Electron Blue by R.E.M.

Album: Around The Sun (2004)

Charted: 26

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Michael Stripe has claimed in concerts that this song was inspired by a dream he had about a drug called electron blue that's made out of light.

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Mark from New York, NyI don't know why but I love this song. The monotony of the beat and the upbeat voclas just make me want to listen again and again.

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