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"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain. The band used "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as the B-side to this song. The song was released on R.E.M.'s 1992 album ''Automatic for the People'' and was later released as a single in 1993, reaching #17 in the UK Singles Chart.〔(Chartstats – UK Chart details )〕 The song was included on R.E.M.'s Warner Bros. "best of" album ''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003'' in 2003, one of four songs from ''Automatic for the People'' to make the compilation. In the liner notes, Peter Buck remarked: "We included this song on ''Automatic'' in order to break the prevailing mood of the album. Given that lyrically the record dealt with mortality, the passage of time, suicide and family, we felt that a light spot was needed. In retrospect, the consensus among the band is that this might be a little too lightweight."〔("Misheard Lyrics: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite by R.E.M." )〕 The song was featured in ''The Juror''. ==Lyrics== The lyrics are famously easy to mishear. A 2010 survey found that the chorus line "Call me when you try to wake her" was the most misheard lyric in the UK, beating second-place "Purple Haze". The most common mishearing of the chorus line is "Calling Jamaica". What is perceived to be an audible laugh by Michael Stipe can be heard at 2:33〔("REM song is most misheard", The Telegraph, Sep 2010 )〕 immediately after he sings the closing line in the third verse "or a reading by Dr. Seuss" which refers to Dr. Seuss's rhymes. The song's complete title is not featured in the lyrics, but there is the line, "the sidewinder sleeps in a coil" as well as the later line "the sidewinder sleeps on its back". A sidewinder is a species of rattlesnake (''Crotalus cerastes''), and also an antique style of telephone, with a winding handle on the side. The lyrics frequently refer to making and avoiding phone calls. Mike Mills said: "It's about somebody that doesn't have a place to stay. Part of it is also about what man can do that machines can't. The rest of it – I don't have any idea what it's about."〔''Melody Maker'', 1992〕 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「The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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