R.E.M. shocked their fans last week by announcing they were breaking up. The news seemingly came out of nowhere, but looking back now it's certainly not hard to see the hints. They didn't tour for their last album, they just reached the 30-year mark and they really just haven't seemed into the whole R.E.M. thing recently. So we thought it was a good time to ask our readers to vote for their favorite R.E.M. songs. Unsurprisingly, the winners came exclusively from the band's first decade. Click through to see the results.

By Andy Greene