The band's first single from their 1991 album 'Out of Time', 'Losing My Religion' became R.E.M.'s highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100.
- The song's title is a phrase from the Southern American English dialect, meaning "that's enough of that" or "that's going too far".
- The mandolin riff was written by Peter Buck, who was inspired by a Bach cantata.
- The music video, directed by Tarsem Singh, was nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards, winning six.
R.E.M. are a rock band from Athens, Georgia, originally known for their jangling guitar sound and cryptic lyrics. By 1991, they had evolved into one of the most commercially successful alternative rock bands in the world.
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