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"Find the River"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Automatic for the People
Released	December 1993 (DE/UK)
Format	CD single, 7" single
Recorded	1992
Genre	Rock
Length	3:49
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Chart positions
#54 (UK)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Nightswimming" (1993)	"Find the River" (1993)	"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (1994)

"Find the River" was the sixth and final single from R.E.M.'s eighth studio album Automatic for the People. It was the twelfth and final track on this critically acclaimed release. The song failed to chart on the Hot 100 and struggled on the UK Singles Charts, reaching only #54. It was the first R.E.M. song to fail to reach the top 40 on either chart since "Get Up" in 1989.

Regarding the song's backing vocals, Mike Mills explained to Melody Maker: '"Harborcoat" from "Reckoning" has got me and Michael and Bill all doing completely unrelated things, and yet it works together. Because of the production we insisted on from Mitch and Don, which I know must have been incredibly frustrating for them, it’s hard to pick out exactly what’s going on. We tried it again on "Find The River." I had the idea that Bill and I would go in and do some harmonies without listening to each other. It’s great because mine is this incredibly angst-ridden emotional thing, and Bill’s is this really low-key sort of ambling part. They’re two opposite ends of the spectrum but they’re both on there, and it’s a beautiful thing."^{[citation needed]}

In An Hour with R.E.M., which aired on MTV UK prior to the band's televised performance at the Kölner Dom in Cologne, Germany in 2001, Mills introduced the video and explained that he selected it "because... I've never seen it, and I have absolutely no idea what's on it."^{[citation needed]} The video was shot in Malibu, California, directed by Jodi Wilde and features Southern artist Henry Hill.

In the Warner Brothers promotional film for Automatic for the People, the band is seen performing the song live in their Clayton Street rehearsal room.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK 7" Single 1.2 CD Single 2 Notes 3 External links

All songs written by Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe.

1. "Find the River" – 3:49
2. "Everybody Hurts" (live)¹ – 5:32

1. "Find the River" – 3:49
2. "Everybody Hurts" (live)¹ – 5:32
3. "Orange Crush" (instrumental) – 3:54

¹ Recorded at MTV Video Music Awards, Universal City, California; September 2, 1992.

• Video clip at REMhq

R.E.M.
Peter Buck • Mike Mills • Michael Stipe • Bill Berry
Other musicians: Scott McCaughey • Bill Rieflin • Ken Stringfellow • Nathan December • Buren Fowler • Peter Holsapple • Barrett Martin • Joey Waronker
Management and producers: Bertis Downs, IV • Pat McCarthy • Jefferson Holt • Scott Litt Joe Boyd • Don Dixon • Mitch Easter • Don Gehman
Discography
Albums: Chronic Town • Murmur • Reckoning • Fables of the Reconstruction • Lifes Rich Pageant • Document • Green • Out of Time • Automatic for the People • Monster • New Adventures in Hi-Fi • Up • Reveal • Around the Sun
Singles: See here
Compilations: Dead Letter Office • Eponymous • In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 • And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Remix album: R.E.M.IX
Soundtrack: Man on the Moon
Videos: Succumbs • Tourfilm • Pop Screen • This Film Is On • Parallel • Road Movie • In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 • Perfect Square • When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
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