"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M.. It was released in May 1984 as the first single from the group's second studio album Reckoning (1984). "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" became the second R.E.M. single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 85.
R.E.M. performed it on the television show Late Night with David Letterman in 1983 before it even had a title in what was the band's first national television appearance.
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