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  Cover Crushwitheyelinerjpg
  Artist REM
  From Album Monster
  Released August 15 1995 ( US )
  Format CD Single , 7" Single , 12" Single
  Recorded 1994
  Genre Rock
  Length 4:39
  Label Warner Bros
  Producer Scott Litt & REM
  Chart Position <ul><li>#33 <small>( US )</small></li></ul><ul><li>#23 <small>( UK )</small></li></ul>
  Last Single " Bang And Blame "<br/>(1994)
  This Single "'''Crush with Eyeliner'''"<br/>(1995)
  Next Single " Strange Currencies "<br/>(1995)


"Crush with Eyeliner" was the third Single to be released by R.E.M. from the band's ninth studio album '' Monster ''. Sonic Youth 's Thurston Moore provides nonchalant background vocals.

Michael Stipe claims the song was inspired by the band New York Dolls , who, in his opinion, "knew how to exaggerate a song, to make it sound really sleazy and over the top." This was also one of the first songs that surfaced from Stipe after the writer's block that hounded him after the death of his friend, River Phoenix .

The single's Video , directed by Spike Jonze , shows a group of Asian youths dancing and miming to the track at a party, whilst the band are shown briefly, looking on. It is available on the music video compilation ''Parallel'' .


TRACK LISTING

All songs written by Berry , Buck , Mills , and Stipe .

12" and CD Maxi-Single

# "Crush with Eyeliner" – 4:39
# " Fall On Me " (Live) – 3:23
# "Me In Honey" (Live) – 4:18
# " Finest Worksong " (Live) – 4:18

7" Single

# "Crush with Eyeliner" (album version) – 4:39
# "Crush with Eyeliner" (instrumental version) – 4:39

All live songs recorded November 19 1992 at the 40 Watt Club , Athens, Georgia for Greenpeace .


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