In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get ready to feel really, really old. Thirty-five years ago today, R.E.M. released "Losing My Religion," a song that defined the ...

On May 2, 1991, the Irish government banned the music video for R.E.M.'s megahit "Losing My Religion" from the airwaves.

Anyone looking for the match-light moment when R.E.M. exploded onto the national scene need to search no further. “Losing My Religion” arrived on Feb. 19, 1991, and nothing was ever the same again. A ...

Here’s something that could stop a man from losing his religion: R.E.M. reunited for the first time in over 15 years. The highly influential alternative-rock band performed an acoustic “Losing My ...

It's been 15 years since R.E.M. performed live, and 13 since the band broke up. "The thing that makes a band a band is the chemistry that occurs between the three or four people when they're standing ...

R.E.M. have shared a so-far-unreleased version of their classic hit 'Losing My Religion' and it's made us feel all nostalgic. As part of their 'Out of Time' 25th Anniversary reissue, the band have ...

Get ready to feel really, really old. Thirty-five years ago today, R.E.M. released "Losing My Religion," a song that defined the early '90s, at least in the alt rock genre. The song was the first ...