R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Lyrics

Só quem viveu essa época sabe o ano era 1993 só nostalgia vida longa REM 🎸🎸🎤🎤🎤🎵👊👊👊😃😃

REM, B52's, U2, Pearl Jam and so many more in the early 90's were at the top of their game. Miss those times so much.

comeychowaycoho

Ma préférée, ou, comme disait Mike Mills à un journaliste:"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite ? Euh, ça ne veut absolument rien dire…., mais on s'en fout, c'est tellement bien!"

Come mucha arveja...
Come mucha arveja...
Come mucha arveja...

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Best selling at the same time that Nirvana , Pearl jam . Alice . Etc

Pearl jam

only to wake her up

It took me some time to understand he was not singing " ♫Calling Jamaica♫". Anyway, great song.

The music...lyrivs...everything about the guys just speaks true total creativity...have yet to sell out...Thank God...the Universe...whoever's out there.

don't why i took so long to start listening to REM again...luv the Band!

"call me when you try to wake her up" WHATTT, HOWW??.

RIP Heather... listening to music in that big party in the sky.. x

awesome

Blend your coffee ppl. Your missing a taste . Plastic ..your life.. 2020. Are you listening....

come in child to wake her up... what?!

I thought the chorus I’m never gonna make it up

🗣Como eu amo essa música!!!
Mais alguém ouvindo em Janeiro de 2020????😎

Música excelente mesmo. Aliás a banda era muito boa pena que acabou.

Vida longa REM tamo junto 🎸🎸🎸🔊🔊🔊👊👊👊🎶🎶🎵😅😅😃😃

El estribillo más apretado y justo que jamás haya oído
Amo a esta banda

Wow... I just figure it's not "calling Jamaica".... but Call me when you try to wake her up"...:D

Long live R.E.M. and their excellent music

Michael Stipe is fucking amazing singer

Underrated HIT

John Paul Jones did the string arrangements

He likes calling Cheryl Baker

Mucf99 I endorse this comment 🥂

2020 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Play at 0.5 speed for reggae version

I have been looking for this song for years, possibly over a decade now, I remember listening to this on tape in the car to my grandmothers, was so catchy.

Eu gosto dessa música mesmo não sabendo cantar o refrão

You can all like my comment because of what great taste you people have to listen to this song and because I just complemented you.

Call me when u try to wake her up

Cosmic Music 😅xd

I thought it was "call me jawbreaker"

'calling Jamaica'

Limp Biscuit

Koni chai wake er her.

i love rem but thumbs down on this song

R.E.M. are the anthem of a generation. And I'm part of that generation

i was in the 10th Grade as this hit the Charts..gosh great Times..beeing 16/17 lots of Girlfriends...cool Summernights...

@Hiosho same here. this is our boomer shit. 40ths gang xD

gen x best gen

Perfection

come here jamaica

*what a shame it's a legal requirement to reference the actual song 'The Lion Sleep's Tonight' [the dumb yodel at the start here]*

Love it

for the German speakers: "Komm nicht vom Weg ab, komm nicht vom Weg ab, komm nicht vom Weg ab.."

ein bisschen^^

That bit at the beginning always reminded me of " the lion sleeps tonight " song. this song is still ambiguous to me but I love the melody.

it's what the title was inspired off

oh 😳, that was my Homer Simpson D'oh moment🥯🤦‍♀️

Only in Jamaica
Only in Jamaica
Only in Jamaica

is that shirtless appearance supposed to be hot?

Graf Zorba maybe he just wanted to be topless. It’s his body

Quando ouço essa música sinto saudade da minha própria vida.Na real,Michael Stipe é "dono" da minha vida todinha,rs

One of the best songs from the group. Well, one among the very many, very good ones. They had plenty of those, you know...

Calling Jamaica!!!

