This song has the ability to move me more than any other. I cannot imagine anyone failing to be moved by the pathos of the lyrics and the way in which Michael Stipes sings the song - his voice ...

REM’s original line-up was broken ... on to record some of the most popular indie-rock songs of the Nineties, including ...

Stipe himself says he can no longer claim “Everybody Hurts” as his own, as he feels it belongs to the world at large. It’s a nice sentiment, and one which sums up the way many people feel ...