Bang and Blame

"Bang and Blame"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Monster
B-side	"Bang and Blame" (instrumental version)
Released	October 31, 1994 (1994-10-31)[1]
Genre	Hard rock
Length	5:30 (album without short interlude) 4:51 (single edit)
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)	Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe[2]
Producer(s)	Scott Litt R.E.M.
R.E.M. singles chronology
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (1994) "Bang and Blame" (1994) "Crush with Eyeliner" (1995)

"Bang and Blame" is a song by American alternative rock group R.E.M. It was released as the second single from their ninth studio album, Monster (1994), on October 31, 1994 by Warner Bros. Records. The song was R.E.M.'s last to reach the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 19, and was also their last number-one single on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single reached number one in Canada—R.E.M.'s only single to do so—and peaked inside the top 40 on the charts of Australia, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

"Bang and Blame" was not included on In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 and Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011.