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"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" is the second and final single released by American rock band R.E.M. from their second studio album, Reckoning. The song failed to chart on either the Billboard Hot 100 or the UK Singles Charts.

"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Reckoning
B-side"Catapult" (Live)
ReleasedOctober 16, 1984 (1984-10-16)
Recorded1984
Genre
Length4:33 (3:55 single version)
LabelIRS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"
(1984)		 "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"
(1984)		 "Cant Get There from Here"
(1985)
Alternative cover
European release

Background


The song was written by Mike Mills (credited to Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe), in 1980, as a plea to his then girlfriend, Ingrid Schorr, not to return to Rockville, Maryland,[5] where her parents lived.[6][7] Schorr, who later became a journalist, has written about her amusement with the factual inaccuracies about her relationship with Mills and the background of the song that often appear in books about the band.[6] Peter Buck has stated that the song was originally performed in a punk/thrash style, and that it was recorded for this single in its now more-familiar country-inspired arrangement as a joke aimed at R.E.M. manager Bertis Downs.[8]

Over time, Mike Mills has taken over lead vocals instead of Michael Stipe when the band has played the song live. On R.E.M.'s appearance on VH1 Storytellers in 1998, Mills performed the song solo on piano. A live version of the song was released as the B-side to "Leaving New York" in 2004 and on R.E.M. Live in 2007.


Track listings


All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

European singles

  1. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (Edit) – 3:55
  2. "Wolves, Lower" – 4:14
  3. "9-9" (Live)1 (12" only)
  4. "Gardening at Night" (Live)1 (12" only)

US singles

  1. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (Edit) – 3:55
  2. "Catapult" (Live)2

Notes


1 Recorded at the Theater El Dorado, Paris, France, April 20, 1984.
2 Recorded at the Music Hall, Seattle, Washington, June 27, 1984.


References


  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reckoning - R.E.M. | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. Janovitz, Bill. "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville - R.E.M. | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. Jackson, Josh (July 28, 2009). "The 20 Best R.E.M. Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  4. "ALBUMS". R.E.M.Hq. 2011-12-18. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  5. Black, Johnny (2004). Reveal: The Story of R.E.M. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-87930-776-9.
  6. Schorr, Ingrid. "I'm Reading as Fast as I Can: Minnie Minnola's Story". Hermenaut. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  7. "Rockville Girl Speaks". HILOBROW. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  8. Liner notes to R.E.M.'s Eponymous.



На других языках

- [en] (Don't Go Back To) Rockville

[es] (Don't Go Back To) Rockville

«(Don't Go Back To) Rockville» es una canción de la banda estadounidense R.E.M., perteneciente a su álbum de 1984 Reckoning. La canción, que tiene una fuerte influencia country, fue escrita por el bajista de la banda Mike Mills para su novia, quien se iba a vivir a Rockville, Maryland. A pesar de no haber logrado éxito comercial en los rankings, fue colocada en la compilación And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987, como quinta canción del álbum.


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