Released: September 27, 2019
Songwriter: Bill Berry Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Peter Buck Michael Stipe
Producer: R.E.M. Scott Litt
[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
Your revolution is a silly idea, yeah
All your friends are feeling mad
It's like you need a reason to be feeling bad, yeah
You sport an armband when you're good and sad, yeah
[Chorus]
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, revolution
I picked up a bad vibration
[Verse 2]
I don't know why I'm feeling bad, yeah
I took off a bad vibration
Oliver North is running for Senate
Bomb the abortion clinic
Reagan's defense is the deficit
The virus was invented
Black men can't get acquitted
Of the crimes that we've committed
The future never happened
It never happened
[Chorus]
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, revolution
I picked up a bad vibration
[Verse 3]
Your revolution is a silly idea, yeah
You tried to look like a punk rock girl
A whole lotta sneer, a little curl
But I don't have time for your theatrics
Everybody knows that you're a bad actress
We've been packaged for way too long, yeah
All the scum is rising
[Chorus]
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, I picked up a bad vibration
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, I picked up a bad vibration
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
Your revolution is a silly idea, yeah
All your friends are feeling mad
It's like you need a reason to be feeling bad, yeah
You sport an armband when you're good and sad, yeah
[Chorus]
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, revolution
I picked up a bad vibration
[Verse 2]
I don't know why I'm feeling bad, yeah
I took off a bad vibration
Oliver North is running for Senate
Bomb the abortion clinic
Reagan's defense is the deficit
The virus was invented
Black men can't get acquitted
Of the crimes that we've committed
The future never happened
It never happened
[Chorus]
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, revolution
I picked up a bad vibration
[Verse 3]
Your revolution is a silly idea, yeah
You tried to look like a punk rock girl
A whole lotta sneer, a little curl
But I don't have time for your theatrics
Everybody knows that you're a bad actress
We've been packaged for way too long, yeah
All the scum is rising
[Chorus]
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, I picked up a bad vibration
La-la, la-la, revolution
La-la, la-la, I picked up a bad vibration
Monster [25th Anniversary Edition]
- Circus Envy - Live in Chicago / 1995
- Star 69 (Remix)
- I Don’t Sleep, I Dream (Remix)
- King of Comedy (Remix)
- Crush With Eyeliner (Remix)
- Cranky 4-29
- Highland Fling 4-29
- Experiment 4-28 No Vocal
- Time is on Mike’s Side
- Rocker with vocal
- Strange Currencies (Remix)
- Tongue (Remix)
- Undertow - Live in Chicago / 1995
- Welcome to the Occupation - Live in Chicago / 1995
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? - Live in Chicago / 1995
- Losing My Religion - Live in Chicago / 1995
- You (Remix)
- Circus Envy (Remix)
- Let Me In (Remix)
- I Took Your Name (Remix)
- Bang and Blame (Remix)
- Revolution 4-21
- Black Sky 4-14
- Let Me In
- I Took Your Name
- Bang and Blame
- Tongue
- Strange Currencies
- Star 69
- I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- King of Comedy
- Crush with Eyeliner
- Circus Envy
- You
- Sputnik 1 Remix
- Mike’s Gtr
- AM Boo
- Lost Song
- Harlan County with Whistling
- Uptempo Ricky
- Uptempo Mo Distortion
- Pete’s Hit
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth (Remix)
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
- Losing My Religion
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
- Man on the Moon
- Everybody Hurts
- Orange Crush
- The One I Love
- Nightswimming
- The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- Shiny Happy People
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
- Drive
- Imitation of Life
- Stand
- Find the River
- Radio Free Europe
- (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
- E-Bow the Letter
- Country Feedback
- The Great Beyond
- Let Me In
- Fall on Me
- Try Not to Breathe
- So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- Ignoreland