REM - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

[MPL029]

this song makes me wet!

[Snowyseasons]

"Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me

Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial

A can of beans or black-eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice

A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss" <3

This song is so cheerful and so sad at the same time. The perfect combo not to leave you crying your heart out, haha.

[CHILLISeminemREM]

@Snowyseasons sorry to be pedantic but, 'more sub-stud-sub-substantial'

[tenfour17]

as a kid i always used to think of the Taz-mania theme tune when i heard this song

[skayphipps]

the Tokens sang the lions sleeps tonght

[ZeldaFoxEars]

This song awfully reminds me of.."the lion sleeps tonight" especially the beginning. Anyone else agree???

[myiagi900]

@ZeldaFoxEars yes and in the inlay cover of the album he thanx who ever done that song i cant remember who they wer

[CHILLISeminemREM]

@ZeldaFoxEars yeh its based on that song, the lion sleeps tonight is on the B-side to this song.

[CHILLISeminemREM]

MUSICMAN your 2 rem songs are the two of the very very best, well done sir

[tupiki99]

call me when you try to wake her up

[bmaxey36]

No, it is infringement. Before people post they should try learning something. What a putz.

[CHILLISeminemREM]

WHY IS THE TOP COMMENT THE WRONG LYRICS!!!!!!!!!!! come on people.

[bleebloe]

i used to think it was kywin Chawaka.

[bleebloe]

call me when you try to wake her up (whatever)....but great song.

[Username55851]

I always thought it was "According to Bakerhurst".

[Precipitation]

There's no way he can be saying "Call me if you try to wake her up" in the chorus.

[mackemlad888]

"Tell her she can kiss my ass, then laugh & say that you were only kidding"

[Ps3KILLZYOU]

i know im gonna get hate from this comment but this song is better than ''Everybody Hurts''!!!!

[mackemlad888]

@Ps3KILLZYOU No hate from me. This is my favourite song of all time. Its impossibly good.

[talklikeazombie]

I personally always used to think it said 'Calling Cheryl Baker..' :/

[acbloy]

@talklikeazombie yes?.. what? it's Cheryl Baker....no, it's really really really me, me- oh.... great, telemarketer.....

[TheCurl100]

They are saying "Call me when you try to wake her up".

[docsis3]

@TheCurl100 I know, but i like to sing calling jamaica . This is the worlds most misheard song according to the telegraph "REM's The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite contains the song lyrics most frequently misheard by listeners, according to a survey. "

[cory0778]

Thanks for posting this song. It brings beautiful memories.

[chevys10freak2011]

this song is amazing, R.E.M is an amazzzzzing.

[MPL029]

This song makes me all wet!

[acbloy]

@MPL029 ....wet?...are you "night swimming" or a "day sleeper"?

[AngieWithTheAnvil]

omg I like his voice so much!! :)

[HorseLoverTegan]

(I can always sleep standing up!)XD

[tfavio1]

Calling Cheryl Baker...

[johnbrown53160]

At 2:33 Stipe sounds like he's about to crack up

[xxKYLExGxx]

my dad always listened to this album when I was a kid. I thought the chorus sounded like "call knee chai wake up", but I never knew what he said

[MPL029]

@xxKYLExGxx your Dad? god I feel old.....

[gogolplex74]

the most misheard lyrics ever

[SpiesLikeUs32]

rem are such great they share their music with love for the ppl at you@

[TheLonelyWanderer21]

1 person woke the sidewinder.

[MsManusca]

amo i rem

[Linnie921]

This song makes me feel better!

[1NNelson]

Calling Jamaica? hahahah

[PObserver]

@1NNelson I was listening to it in the car and that's what I thought he said. Calling Jamaica.

[bristolcityifcation]

@PObserver LOL !! so did i but then again who cares what he says its a great tune from a fucking great band !! sadly no more !! respect to you my brothers on your choice of music !!!

[jbruder]

Derp. That's not the definition of fair use.

[PraiseHugh]

I always thought it was "Come in try wake her up." but I remember as kids, me and my brother used to sing "Tony the baker man".

[Zergoun]

,,Count and shout - ,,Wake up!,,

[Illusionary22]

Doesn't he say 'calling shall wake her up, then calling shall wake her'? Anyways, I love this song so much! It always reminds me of my parents, seens as thier huge REM fans, and this song reminds me of happy times! :)... Though the lyrics are seriously strange lol :)

[bitterblue8]

That the way! :D @Flyboy243

[yohei72]

"Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me today" has to be one of the odder lines in popular music history. Always sticks in my head forever after I listen to this.

[pxe]

@yohei72 I often wonder if the reason Michael Stipe laughs after that part is the realisation striking him that the line is so absurd.

[skagandbone]

@pxe the reason he laughs in this song is cos he cant say the words dr.seuss properly

[Sonichu93]

@yohei72 I thought it was "Baby, eat some soup..."

[Dalibornyc]

@yohei72 seems like a solid lyric to me doesnt seem odd from rem

[hopsage]

@yohei72

"A can of beans or black-eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss" is what replays in my head all day.

