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R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful (3:34)

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“At My Most Beautiful” is a song by R.E.M. and the third single from the album Up. With a heavy influence from the Beach Boys (mainly Pet Sounds-era songs) and the Beatles, lyricist Michael Stipe wanted it to be the most romantic song he’d ever written.

According to an interview to the Canadian news site CANOE, this was the inspiration for the song:“ It came from, I was driving up and down Santa Monica Boulevard when I was putting together the Patti Smith book I was working on (2XIntro: On The Road With Patti Smith). I was consistently late. It’s one of my bad personality traits. I was stuck in traffic, this mid-day traffic, on Santa Monica Boulevard, but I had the tapes, and I was listening to them in the car, and I was trying to come up with stuff. I wrote the line, ‘I found a way to make you smile’, and I just thought, that’s the most beautiful thing in the world. ”

The single’s video, directed by Nigel Dick, shows an accident-prone cellist, played by Rain Phoenix, on her way to an audition, of which the band are the panel. It appears on In View, the DVD companion to In Time, R.E.M.’s Warner Brothers 2003 “Best Of” album, which also includes the song.
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  • In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
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  • Up
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  • In Time: The Best Of R.E.M., 1988-2003
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  • iTunes Originals: R.E.M.
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  • silvasonicsurfa

    ...endlessly gorgeous (at their most beautiful).........

    last month

  • corky64

    Great....<3

    last month

  • bernlin2000

    Wonderful love song

    March 2012

  • spacefaceinfurs

    absolutely beautiful

    November 2011

  • memeco82

    que canción mas encantadora

    November 2011

  • Devroush

    Interesting to see the spike in the play graph when they announced their retirement.

    November 2011

  • MazzyJ70

    Like I wouldn't know it's you...

    October 2011

  • intheluminol

    The only song on Up that I continue to listen to.

    September 2011

  • abitbol84

    The beginning of the end for REM...

    September 2011

  • flutgos

    I wish his voice was just a little bit louder on the mix, but a great song.

    August 2011

  • jomabbs

    love it....love it....love it....love it....LOVE IT......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    August 2011

  • puppyhand

    I actually used to not like this song. What was I thinking?! Now it's one of my most played R.E.M. tracks.

    June 2011

  • Deformografy

    At my most beautiful I count your eyelashes, secretly With every one, whisper I love you I let you sleep I know you're closed eye watching me, Listening I thought I saw a smile

    April 2011

  • Hetfield55

    this song breathes like a Brian Wilson song - and I love it. Another example of REMs fine art...

    April 2011

  • PlasticSoul

    The most beatiful song of R.E.M. ...and one of the most beautiful songs of the Beach Boys. Ah, sorry, is this not a Beach Boys song?

    March 2011

  • jomabbs

    This is my favorite REM track.=^)

    December 2010

  • jomabbs

    We'r at there most beutifull song, I love this song.

    December 2010

  • aniie22

    "I found a way to make you smile" -- If I ever get married, I want this at my wedding.

    October 2010

  • live4ever89

    nice song =)

    September 2010

  • corky64

    Great track....<3

    September 2010
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