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# R.E.M.’s ‘End Of The World As We Know It’ Re-Enters Charts Amid COVID-19
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/r-e-m-s-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-has-re-enters-charts-amid-covid-19/
- Published: 2020-03-17T12:47:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-03-17T22:16:02.000Z
- Description: in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, R.E.M.’s apocalyptic hit “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” has re-entered the charts. Originally. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/03/r-e-m-s-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-has-re-enters-charts-amid-covid-1
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, coronavirus, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, R.E.M.’s apocalyptic hit “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” has re-entered the charts.

Originally released in 1987, the track appeared on the group’s debut album *Document,* and initially peaked at No. 69 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 and No. 16 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

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Yesterday the song was sitting at No. 64 on the iTunes singles charts.

Sung in a stream-of-consciousness style, the song sees R.E.M. frontman, Michael Stipe, ruminating on everything from the fallout of the Cold War and the rise of the religious right to over-consumption, capitalist attitudes, and environmental destruction, among other things.

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