[franvi77]

come mucha arveja

[docsis3]

calling jamaica, calling jamaica ..

[jootoob1000]

@docsis3 Call me when you try to wake her, dumbas*.

[Ozzythenutter1046LS]

@jootoob1000 i dont hear the words "when you try to wake her up" when i listen to the song i only hear "call me to wake her" and sometimes "call me to wake her up"

[redpaul79]

call me a child baker

[billyyoungx]

the blonde guy looks like an albino hugh fernley-whitinstill

[billyyoungx]

i always thought it was born in jamacia man

[D4NG3R1993]

call me tom baker

[Ulisse5555]

Thats sugarcane that tasted good. oops!

[richieboy180]

sound like coming to wank her off more like

[mathwizz75]

ME ENCANTA ESTA CANCION

[ogeror]

R.E.M for the win

[Orville9999]

I need this man's tea shades.

[loraloradotcom]

I always thought that the chorus was "Calling Jamaica".

I love this song, v. sad that REM have packed it in, it's not about the music anymore, I guess it's from my teenage years. Thanks for all the songs xxx

[knopfler720]

Fuckin yup. This song rocks. Absolutely.

[Mandolatron]

Tone-ya-tar-wake-ah!



[thisisITalia]

I love them, they're my most beautiful

[RM6721]

mallafets he sings "call me when you try to wake her up"

[MPL029]

Im moist

[brumbloke]

I always thought it was "going to wage war". I thought with that lyric and Sidewinder in the title the song was about America's warmongering ways. Little did I know it was about a damn payphone.

[plokko1]

"Call me Chewbacca!!!"

[plokko1]

"Call me Chewbacca!!!"

[DelphinusMAch1]

"Calling Tom Baker now"?

DOCTOR WHO FANS!

[gibboj94]

'Call me when you try to wake her up'

<3

[gibboj94]

Calling Jamacia=Colin shell bake her :P

Epic song!

<3

[jaylias]

♥ REM ♥

[queball147]

sounds like go in chadd wake her up lol have another listen to the chorus now?

[BrownieW1]

Only Jamaica?



[tommysaurussmex]

i think it says caught me trying to wake her up

[iguanna41]

Call me Cheryl Baker!! phor :)

[Ozzythenutter1046LS]

it sounds like "call me to wake her up" and "calling to wake her up"

[160ofthe90s]

Come in and try the bacon

[MrBillyGou]

Comen Zarvejka

[MrBillyGou]

Call me when you try to wake her up.

Раньше всегда слышалось как; Припев; "Комен Жарвейка". А вот теперь узнал настоящий текст.

[Diegobanjo]

Slow down with a software. They say: "Call me soon my number is 555-123456 but not now, please, only when you are able to wake my sister and my mother up".

[pummelts]

I always thought it was "phone in Jamaica" since he's calling her.

[maupex]

in spanish the chorus sound like "come mucha arvejas" in english would be "eat a lot of peas"

[Flyboy243]

"Call me when you try to wake her up"

whenever I sing this song and my younger brother tells me to "Shut up, that's gay" i continue singing with the lyrics "Go ahead and go fuck yourself" lol

[MPL029]

@Flyboy243 I hope you tell him that saying "thats gay" isnt cool....

[excelbolt]

@Flyboy243 jus cum in her eye

[RulerOFmany]

2:32 did he laugh?

[Ozzythenutter1046LS]

@RulerOFmany I think so

[haining49]

this takes me back to 1993 when the world didnt hate its self

[alchemist2398]

"only try to wait for her " u fuckin nounces

[iguanna41]

"Call me When you try to wake her up" is the chorus.

[teggsyohh]

callin 2 make her hurt u fukin prik!

[giibby1]

@teggsyohh It actually says call me when you try to wake her,you "fukin prik"

[Laurence91]

I always thought this would be a great 'Barmy Army' tune for Jayawardene.

[DropVaz]

Calling or not calling her from waking up, this is a wonderfull written song by Stipe!

[MPL029]

This song makes me wet

[captnswing]

It's the kind of seriously weird lyric that only Michael Stipe could make work - hear it once, and you will sing it in the shower forever... Nice work, Michael :)

[kungfupanda8282]

Call me "Jaw-Breaker"!

[HatfulofHallow]

Call me when you try to wake her up

[DionHaywood1769]

I laughed when I found out this song contains the most misheard lyric in Britain. Apparently half of the people in the survey thought Michael was singing "Calling Jamaica"

[zemog311]

This is Michael Stipe here! I am saying 'Don't even try and wake her up, don't even try and wake her up...Call me when you try and wake her up and so on! The sidewinder sleeps tonight. Although I do like "Cheryl Baker'! I went to middle school with her!

MS

[tripanazo]

what did he say?only in jamaica ?

[caerleongirl]

I always sang 'coming to Jalawaika land' for the chorus!

[matijafolks]

Callmewhenyoutrytowakeherup

[Jojo90466]

Anyone else listening to this because of Sidewinder in "Spud - Learning to Fly?"

