"Finest Worksong" is the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album . It peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1988, at the time the group's highest-charting single in the UK.
The single version of the song (also known as Mutual Drum Horn mix), featuring a new horn section by The Uptown Horns, was placed on R.E.M.'s I.R.S. Records compilation Eponymous. This was the last original single the band released on I.R.S. Records.
Tracks 1 & 3: Taken from the album '' (D) MIRG (C) 1025
Track 2: Medley recorded live by VARA Radio, Utrecht, Holland 14.9.87