Everybody Hurts

"Everybody Hurts" is a song by American rock band R.E.M. from their eighth studio album, Automatic for the People (1992), and released as a single in April 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It was written by the band and produced by them with Scott Litt. The song peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 18 on the Cash Box Top 100. It also reached the top 10 on the charts of Australia, Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Its accompanying music video, directed by Jake Scott and filmed in San Antonio, Texas, won an award for Best Clip of the Year in the category for Pop/AC at the 1994 Billboard Music Video Awards. In 2003, Q magazine ranked "Everybody Hurts" at number 31 on their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever", and in 2005, Blender ranked the song at number 238 on their list of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born". The song was placed on R.E.M.'s Warner Bros. "best of" album In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 in 2003. It was one of four songs from Automatic for the People to make the compilation, more than from any other album. The song is included on R.E.M. Live.