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| name = Strange Currencies | cover = R.E.M. - Strange Currencies.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = R.E.M. | album = Monster | B-side = "Strange Currencies" (instrumental version) | released = {{start date|1995|4|18}} | format = {{hlist|CD single|7" single|12" single|cassette}} | recorded = 1994 | studio = | venue = | genre = Alternative rock | length = 3:52 | label = Warner Bros. | writer = {{hlist|Berry|Buck|Mills|Stipe[1]}} | producer = {{hlist|Scott Litt|R.E.M.}} | prev_title = Bang and Blame | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Crush with Eyeliner | next_year = 1995 }} "Strange Currencies" is a song by R.E.M.. It was included on the album Monster and was also released as the album's third single in 1995. The single hit number 9 on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 47 in the United States. Like "Everybody Hurts" on R.E.M.'s previous album, it is in 6/8. CompositionStipe has said that the song is about "when somebody actually thinks that, through words, they're going to be able to convince somebody that they are their one and only."[2] The song almost didn't make it on the album, due to its rhythmic similarities to "Everybody Hurts." Yet Michael Stipe's melody, the band felt, was too good to pass over, so the original rhythm was slightly reworked. VideoThe video, directed by Mark Romanek, was shot on the first anniversary of the death of Michael Stipe's close friend River Phoenix and features River Phoenix's last girlfriend, actress Samantha Mathis.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}. It also features an early performance by actor and model Norman Reedus. It is in black and white, and shows the band playing in an industrial area. The images of the band are interspersed with other shots, some such as a child playing with a dead bird suggesting urban decay. Live"Strange Currencies" was played live frequently throughout the Monster tour, but wasn't performed live again until 2003, where the song would then only appear on and off throughout various set lists until their final tour in 2008. Track listingAll songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.
1 Recorded at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia; November 19, 1992. The performance, a benefit for Greenpeace, was recorded on a solar-powered mobile studio. Charts{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Weekly charts
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References1. ^http://remhq.com/albums.php 2. ^{{cite book | first=Johnny | last=Black| coauthors= | title=Reveal: The Story of R.E.M. | publisher=Backbeat Books | location=London | year=2004 | editor= | isbn=0-87930-776-5}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/RJZCFms.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 04 Jun 1995|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=2016-06-02}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2840&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1995|work=RPM|accessdate=November 26, 2017}} External links
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