There is always a REM song that is relevant to your age and your mood

I was an REM diehard in high school, but by the time this song came out I was in a terribly abusive relationship that left me homeless and pregnant. At that time, i had lost my love for music and the hope of a better life. It's been 7 years but in looking back, I have a wonderful son, I'm graduating college this weekend, and can finally find solace in music. I just discovered this song a few days ago and can't get it out of my head. Thanks for staying right here REM, thanks for all the songs!

"It's easier to leave than to be left behind..." Lost my father this year, and this line hits like a train. I love you Dad, thank you for being the best man I ever knew.

I haven't watched this in years. I was lucky enough to have produced this with Peter Care directing. I grew up loving REMs music and was so incredibly happy and grateful to work on this. It was pure art. MS was super chill and we just got it done. He changed his clothes in a van, called his friends for the party scene. Each frame has a memory. I can't stress enough how special this experience was. LOVE LOVE LOVE watching this.

Sitting in JFK airport with a glass of wine before flying to the UK. It doesn't age.

This song makes me sad about leaving New York. I've never been in New York.

I lost my little sister to COVID in NYC 2 weeks ago. This song let me move through the stages of grief. REM and Michael have never, ever let me down. Peace and Love to everyone who reads this. Take care of one another. We're ALL we've got.

REM were awesome lucky to see them live twice. This is an amazing under rated song. I miss REM one of the best bands of the last 30 years

Absolutely the greatest band America ever produced. The scope of their interests and the depth of intelligence they set to three + decades of musical creativity and to have "retired" as respectful friends is something I don't see ever being matched by another group. Simply the best.

those harmonies actually make me cry every time , they're so beautiful

an underrated great song from the later years.

Micheal Stipe is an artist through and through, a great credit to the history of music and art.

Pure Love from Livorno, Italy. 2024.

theres so much emotion in Michael Stipes voice...

The chorus is just genious. So well composed. Always gives me shivers..

Don't ask me if I'm here in 2024 ,.I never left ❤️🤟🎼🎼

“It’s easier to leave than to be left behind.” I lost a very dear friend last year and that line still tears.

I love This in 2024? ❤

This song is perfect.

It's quiet now and what it brings is everything Comes calling back a brilliant night I'm still awake I looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there You don't need me to tell you now That nothing can compare You might've laughed if I told you You might have hidden your frown You might've succeeded in changing me I might've been turned around It's easier to leave than to be left behind Leaving was never my proud Leaving New York never easy I saw the light fading out Now life is sweet and what it brings I tried to take The loneliness it wears me out It lies in wait And on a loss still in my eyes Shatter a necklace across your thigh I might've lived my life in a dream But I swear this is real Memory fuses, and shatters like glass Mercurial future forget the past But it's you, it's what I feel You might've laughed if I told you (It's pulling me apart) You might have hidden your frown (change) You might've succeeded in changing me (It's pulling me apart) I might've been turned around (change) It's easier to leave than to be left behind (It's pulling me apart) Leaving was never my proud (change) Leaving New York never easy (It's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart You find it in your heart (change) I told you forever, I love you it's forever I told you if I love you, I love you forever I told you forever, I love you it's forever I told you if I love you, I love you forever You never You might've laughed if I told you (It's pulling me apart) You might have hidden your frown (change) You might've succeeded in changing me (It's pulling me apart) I might've been turned around (change) It's easier to leave than to be left behind (It's pulling me apart) Leaving was never my proud (change) Leaving New York never easy (It's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (change) Leaving New York never easy (It's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (change) Leaving New York never easy (It's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (change)

Yet another REM masterpiece.

This song is simply incredible

One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever .......

Rem where are you when we need you you most?? ♥️♥️♥️

It will take a very deep, well organized, and compassionate group to ever double or surpass REM.Their music is both captivating and timeless. I miss them...

I’ve lived this song twice. I’m so thankful that this song exists because it has helped me. Thank you REM.

In my humble opinion, this is the best REM song

Michael is a handsome man with an ethereal voice.

I come here every now and then to take my dose of beautiful melancholy and emotion of this song. Mike's vocals are awesome 💎

Sadly a very underplayed and underappreciated song!

I'm English and saw them in Worthing (South coast) back in 1983 and raced out to buy Murmur the next day. Have been a huge fan ever since along with my wife at the time. I love this song - a top-ten REM song for me. Hard for me to listen to after my divorce but I can now.

