REM was considered the quintessential college band. Unfortunately I didn't like REM when I was in college. But I heard Losing My Religion while dining at Islands yesterday and I enjoyed the song. Maybe I got it for the first time. I used to think that  the song was literally about losing your faith but I realized it is more romantic than that. This YouTube video explains the real story about the songs meaning.

The song was really about unrequited love. Who knew?