The band have been performing the cover at their live shows for years Hootie & The Blowfish have officially released their version of R.E.M.‘s ‘Losing My Religion’.
The band have been performing the cover at their live shows for a number of years but yesterday (April 17) they decided to share a studio version of the song. “When we were cutting our teeth as a band, almost every night fans would hear us on stage covering R.E.M.,” Hootie & the Blowfish’s Darius Rucker said in a statement. “‘Losing My Religion’ is a song that when you first listen to it, you can feel the struggle, the back-and-forth.” He added: “Plus, Peter Buck wrote the song on mandolin, and being in the south, it’s a lot of fun to perform live.