Just love this song, long time fan of REM but this is personal for me…

“You might have succeeded in changing me”.. As someone who has had years of social anxiety and depression in the past, those words really hit me when I think about the friends I lost contact with or relationships I didn’t have the confidence to pursue...

OMG this song is so wonderful!!

One of the greatest band ever, this song deserves more views. I don't know why people don't like R.E.M X.x

It's difficult to say which song by REM is my favorite, but damn, this one comes close!

Loved REM since forever,this song is so under rated.

I was a first grader in elementary school, when my father showed this band, this song. When I got my first mobile phone, I asked him to download it for me. I listened to this song a lot, it was my ringtone also, even if I didn`t understand the lyrics, because I am Hungarian. Now, that 7 years have passed, and my dad left me, I found it again. It reminds me of the old times, when I lived with him. Now, he barely talks to me, but thanks to R.E.M., the memories remain.

REM, quel groupe d'excellence, pour le monde entier. Quelle voix, Michael Stipe, la voix de Mike Mills, également, les textes, leur musique, tout est tellement bon !!! À écouter sans modération, j'ai connu ce groupe en 1992. Un bonheur !

Leaving New York is a very cool song! !!! And Rem is also one of the best bands in the world

"It's easier to leave than to be left behind. Leaving was never my proud". Powerfull lyric, so truth and yet describe one of the worst things to feel when you're the one left behind.

Never underplayed or underappreciated at my home...one of my most favourite REM songs

Omg this song is so good. It deserves more views and likes

Ho ascoltato questa canzone a ripetizione all'aeroporto di Stansted mentre lasciavo Londra dopo averci vissuto a lungo, che tristezza e che bella canzone :')

What can you say. REM is the best American band in history hands down!

Bei ricordi con questa musica. Noi 60enni siamo stati fortunati a godere dalla giovinezza in poi di tutti questi grandi artisti altro che quelli di oggi.

Love and peace to all who read this, this song is a masterpiece and so underrated. To everyone who has suffered loss and pain its just part of the journey we have to travel and feel. Everything will be perfect one day for everyone. Tell your family you love them even if they do your head in. And try and do 1 good deed each day. Promise you will get far more back in folds x

I became a R.E.M.-Fan with this song. Perfect melancholy, although I never visited New York.

I’m moving from NYC next week. Been there since I was a teen, now in my 30s. This song hits me in the feels. I’ll be back one day.

God knows - I know exactly how that feels.

Is it me, or did REM songs become more and more melancholy as the years went by ?...

What a perfect song for so many sad feelings that we've all had. Wow.

Gracias R.E.M por tantas grandes canciones.!! 💖

This song was in the background a lot as we were still getting to know each other. And now it's the song that's playing in my head as we walk away from each other fourteen years later. I wish you nothing but love and joy. I hope you know how awesome you are.

The best city in the States. The best band in the World. Such beautiful worlds so whats not to like. Take care everyone Ax

Comence a disfrutar REM a mis 17 años en el instituto. Ahora con 51 años sigo disfrutándolos como el primer dia. Me evocan sentimientos y percepciones que ningun otro grupo musical ha logrado. Tienen algo especial, melodico, profundo, sentimental, holistico..., inigualables. Las nuevas generaciones deberían conocer y disfrutar a estos dioses.

Bellissimo questo pezzo struggente e un pochino triste! Lo sto ascoltando in un momento molto difficile per noi italiani e mi avete fatto piangere! Prego che tutto il mondo possa superare nel migliore dei modi questo corona virus così malefico! Complimenti ragazzi tutta la vostra musica è sublime e poi si percepisce che ci mettete il cuore, grazie mille! Buona vita a tutti ciao ciao da Verona! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🍀🍀🍀🍀😷😷😷😷🤒🤒🤒💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️☹️

Out of their entire catalog, "Leaving New York" is my all-time favorite R.E.M. song, followed closely by "Texarkana".

There's a strange thing about this great band - that even as they seemed to be declining, they made some of their biggest hits.

The Band that has interpreted music in its most artistic form in the sense of ART. Their music videos are timeless works of art.

