"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
Single by R.E.M.
From the album Monster
Single Released	1994
Single Format	CD, vinyl record (7" & 12")
Recorded	???
Genre	Rock
Song Length	4:00
Record label	Warner Brothers
Producer	Scott Litt
Chart positions	9 (UK) 21 (USA)
R.E.M. single chronology
"Nightswimming" 1993 (UK)	"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" 1994	"Bang and Blame " 1994

"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a song by the rock group R.E.M. from their 1994 album Monster. The title references the question an assailant, later identified as William Tager, asked CBS anchorman Dan Rather as he assaulted him on Park Avenue in Manhattan in October 1986. The phrase actually spoken by Tager, as reported by Rather, was "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" Tager apparently was convinced that the news media was beaming signals into his head, and demanded that Rather tell him the frequency of the signals. Tager is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for killing NBC stagehand Campbell Montgomery outside the Today show studio in 1994.

Contents

1 Track Listing 1.1 CD1 1.2 CD2 2 See also 3 Sample 4 External links

Track Listing

CD1

1. "What's The Frequency Kenneth?"
2. "Monty Got A Raw Deal - Live"
3. "Everybody Hurts - Live"
4. "Man On The Moon - Live"

CD2

1. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth"
2. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth (Instrumental)"

See also

• Dan Rather incident

Sample

• What'stheFrequency,Kenneth?.ogg of "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" from Monster.

External links

• Video sample at R.E.M.hq