Finest Worksong

{{short description|Song by R.E.M}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Finest Worksong

| cover = R.E.M. - Finest Worksong.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = R.E.M.

| album = Document

| B-side = "Time After Time, Etc." (Live)

| released = March 1988

| recorded = 1987

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Alternative rock
• funk metal{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/document-19871022|title=R.E.M. Document Album Review|author=David Fricke|date=22 October 1987|work=Rolling Stone}}}}

| length = {{duration|m=3|s=48}}

| label = I.R.S.

| writer = {{flatlist|

• Bill Berry
• Peter Buck
• Mike Mills
• Michael Stipe{{cite web|url=http://remhq.com/albums.php |title=Albums |publisher=R.E.M.HQ |access-date=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195817/http://www.remhq.com/albums.php |archive-date=5 February 2012 }}}}

| producer = {{hlist|Scott Litt|R.E.M.}}

| prev_title = It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Orange Crush

| next_year = 1988

}}

"Finest Worksong" is the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. 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.{{cite web|title=REM - Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18727/rem/|website=Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=24 January 2016}}

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.