Pretty Persuasion (song)

"Pretty Persuasion"
Label to 12" promotional single,
backed by "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"
Promotional single by R.E.M.
from the album Reckoning
ReleasedApril 9, 1984
RecordedDecember 1983 – January 1984
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Length3:50
LabelI.R.S.
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"Pretty Persuasion" is a song by R.E.M. that was first released on the band's 1984 album Reckoning. It was released as a promotional single and reached number 44 on Billboard's Rock Tracks chart. According to R.E.M. biographer Tony Fletcher, it is often regarded as "the 'archetypal' R.E.M. anthem".