Losing My Religion ... " Losing My Religion " is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on , by Warner Bros. Records as the first single from their seventh album, Out of Time (1991). It developed from a mandolin riff improvised by the guitarist, Peter Buck.
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“Losing My Religion” was released as a single in February 1991, in advance of R.E.M.’s album, Out of Time, where it appeared as the second track. It became R.E.M’s biggest hit
Losing My Religion’s Meaning Unlike early R.E.M. songs, “Losing My Religion” features lyrics you can understand. And yet, they were largely misunderstood anyway. Was it sacrilegious?
"Losing My Religion" won the Grammy award for "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal". R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills said about this track, "It's a five-minute song with a mandolin and no chorus." The music video for this song won a Grammy for "Best Short-Form Music Video".
"Losing my religion" is a southern American way of saying "reaching the end of one's rope" or "losing your temper" or "losing your civility". Basically these verses mean that he is getting angry and frustrated trying to stay ahead of the game and keep up with the competition over this woman. He's behind the game, in the spotlight, failng.
The title is a variation on the Southern expression "lost my religion," meaning something has challenged your faith to such a degree you might lose your religion. The song has nothing to do with religion, but the title is significant: If you are "losing your religion" over a person, you are losing faith in that person and questioning the relationship.