The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

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"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by R.E.M.. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain. The band used "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as the B-side to this song.

The song was released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was later released as a single in 1993, reaching 17 in the UK singles chart.

The phrase "Call me when you try to wake her" is employed 32 times in the song.

The song was included on R.E.M.'s Warner Brothers "best of" album In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 in 2003, although Buck's personal sleevenotes on the song were not complimentary. It was one of four songs from Automatic for the People to make the compilation, more than from any other album.

Contents

1 Single covers
2 Track listing

2.1 US CD Single
2.2 UK \"Collector's Edition\" CD Single 1
2.3 UK \"Collector's Edition\" CD Single 2
2.4 DE CD Maxi-Single
2.5 UK and DE 7\" and Cassette Single

Single covers

Image:remtsst1.jpg|UK CD1 cover Image:remtsst2.jpg|UK CD2 cover Image:remtsst.jpg|US and German CD cover

Track listing

All songs written by Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe unless otherwise indicated.

US CD Single

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Solomon Linda and Creatore/Peretti/Weiss) – 2:41

UK \"Collector's Edition\" CD Single 1

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Linda and Creatore/Peretti/Weiss) – 2:41
"Fretless" – 4:51

UK \"Collector's Edition\" CD Single 2

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
"Organ Song" – 3:25
"Star Me Kitten (Demo)" – 3:05

DE CD Maxi-Single

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Linda and Creatore/Peretti/Weiss) – 2:41
"Fretless" – 4:51
"Organ Song" – 3:25

UK and DE 7\" and Cassette Single

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" – 4:06
"Get Up" – -:--

Fretless originally released on the soundtrack from Until the End of the World (1991).

R.E.M.
Peter Buck - Mike Mills - Michael Stipe
Bill Berry
Other musicians: Nathan December - Buren Fowler - Peter Holsapple - Barrett Martin - Scott McCaughey - Bill Rieflin - Ken Stringfellow - Joey Waronker
Management and producers: Joe Boyd - Don Dixon - Bertis Downs, IV - Mitch Easter - Don Gehman - Jefferson Holt - Scott Litt - Pat McCarthy
Discography
Albums: Chronic Town (EP) - 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
Compilations: Dead Letter Office - Eponymous - - The Best of R.E.M. - In the Attic - In Time
Soundtracks: ''Man on the Moon
Videos: Succumbs - Pop Screen - Tourfilm - This Film Is On - Parallel - Road Movie - Perfect Square - In View

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