At My Most Beautiful

Infobox Single
Name = At My Most Beautiful


Artist = R.E.M.
from Album = Up
Released = March 8, 1999
Format = CD, 3" CD
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Rock/Pop
Length = 3:35
Label = Warner Brothers
Producer = Pat McCarthy
Last single = "Lotus"
(1998)
This single = "At My Most Beautiful"
(1999)
Next single = "Suspicion"
(1999)

"At My Most Beautiful" is a song by R.E.M. and the third single from the album "Up". With a heavy influence from the Beach Boys (mainly "Pet Sounds"-era songs) and the Beatles, lyricist Michael Stipe wanted it to be the most romantic song he'd ever written.

According to an interview to the Canadian news site CANOE, this was the inspiration for the song:

The song borrows part of a melody refrain from the aria "Musetta's Waltz" in "La bohème".

The single's video, directed by Nigel Dick, shows an accident-prone cellist, played by Rain Phoenix, on her way to an audition, of which the band are the panel. It appears on "In View", the DVD companion to "In Time", R.E.M.'s Warner Brothers 2003 "best of" album, which also includes the song.

The single's B-side is a live version of Iggy Pop's "The Passenger" as performed on the BBC's "Later with Jools Holland R.E.M. special", a 14-song set which aired on November 6, 1998.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.

#"At My Most Beautiful" (radio remix)
#"The Passenger" (live) (Iggy Pop) [Recorded on "Later with Jools Holland"’s R.E.M. special; October 27, 1998.]
#"Country Feedback" (live)
#"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (live)

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~turidbro/jam.html/ Interview Source]
* [http://www.remhq.com/shared_assets/videography/videos/atMyMost.html Video clip at REMhq.com]