Bittersweet Me

"Bittersweet Me"
"Bittersweet Me"
Single af R.E.M.
	fra albummet New Adventures in Hi-Fi
B-side(r)	Undertow (Live)
Udgivet	5. november 1996
Format	CD, 7", kassettebånd
Indspillet	7. november, 1995 Memphis soundcheck
Genre	Alternativ rock; hard rock;
Længde	4:06
Pladeselskab	Warner Bros.
Skrevet af	Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
Producer(e)	Scott Litt, R.E.M.
R.E.M.s singlekronologi

"Bittersweet Me" er en sang af det alternative rockband R.E.M., der blev udgivet som den anden single fra deres tiende studiealbum, New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Nummeret blev et større hit i USA end den første single fra albummet, "E-Bow the Letter", bortset fra på Modern Rock Tracks-hitlisten, hvor den første single nåede andenpladsen, mens "Bittersweet Me" fik sin højest eplacering som nummer 6.

Ligesom for store dele af resten af albummet, opstod sangen under gruppens turne Monster, selvom sangen ikke blev spillet live som en del del af en koncert.^[1]

Musikvideoen til sangen blev filmet i stil med den italienske film Stanco E Nudo (en oversættelse af linjen "tired and naked" i sangen). Den blev inkluderet som en bonusvideo på DVD-udgaven af In View - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003.

CD-singlen indeholder en live coverversion af "Wichita Lineman", som er en sang skrevet af Jimmy Webb og populariseret af Glen Campbell.

Sangen optræder i en episode af Party of Five.

Spor

Alle sange e rskrevet af Berry, Buck, Mills og Stipe medmindre andet er indikeret.

7", kassettebånd og CD single

"Bittersweet Me" – 4:06
"Undertow" (live)^[a] – 5:05

12" og CD maxi-single

"Bittersweet Me" – 4:06
"Undertow" (live)¹ – 5:05
"Wichita Lineman" (Webb) (live)^[b] – 3:18
"New Test Leper" (live akustisk)^[c] – 5:29

Noter

^ Optaget på Omni Theater, Atlanta, Georgia; 18. november, 1995. Taget fra livevideoen Road Movie.
^ Optaget på The Woodlands, Houston, Texas; 15. september, 1995.
^ Optaget i Bad Animals Studio, Seattle, Washington; 19. april, 1996.

Personel

Yderligere medvirkende

Scott McCaughey – klaver

Hitlister

Ugentlige hitlister

Hitliste (1996)	Højeste placering
Australian Singles Chart^[2]	90
Canadian Hot 100	6
Tyskland (Official German Charts)^[3]	93
Irland (IRMA)^[4]	20
Storbritannien Singles (Official Charts Company)^[5]	19
USA Billboard Hot 100^[6]	46
USA Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[7]	6
USA Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[8]	7
USA Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)^[9]	28

Års-hitlister

Hitliste (1997)	Placering
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[10]	75

Referencer

^ R.E.M. Timeline
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
^ "Officialcharts.de – R.E.M. – Bittersweet Me". GfK Entertainment.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Bittersweet Me". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "R.E.M.: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
^ "R.E.M. Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard..
^ "R.E.M. – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for R.E.M..
^ "R.E.M. – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for R.E.M..
^ "R.E.M. – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for R.E.M..
^ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997". RPM. Arkiveret fra originalen 5. august 2017. Hentet 26. november 2017.

[2] Optaget på Omni Theater, Atlanta, Georgia; 18. november, 1995. Taget fra livevideoen Road Movie.

[3] Optaget på The Woodlands, Houston, Texas; 15. september, 1995.

[4] Optaget i Bad Animals Studio, Seattle, Washington; 19. april, 1996.

[1] R.E.M. Timeline

[5] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[ac_Germany2_R.E.M.-6] "Officialcharts.de – R.E.M. – Bittersweet Me". GfK Entertainment.

[sc_Ireland2_R.E.M.-7] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Bittersweet Me". Irish Singles Chart.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_R.E.M.-8] "R.E.M.: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.

[sc_Billboardhot100_R.E.M.-9] "R.E.M. Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard..

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_R.E.M.-10] "R.E.M. – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for R.E.M..

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_R.E.M.-11] "R.E.M. – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for R.E.M..

[sc_Billboardpopsongs_R.E.M.-12] "R.E.M. – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for R.E.M..

[13] "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997". RPM. Arkiveret fra originalen 5. august 2017. Hentet 26. november 2017.

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v d r R.E.M.
Medlemmer	Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe
Personel	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker
Managere	Bertis Downs IV Jefferson Holt
Studiealbums	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 Accelerate Collapse into Now
Livelabum	R.E.M. Live Live at The Olympia Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions R.E.M. at the BBC Live at the Borderline 1991
Opsamlingsalbum	Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 7IN—83–88
EP'er	Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia
Andre albums	Man on the Moon r.e.m.IX
Singler	"Radio Free Europe" "Talk About the Passion" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" "Cant Get There from Here" "Driver 8" "Wendell Gee" "Fall on Me" "Superman" "The One I Love" "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" "Finest Worksong" "Orange Crush" "Stand" "Pop Song 89" "Get Up" "Losing My Religion" "Shiny Happy People" "Near Wild Heaven" "Radio Song" "Drive" "Man on the Moon" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Everybody Hurts" "Nightswimming" "Find the River" "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "Bang and Blame" "Strange Currencies" "Crush with Eyeliner" "Tongue" "E-Bow the Letter" "Bittersweet Me" "Electrolite" "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" "Daysleeper" "Lotus" "At My Most Beautiful" "Suspicion" "The Great Beyond" "Imitation of Life" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "I'll Take the Rain" "Bad Day" "Animal" "Leaving New York" "Aftermath" "Electron Blue" "Wanderlust" "#9 Dream" "Supernatural Superserious" "Hollow Man" "Man-Sized Wreath" "Until the Day Is Done" "Mine Smell Like Honey" "Überlin" "Oh My Heart" "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"
Andre sange	"Sitting Still" "Gardening at Night" "Perfect Circle" "Pretty Persuasion" "Begin the Begin" "Cuyahoga" "Ages of You" "Turn You Inside-Out" "Texarkana" "Country Feedback" "First We Take Manhattan" "Ignoreland" "Dark Globe" "Star 69" "New Test Leper" "All the Right Friends" "Out in the Country"
Videoalbums	Succumbs Tourfilm Pop Screen This Film Is On Parallel Road Movie In View Perfect Square When the Light Is Mine R.E.M. Live This Is Not a Show R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX REMTV
Support og sideprojekter	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker Hindu Love Gods The Minus 5 Tuatara The Baseball Project Tired Pony Filthy Friends
Relaterede artikler	Diskografi Liste over sange Priser og nomineringer Turneer 170 College Avenue Peter Buck Athens Andover "I Belong to You" Hib-Tone Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M. Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People