The vocal collaboration of this song is just one of the best sounds you will ever hear in a song everything they produce is exceptional this song is one of there best imo

what a beautiful song! love it

i love this so much. it makes me emotional all the times!!!

this song is lifting the quality of my life. 'I love you, I love you, I love you' Fantastic

Beautiful harmonies as always with REM.

Questa canzone mi fa sognare e i falsetti finali delle voci sono magnifici. Nulla è a caso, tutto perfetto.

What an amazing heartfelt song, it means more to me than I could ever say

Just brilliant and emotive. I want to cry listening to this song.

Not every song is perfect. But sometimes, they are. Nobody knows how to make a song feel like REM. This is a song supposedly about moving from a city, but then encompasses the whole sense of moving, leaving, loss and sadness. The mourning when you have to move on. The sense of loss even when you choose to leave. Beautiful. Every single time I listen to it.

I heard this video reviewed on the File Under Water podcast and in the Perfect Circle book and fully expected to hate it, but I was surprised to find it's absolutely gorgeous. So well filmed and edited and really brings the song alive. I can't believe it missed it at the time. It actually makes me appreciate Around the Sun about 1% more, as I can see what they were trying to do with the look and sound of it. Both the podcast and the book criticise that is concludes at an awkward dinner party with Michael Stipe's friends, but what we see at the end is clearly a flashback to happier times, and it's a really emotionally truthful moment. So I think they're missing the point. Yeah. Loved it.

One of my favorite songs of all time. My favorite part of this video is the smile Michael Stipe exchanges with the little boy. So much thought and truth to this exchange.

What a band!!!! What a track!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏

This song makes me feel sad but a beautiful song just listening to Michael's voice it's just amazing 💞💞

I´m very proud of R.E.M.

I just remembered this great song again, as I was leaving New York today, after 7 great days with a friend. The sadness I felt is perfectly captured in this song.

LOVE LOVE this album!!!!

This is such a tragic love song.

It’s incredible the memories that pop up when REM plays. The Voice, lyrics, mood, fantastic - so glad I had my youth with this band, thank you 🥰🙏🏻 appreciation from Denmark 🇩🇰

I miss them so much.

Actually this song leaves me speechless, such a beautiful haunting classic.😳

Ogni grande band che si rispetti deve avere il suo leader e Michael Stips per i REM lo rappresenta sicuramente. Questo brano è qualcosa di unico.

Micheal's overdue vocals at 3:10 is bout where I get something in my eye

A true masterpiece

Leaving New York. never easy. The traffic is backed up for miles.”

This band has so many great songs. They kinda don't even have to try (at least that's how it seems). When you're this good, it's seemingly effortless. They should release another album.

the maturity and sonic complexity reached by the rem in this song has few equals in the history of contemporary music. exceptional video for poetry, thought, narration.

Semplicemente fantastica!!!

Omg....this is my first listen to yet another wonderful soul filled song......my wish to meet Mike. Lol, it's on my bucket list before I expire....shit I would settle for a phone chat.

Nice. I'd like to personally thank Peter Buck for showing up for the taping.

I REM sono cio' che di piu' bello la musica possa averci donato, culla I 'anima come nessun'altro gruppo sia riuscito a fare MERAVIGLIOSAMENTE UNICI GRAZIE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I remember falling in love with New York being a kid. Then, another world to me. Beautiful memory.

Absolutely beautiful. Genius. 😢

one of my favorite songs ever. the lyrics... ♥

That final third of the song is incredible.

4.02 / 4.29 : I would like my life to look like exactly like that... That blue light, the cool talking between friendly people... And what a beautiful song... I listen to REM since 1990 and I'm pretty convinced it was the best american rock band from its first record to its final... The poetry of the lyrics, the amazing voice of Michael Stipe, and SO MANY damn good songs, year after year... Thank you from the bottom of my heart REM ! :)

Never heard before Fifteen year old REM Tune. My home town. Thanks~~~

This song is 1 reason why im thankful for great writers and artists of music ...👍

I saw REM in a literal train car club in Carrboro NC. I worked at a nearby Harris Teeter and finished my shift early to quietly sneak in as I was underage. I had heard them on the local radio WXYC. Great memories!

Simplesmente lindíssima essa canção! ❤🕺🎼🎸🎼🎸🎼🕺🎼💥

Es una canción hermosa. Me recuerda cuando tuve que dejar mi pueblo para buscar un mejor porvenir en la ciudad. Gran grupo REM. Saludos desde Colombia