Well, this is cool! When R.E.M. released their classic album Automatic For The People in 1992, they were not exactly in the business of writing straightforward, heart-swelling power ballads. Their single “Everybody Hurts” might be the most straightforward song in the band’s long history. When they wrote it, R.E.M. attempted to channel the classic Stax Records soul that they loved. Now, one of the all-time greats of that Southern soul sound has shared his own version of “Everybody Hurts.”