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"Imitation of Life" is a song by R.E.M., the first single released from the band's 12th album, ''Reveal'' in 2001. The song peaked at #83 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (but reached #22 on the U.S. Modern Rock list). It was the lowest chart of a lead single from an R.E.M. album in the United States since "Fall on Me" from ''Lifes Rich Pageant'' in 1986. The song did reach #6 on the UK Singles Charts, making it the eighth top 10 for the band in Britain. The song also became R.E.M.'s first number-one single in Japan. The song was nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals but lost to U2's "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of". The song appeared in an episode of ''Smallville''. ==Background and history== According to the liner notes on ''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003'', this song's title came from Douglas Sirk's 1959 film of the same name. The song was placed on R.E.M.'s Warner Bros. Records "best of" album ''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003'' in 2003. In the liner notes, Peter Buck states that after the release of the song he realized that the song follows roughly the same chord progression as "Driver 8" from 1985's ''Fables of the Reconstruction''. For R.E.M.'s 2003 tour in support of ''In Time'', the band developed a new bridge for live performances of the song. Prior to that point, the bridge consisted of full instrumentation, with Stipe's "no-one can see you cry" vocal bringing them into the chorus. The new bridge included the same lyric but echoed between Stipe and Scott McCaughey three times throughout the 20-second midsection. When the song is performed live, Stipe commonly alters the way in which he sings the first two choruses, using a lower register. Singing at a higher pitch, he states, is difficult to do live; on ''R.E.M. Live'', he mentions how he "routinely sings off-key in the chorus." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imitation of Life (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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