[Geagiki]

I listended it for years..i also understood : "calling you Chad Wiker" :))))))))

[NicBloch]

Only Jamaica

[147heaven]

My fav REM song. Just to clarify he's singing 'call me when you try to wake her up' :)

[wernvilla2]

<3 the giggle at like 2:30 ish :)

[aTechz]

This is one of the songs that Kurt Cobain listend to before he shot himself, and its one of the best songs in history, so im  surprised i didnt find this in the bible and koran...

[captainjacksparrow79]

Call me a chubby wanker ;-)

[Yassfunniest]

*---* Oh god, so nice...

[alexarruas29012009]

de la gran siete!!! no tiene una carajo de sentiido la letra pero omarcha ja´e chupe

[geoffcorc88]

Call me when you try to wake her up. call me when you try to wake her

[lubathegreat]

calling cheryl baker

[MsSabina1982]

ma quanto mi piace :D i really like

[DeushBaggins]

calmly try and wake her...?

[TomGreenUK]

I always thought this was "calling Jamaica" growing up.

[richiesherman]

@TomGreenUK I thought it was "only in Jamaica-a"

[wildmanjh98]

call me when you try to wake her up, call me wake her

[goodanna1]

it could be a number of things

[8000jacob]

call me when you try to wake her up

[Ozzythenutter1046LS]

i can't her the word "up" after "going to wake her"

[CockneyRebel1979]

Is it just my imagination, or does it sound as though Michael Stipe's singing "Call me 'Cheryl Baker'", on the chorus, unless you REALLY listen carefully? :/

[Ozzythenutter1046LS]

@CockneyRebel1979 no i think it's "call me to wake her"

[Darkwolf13073]

@CockneyRebel1979 He is actually saying call me when you try to wake her in the chorus, lol.  Listen carefully, lol.

[Rand0mHQ]

@Darkwolf13073 HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING "COME EAT CHOW MEIN WITH US"

[Darkwolf13073]

@Rand0mHQ We weren't discussing cunnilingus dear, we were talking song lyrics here, lol!!;)

[brumbloke]

@Darkwolf13073 Get lost, you got that from Wikipedia. You CANT hear the real lyrics.

[Darkwolf13073]

@brumbloke Hey shithead, get a grip, I've never been on fuckin wikipedia in my LIFE! Clean the wax outa ur ears n listen n if that doesn't help read like 10 of the other comments on the page n see what they have to say, uhhhhh duh, "call me when you try to wake her"

--& really, what does it matter?? It's a great fuckin song.

[keaneviking]

@CockneyRebel1979 IT'S NOT ------ IT'S " CALL ME WHEN YOU TRY TO WAKE HER UP"

[Hoovercat]

@CockneyRebel1979 go out a bit more me old son.

[Hoovercat]

@CockneyRebel1979 hang on though....you've got a point there,just heard it.... worrying how you did in the first place but still....I'm going out.

[roostersounds]

@CockneyRebel1979 when i was a kid i thught it was "calling Jamaica"

[rollwivaswagger]

coming in to wake her!!!!!

[whpriol1]

Automatic for the People was their best album.

[teegilled]

coney the baker, coney the baker, coney the baker

[BobbbyJones49]

One of the best songs off of what I think is one of the best albums of all time. I relied on these guys to get me through some of the worst times of my life. Another great song is Find the River, the last song on this album. Amazing melodies and feeling.

[myportraits]

it says. .. call me when you try to wake her. :) not calling Jamaica lol. 

[axelcd1]

Come Charvenca, come charvenca, come charvenca :)

[Brettonmurray]

Calling Jamaica? haha

[mountzfamily]

timeless!!!

[k1ngm3rkage]

call me cherel bakera

[JacobusHolland]

Call be Chal'baker

[my18thfloorbalcony]

This song always cheers me up

[yellow6100]

TOP 5 REM songs .Second to no song.

[IcedFruitSlice00]

Thanks for uploading.  Brings back good memories. Awesome song.

[TehManPowerz]

0:03 DEE DEE DEE DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EE

[crownbeatsjack]

Still one of my all time favorite songs of all time, not just of REM songs.

[ChristianAnderson79]

Has he ever told people what he's actually singing in the chorus?

I think it's one of REM's best. When I first heard it in on the radio in about 1993 I thought it was an old classic...just sounded so familiar.

[ElectroGhandi]

@ChristianAnderson79 "Call me when you try to wake her up."

[yellow6100]

@ElectroGhandi Going to wake her up.

[liamtaylor95]

@ChristianAnderson79 he says "only if ya wake her" :) haha I thaught that at first..

[nissanguy44]

@ChristianAnderson79  He s says "call me and try to wake her up" the sidewinder sleeps

[MrConeman]

@ChristianAnderson79 "Call me if you try to wake her up"

[Burbridge92]

@ChristianAnderson79 The chorus line is: "Call me when you try to wake her up" followed by "Call me when you try to wake her" (x3).

[lookatmepleasesir]

@ChristianAnderson79 its call me when you try and wake her

[mallafets]

@ChristianAnderson79 He sings "calling to wake her up" nothing to do with Cheryl Baker am afraid.

[LeeAHHull]

I've been looking for this song for years. Cheers mate.

[WierdElla]

people should comment more.  lol