 was released on the 2008 Deluxe Edition reissue of that album. The re-recording for I.R.S. became the group's first charting single, peaking at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100chart. The song is ranked number 389 on Rolling Stone li
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  • "Radio Free Europe" is a song by R.E.M., and was also their first single, released on the Hib-Tone label in 1981 and was especially successful in college radio, earning R.E.M. a record deal with I.R.S.. The song was re-recorded for the band's debut LP and re-released as a single on I.R.S., giving the band their first U.S. chart position on the Billboard charts, at #78.
  • "Radio Free Europe" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe" was released as R.E.M.'s debut single on the short-lived independent record label Hib-Tone in 1981. The song features "what were to become the trademark unintelligible lyrics which have distinguished R.E.M.'s work ever since." The single received critical acclaim, and its success earned the band a record deal with I.R.S. Records. R.E.M. re-recorded the song for its 1983 debut album Murmur and a live performance at Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, Canada, from July 9, 1983 was released on the 2008 Deluxe Edition reissue of that album. The re-recording for I.R.S. became the group's first charting single, peaking at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100chart. The song is ranked number 389 on Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2010, it was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry for setting "the pattern for later indie rock releases by breaking through on college radio in the face of mainstream radio's general indifference."
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