Hear Hootie and the Blowfish Cover R.E.M.’s ‘Losing My Religion’

Hootie and the Blowfish have released a cover of R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” available to stream and purchase exclusively on Amazon Music.

“When we were cutting our teeth as a band, almost every night fans would hear us on stage covering R.E.M.,” Hootie and the Blowfish frontman and South Carolina native Darius Rucker said. “‘Losing My Religion’ is a song that when you first listen to it, you can feel the struggle, the back-and-forth. Plus, Peter Buck wrote the song on mandolin and being in the south, it’s a lot of fun to perform live. We’re releasing it as a cover with Amazon Music as I think it’s still as thrilling to people today as it was when it was first released.”

Last year, the band embarked on their sold-out Grand Therapy Tour, playing shows at Madison Square Garden and other stadium venues. They released their last album, Imperfect Circle, last November, featuring the singles “Hold On” (co-written by Chris Stapleton), “Rollin’,” “Miss California” and “Lonely on a Saturday Night.”