Support “Certain Songs” with a donation on Patreonįiled Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Automatic For The People, Everybody Hurts, R.E.M. (It’s recommended that you listen to this on Spotify as their embed only has 200 songs.) “Everybody Hurts” live at the Bridge Show, 1998Ī filterable, searchable & sortable somewhat up to date database with links to every “Certain Song” post I’ve ever written. It went to #1 in the U.K., which would make it the only U.K. Everybody Hurts The Corrs Capo 3 The timing is 12/8 So finger picking sounds great D G D G D G D G D When the day is lo-ng and the night, the night is yours al-one G D G When youre sure youve had en-ough of this li-fe, well hang o-n - Em A Em A Em Dont let yourself g-o everybody cri-es A D G And everybody hu. Everybody Hurts Search an artist or a title. Catalog Apps Subscribe Gift Card Help Log in EN Selected country. It was also endlessly coverable - which makes sense, given the simplicity of the music and the universality of the message, “Everybody Hurts” might be R.E.M.’s most covered song, with versions from people like Joe Cocker, Kelly Clarkson & Pink, Bonnie Tyler, The Corrs, and, uh, something called Gregorian.Īnd in 2010, it was used for one of those massive all-star charity singles - to raise money for survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti - this one called “Helping Haiti” and arranged by the villain Simon Cowell, and featuring far too many people to list here. Sing Everybody Hurts by The Corrs with lyrics on KaraFun. I mean, “take comfort in your friends” is great advice at any age, and when the horns and organ and the John Paul Jones string arrangement all swell at the end while Stipe is exhorting you to “hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on” it’s all overwhelmingly beautiful.
had garnered in the wake of Out of Time, because “Everybody Hurts” was aimed directly at teenagers, who really hadn’t been considered as R.E.M.’s target audience in the 1980s - though I know plenty of people who were teens in the 1980s who loved them, and I’m sure plenty of adults took comfort in the song as well. It was also a level of sincerity that Stipe could only manage after achieving the level of stardom that R.E.M. Which, of course, in the irony-drenched early 1990s, might have a bit of a hard sell, but with its slow-burn to big build Stax arrangement and utter sincerity, “Everybody Hurts” kinda cut through, which is probably why there wasn’t as much of a backlash to it as what Space Ghost called “ that shiny shiny people song.”Īnd while the song itself wasn’t ironic, there was irony in the fact that Bill Berry’s short country song turned into a massive soul ballad that he didn’t even really play on it, even the actual drum part was sampled - from him, but still sampled - and I guess there’s irony in the fact that “Everybody Hurts” is R.E.M.’s second most-enduring song after “ Losing My Religion,” but it barely scraped the top 30. but outside of possibly “ World Leader Pretend,” I can’t think of one that has fewer levels of irony or metaphor than “Everybody Hurts.” It’s all right there on the page: everybody hurts, sometimes. may have written a more straightforward and sincere song in the R.E.M. Cover VersionsĭJ Sammy featuring Nyah – Jasmine Thompson – The Corrs – Coldplay – The Voice 2015 Team Pharrell Williams – amateur artists covered this song on Youtube.R.E.M. Artist’s age on release dateĪ group of musicians was gathered especially for this noble cause. Everybody Hurts The Corrs Capo 3 The timing is 12/8 So finger picking sounds great D G D G D G D G D When the day is lo-ng and the night, the night is yours al-one G D G When you're sure you've had en-ough of this li-fe, well hang o-n - Em A Em A Em Don't let yourself g-o everybody cri-es A D G And. The song also topped the charts in Ireland, peaked at number 5 in Netherlands, at number 28 in Australia, and at number 59 in Canada. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it Platinum. This charity cover topped the charts in the UK and sold over 600.000 copies. It means a lot that the song the guys wrote all those years ago will be used for such an important appeal.” Release dateīill Berry – Peter Buck – Mike Mills – Michael Stipe Label R.E.M’s manager Bertis Downs told The Sun: “We are deeply touched the song has been chosen for this Haiti campaign. The Prime Minister agreed to waive VAT, and R.E.M.
Proceeds from the song were split between The Sun’s Helping Haiti fund and the Disasters Emergency Committee. Cowell gathered 21 artists for this charity song: Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Mika, Michael Bublé, Joe McElderry, Miley Cyrus, James Blunt, Gary Barlow and Mark Owen of Take That, Jon Bon Jovi, James Morrison, Alexandra Burke, Susan Boyle, Aston Merrygold and Marvin Humes of JLS, Shane Filan and Mark Feehily of Westlife, Kylie Minogue, and Robbie Williams. Cowell agreed, and chose the 1992 R.E.M single ‘Everybody Hurts’.
After the 2010 Haiti earthquake disaster, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown contacted producer Simon Cowell, asking him to produce a song to raise money for the victims of the earthquake.
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