I once fell asleep standing up next to a speaker at a Rave in Orlando in the early 90's & woke up in Jail. Fun Time's. I always liked REM but growing up I was a Punk/Thrash/Psychedelic enthusiast. As I grow older (Now 43) I find who I was, whom I am & who I am becoming in their music. For myself It is music to grow old with. By that I don't mean slow, boring, unstimulating or something I associate with a rocking chair on a country porch on a cool autumn day sipping sweet tea and reminiscing of days when I had the energy to fight city hall during the day and lead Mosh Pits at night. (I still do those things. It just hurts a lot more the next day whether it's from the police batons or the extended time it takes my older flesh & muscles to recuperate from the blows of younger friends in the Pit). Stipe & company have a lyrical & musical way of introducing the different phases of life with each of their Albums. Currently I am at the "Automatic For The People" stage of my life. REM was in their early to mid 30's when they wrote these songs, but whatever they were going through at the time fits where I am now. My mother's dying, my Mother in law has possible terminal Cancer as well. I'm down to 1 grandparent still alive.I have 2 sons, 1 a teen full of the same teen angst I had, (If you are my age imagine the Intro of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" & you'll understand where he's at) the other is 11 & on the same path. All while living through an America that in no way resembles the country it's founders proposed & promised. Yet luckily I have a wonderful Wife who is also my best friend & despite the current state of the World, a relationship with my sons that society can't break & a new relationship with my siblings that should have always been but needed my Mothers rapidly forthcoming departure from this World to come into existence. Almost as if she is trading in her soul to see her 3 sons & daughter become the family they should have always been. REM, like so many other bands during my life from The Doors, Floyd, Zeppelin & The Beatles, to Television, Joy Division, Bowie & The Clash, to Interpol, The White Stripes, Kendrick Lamar & The Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's & countless others (Michael, Marvin, Cash & Sublime, a few personal reason faves) has become the soundtrack for this page of my life. Without Music I don't know how I would have survived the changing seasons of my life. Not that my seasons have been any harder or easier. Violent or Peaceful. Desperate or Stressless. Sane or Mad. Happy or Sad. These adjectives we use to paint, color, animate & describe our existence (Past, Present & Future) are all based on the Blank Canvas, Screen or Thought they are created upon. With the aforementioned media being ourselves as we were presented to this World. Nude, Blank, Pure, Blind, Deaf, Dumb & Irrelevant. And for the only time in our Earthly existence free of evil thoughts, words, visions, intentions & actions almost always the result of the influence & education of the ignorant souls who surround us. Many times our parents. For me to pretend that my lineage is innocent & the Alpha & Omega of all that is good in this World would be a lie of the gargantuan proportions. For myself to pretend that as Father to my sons I am free from the exact charges I accuse the World of would be just as great of a falsehood. Yet I try to battle the wars that wage within my soul to make sure the end message is one that is not only positive & leads them towards the righteous path but also provides them with the breadcrumbs of the paths (both right & wrong) that I took to get there. Many bands have followed a similar path to find & if they don't break up find & evolve their sound. REM is one of these bands. Thanks REM & everyone who's ever played even one note that struck & stuck with one of the crazy chords that have served as part of the soundtrack of my life. If anyone understands what I'm trying to say please let me know and share with me your feelings and some examples of the bands, musicians, songs, etc. that have supplied the background to the different stages of your life. if you wish to share in private you can email me at [email protected] I am working on an E book on this subject & with your permission I would like to share certain stories and will credit them as advised if used. Thanks, ENOCH

I'm Polish native speaker and it's completely unpossible to me to understand, what they sing in the chorus. So, after reading the comments I can see that English native speakers have the same problem too :-D

Yes, he sounds like he's saying "Calling Jamaica" to me.

calling dheuwyhfijdwqdsmaker

Can someone please tell me why they never played this song live

@How Marvellous Am I oh yeah someone has to be a dick head what's your problem pal I just asked a question

They recorded some fabulous songs which will sound just as great in 10, 20 30 years etc. Great talents!!

REM themselves disparage this song but I love it.The " Baby Instant Soup...." verse especially.Beautiful

Okinawa just keep standing up

Some Nescafé and Ice!

