So. Central Rain

~ Recording by R.E.M.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:11R.E.M.S. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)R.E.M.Single
  • GB1984-03-26
I.R.S. RecordsIRS 105
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (disc made in Japan)R.E.M.Album
  • US1984-04-17
I.R.S. RecordsCD 70044
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
  • US1984-04-17
I.R.S. RecordsSP 70044
1.15So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Pure Rock 1984Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1984
SR International
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
A&M RecordsCDMID194
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
I.R.S. RecordsVPCD 70044
1.4So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • GB1988-10-17
I.R.S. RecordsMIRG 1038
1.4So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • US1988-10-18
I.R.S. RecordsIRSD-6262
1.4So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • US1988-10-18
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), I.R.S. RecordsD100701, IRSD-6262
1.4So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • CA1988-10-18
I.R.S. RecordsIRSXD-6262
1.4So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. RecordsILP 463147 2
1.4So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. RecordsILP 463147 1
1.4So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. RecordsDMIRG 1038
1.4So. Central Rain3:11R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. RecordsIRS-6262
1.4So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. RecordsCIRSD 6262
1.4So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. RecordsILP 463147 1
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (disc made in USA)R.E.M.Album
I.R.S. RecordsCD 70044
1.4So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • JP1989-03-21
I.R.S. RecordsVDP-1426
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (shorter version of track 9 (4:33))R.E.M.Album
I.R.S. RecordsCD 70044
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
I.R.S. Records465379 2
1.4So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:15R.E.M.The CollectionR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. Records465885-2
1.5So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.The Best of R.E.M.R.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • GB1991-09-30
I.R.S. RecordsDMIRH 1
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
I.R.S. RecordsCD 70044
1.5So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.The Best of R.E.M.R.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. Records7131282
1.4So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • JP1992-01-21
I.R.S. RecordsVICP-5134
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (The I.R.S. Years Vintage 1984)R.E.M.Album
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 13159 2 3
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (The I.R.S. Years Vintage 1984, no SID, DE/FR price codes)R.E.M.Album
I.R.S. Records0777 7 13159 2 3, 7 13159 2, 713159-2
1.4So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • JP1993-02-24
I.R.S. RecordsTOCP-7272
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Singles CollectedR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • XE1994-09-22
I.R.S. Records7243 8 29642 2 3
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Singles CollectedR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • US1994-10-04
I.R.S. Records7243 8 29642 23
3.3So. Central Rain3:11R.E.M.The OriginalsR.E.M.EP + Compilation
I.R.S. Records7243 8 35088 2 2
1.3So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
  • US1996-08-13
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 677
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-261
1.13So. Central Rain3:13R.E.M.Choose 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 553 535-2
1.4So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:15R.E.M.Eponymous (bel BIEM)R.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • DE1998-03-26
  • GB1998-04-20
I.R.S. Records7243 4 93457 2 0
1.4So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • JP1998-03-28
I.R.S. RecordsTOCP-51082
1.4So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • JP1998-10-21
I.R.S. RecordsTOCP-51094
1.4So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. Records72434-93457-2-0
1.4So. Central Rain3:14R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + Compilation
I.R.S. RecordsIRSD-6262
1.3So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)R.E.M.Album
  • XE2009-06-22
I.R.S. Records, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), Universal UMC2707622
1.3So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (25th anniversary deluxe edition)R.E.M.Album
  • US2009-06-23
A&M RecordsB0013032-02
1.3So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
  • XW2009-08-05
Universal Music Ireland
1.3So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (25th anniversary)R.E.M.Album
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), I.R.S. Records509996 46082 28
1.1So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.Reckoning Spotify SamplerR.E.M.EP
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
1.3So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
A&M Records
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.ReckoningR.E.M.Album
  • JP2021-01-15
A&M Records
1.12So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.R.E.M.’s Top Forty Playlist (according to Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe)R.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • -2024-06-13
FP
1.4So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)3:15R.E.M.EponymousR.E.M.Album + CompilationI.R.S. Records
1.4So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.Eponymous (Columbia House club edition, ARC pressing)R.E.M.Album + CompilationI.R.S. RecordsIRSD-6262
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (BMG club edition)R.E.M.Album
I.R.S. Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)44797 0044 2, CD 70044, D100164
1.5So. Central Rain3:15R.E.M.The Best of R.E.M. (Made In Italy S.I.A.E. LC7283)R.E.M.Album + CompilationI.R.S. RecordsCDP 7131282
Promotion
1.17So. Central Rain3:17R.E.M.20 Years of R.E.M.R.E.M.Album + Compilation
Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases)PRO-CD-100596
Bootleg
1.15So. Central Rain3:17R.E.M.The Very BestR.E.M.Album + Compilation
1.9So. Central Rain3:19R.E.M.GoldR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • -1997
1.15So Central Rain3:21R.E.M.Gold CollectionR.E.M.Album + Compilation
  • -1999
2.21So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Greatest HitsR.E.M.Album + Compilation
Star Mark19281-1/2
1.15So. Central Rain3:19R.E.M.The Greatest '99R.E.M.Album + Compilation
1.14So. Central Rain3:14R.E.M.The Greatest Hits CollectionR.E.M.Album + Compilation
(unknown)
1.3So. Central Rain3:16R.E.M.Reckoning (UK PDO pressing)R.E.M.Album
I.R.S. RecordsCDA 7045

Relationships

producer:Don Dixon
Mitch Easter
bass guitar:Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
lead vocals:Michael Stipe
recorded at:Reflection Sound Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
recording of:So. Central Rain

So. Central Rain

writer:Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer) (in 1983)
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist) (in 1983)
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) (in 1983)
Michael Stipe (in 1983)
publisher:Night Garden Music