Finest Worksong

~ Recording by R.E.M.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
  • 1987-08-31 CA
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document (Manufactured in Japan)
  • 1987-09-01 US
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
  • 1987-09-14 GB
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document (manufactured in U.S.A.)
1.1Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:51R.E.M.Finest Worksong (Limited Edition, Numbered)
  • 1988-04-18 GB
2.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.The Collection
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
  • 1991-03-21 JP
1.15Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.The Best of R.E.M.
  • 1991-09-30 GB
1.15Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.The Best of R.E.M.
1.1Finest Worksong3:51R.E.M.Document (The I.R.S. Years Vintage 1987)
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:51R.E.M.Document (The I.R.S. Years Vintage 1987)
  • 1997-09-01 GB
1.1Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Document
  • 2003-02-11 US
1.1Finest Worksong3:51R.E.M.Document / Lifes Rich Pageant
  • 2003-03-17 XE
1.19Finest Worksong3:47R.E.M.The Album, Volume 6
  • 2005-10-10 GB
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
  • 2005-11-08 US
2.1Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Document
  • 2005-11-08 US
1.12Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
  • 2006-09-11 US
1.12Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
  • 2006-09-11 XE
1.12Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
  • 2006-09-11 XE
1.12Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
  • 2006-09-12 US
1.12Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
1.12Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 (BMG club edition)
3.8Finest Worksong3:48R.E.M.Dave Fanning’s Fab 50, Vol. 2
2.4Finest Worksong3:48R.E.M.De Grote Schoonmaakhits, Volume 1
1.11Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011
  • 2011-11-11 DE
  • 2011-11-14 GB
  • 2011-11 XE
1.11Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (deluxe edition)
  • 2011-11-11 GB
1.11Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011
  • 2011-11-15 US
1.11Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011
  • 2011-11-15 CA
1.11Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011
  • 2011-11 -
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document (25th anniversary edition)
  • 2012-09-21 XW
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
  • 2012-09-24 XE
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document (25th anniversary deluxe edition)
  • 2012-09-25 US
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
1.11Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011
  • 2016-11-18 XW
1.20Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.R.E.M.’s Top Forty Playlist (according to Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe)
  • 2024-06-13 -
1.10Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.We Are Hope Despite the Times
  • 2024-09-17 -
1.11Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.We Are Hope Despite the Times
  • 2025-05 GB
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document (EMI mfg.)
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document
1.1Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.Document (club edition)
1.11Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011
Promotion
1.14Finest Worksong3:50R.E.M.20 Years of R.E.M.
2.10Finest Worksong3:52R.E.M.The Songs of R.E.M.
Bootleg
2.20Finest Worksong3:46R.E.M.Greatest Hits
2.5Finest Worksong3:49R.E.M.Monster Movies
  • 2019-07-05 XW
(unknown)
1.11Finest Worksong3:51R.E.M.Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage 1982–2011
  • 2011-11-14 GB
1.11Finest Worksong3:51R.E.M.Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011

Relationships

additional recording engineer:Gary Laney
engineer:Scott Litt
producer:Scott Litt
R.E.M.
additional mixer:Steve Catania
bass guitar:Mike Mills
drums (drum set):Bill Berry
guitar:Peter Buck
lead vocals:Michael Stipe
recorded at:Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:Master Control in Burbank, California, United States
recording of:Finest Worksong

Finest Worksong

writer:Bill Berry
Peter Buck
Mike Mills
Michael Stipe
publisher:Night Garden Music