Hat a song, what a band, what an album

Lyrics
This here is the place where I will be staying
There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone
Let it ring a long, long, long, long time
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more, oh
If I don't pick up, pick up
The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her, oh
There are scratches all around the coin slot
Like a heartbeat, baby trying to wake up
But this machine can only swallow money
You can't lay a patch by computer design
It's just a lot of stupid, stupid signs
Tell her
Tell her she can kiss my ass
Then laugh and say that you were only kidding
That way she'll know that it's really, really, really, really me
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her, oh
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me
Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial
A can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her, oh
The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way
Always had a smile and a reason to pretend
But their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream
The sidewinder sleeps on his back
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her, oh
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her, oh
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her, oh
We've got to moogie, moogie, move on this one

Thanks for the lyrics. I always thought he said "the sidewinder sleeps in a car" lol

Corny chiwaykahah

Stipe at his most pretentious. Soft, loner but in ‘I’m buff’ poseur.
Good job the songs are great

cuando quieres estudiar:
TONI ECHA LA BECA
TONI ECHA LA BECA
TONI ECHA LA BECA

I love that controlled crack in his voice both times he descends from the high note. *Shivers* ... I actually don't mind digital effects and fixes in music but that natural delivery is SO DAMN EVERYTHING.

most rock music is repetitive shit but this is one of the worst.

calling cheryl baker?

spelt it wrong. its tonight not tonite

Play chorus backwards translates to "I gave her what she wants"

Listening to this with eyes closed feels like time travel

Absolute Radio brought me here

Isn't this the best song ever sung? To me it is

Muito show essa música vey...eu viajo nela...sensacional.

CALLING JAMAICA
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS KEEP HANGING UP
CALLING JAMAICA
...lot of nostalgia tied to this song

come arvejas , come arvejas , come arvejas ,come arvejas
come arvejas , come arvejas , come arvejas , come arvejas ...

Calling Jamaica
Calling Jamaica!!

Hi I My MOST BEAUTIFUL Holy St. Michael The Arch 👼❤️ and 1/ 2 👼 1/ 2 God boys❤️ together forever eternity. LOVE Infinity 🕯️ I wish the Best Day of My Life was tomorrow... I miss u Michael :) I love you 🙋 Grace God 💋💏. Hello Doll, we are going straight there after this planet time bomb goes off in its core. I love you Grace with all I have, Michael 💕

Tony the baker!!!!

Why they didn't NEVER play this song live??

Sounds like cumming on Cheryl Baker to me

Love that Michael is trying to get kids to tead with CAT IN THE HAT, Dr Seuss 🙄🤪

One FANTASTIC voice, and group

COME AND EAT YOUR BACON UP!!!!!!!

Is the chorus really in English??!! Oh, yes it is, but only R. E. M. could sing nicely this way. Wonderful!!!

Fuck, after all those years I am getting into it with a proper attitude, not only to be discover another radio chart. What a lapse of time. And now there is no band anymore...

How many of you guys found this by searching "calling Jamaica"?
If I didn't read the lyrics, I'd never guess it's "Call me when you try to wake her up"
Michael Stipe easily beats the world's fastest rappers in this phrase

awesome

Conheci essa música e Banda com 11anos ,uma amiga da escola tinha o LP...e jamais saiu da minha cabeça...adorooo!!!

0:54 Come mucha arveja, come mucha arveja, come mucha arveja, come mucha arveja, come mucha arveja

is tony awake ?

His voice is amazing

Yo bro ! I was just calling to wake her up , yep , calling to wake her up , DOG , SHE GAVE ME THE DIGITS , I CALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN SLEEP STANDING UP. , I MEAN

Music carries you

It's one of the most amazing songs I heard and it took me through the times and it still does it's a masterpiece if you don't if you miss it in your life you're missing a lot

Fantastic xxx

Una delle prime tre canzoni dei rem piu belle...

way way back when you called on a pay phone....and let the operator direct your call"tell her she can kiss my ass" Ancient 90's were so far away.

La canción campirana más hermosa que escuché de R.E.M!!!

Calling Cheryl Baker

R.E.M. 's the best ever. Timeless. 2019.

Come eat yr bacon up