The track came about one day during a down moment for one member of the band. Guitarist Peter Buck had bought himself a mandolin and was learning to play the instrument. He had a tape recorder going while he was messing around with it one day, and the quick recording caught an unexpectedly brilliant riff.
The guitarist spoke about the process on the band's In Time compilation album released years later. He said, "The music was written in five minutes. The first time the band played it, it fell into place perfectly."
"Losing My Religion" was released as an official single on R.E.M.'s seventh studio album, Out of Time, in early 1991. While it was chosen as the lead single of the album, no one was certain of its success, with the studio calling it an "unconventional track."
Thankfully, it was worth the risk. The song was a hit with both rock and college radio stations and eventually became R.E.M.'s biggest U.S. hit. The song peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted for a total of 21 weeks. It also broke into the Top 40 in other countries, including the U.K., Canada, and Australia.
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