Drive

Drive contains some of the most graceful use of strings in their career. The song kind of soars along with an effortless beauty, the strings and accordion weaving in and around the bass and light percussion. If the opinion stands that 1992's Automatic For The People captures R.E.M. at their creative best then Drive sees the band in full "can do no wrong" flow - beautiful songs like this pouring out of them. A brave choice for opening single from the album but a fan favourite nonetheless and a song that usually finds its way into their live set.