Man on the Moon (song)

"Man on the Moon" is a song by the band R.E.M. from their 1992 album Automatic for the People. The song is about the comedian Andy Kaufman. It is about events in Kaufman's life — including his Elvis impersonation and work with the wrestler Fred Blassie. The song was released as a single in 1993.

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Song - Band - R.E.M. - 1992 - Automatic for the People - Andy Kaufman - Elvis impersonation - Fred Blassie - Single - 1993

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The song gave its name to a 1999 film (Man on the Moon), and was used in the film's soundtrack along with another R.E.M. song, the bespoke "The Great Beyond", which is about what Kaufman tried to achieve in his lifetime.

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1999 - Man on the Moon - Soundtrack - Bespoke - The Great Beyond

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"Man on the Moon" nearly didn't make it on to Automatic for the People. It was only finished and recorded two hours before the album was due to be mastered.

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Michael Stipe has said that he deliberately tried to include the word "yeah" many times in the lyrics, in order to create a song that has more "yeahs" in it than any song Kurt Cobain had written. (This was probably a reference to "Lithium", in which "yeah" comprises all of the choruses.) "Man on the Moon" contains 56 "yeahs".

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Michael Stipe - Yeah - Kurt Cobain - Lithium - 56

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