"Tongue" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., released on July 17, 1995 by Warner Bros. Records, as the fifth and final single from their ninth studio album, Monster (1994).

He added further, "Against a simple organstyled arrangement Michael Stipe delivers an impressive falsetto that is one of the sweetest things the band has ever put on record.

[7] Andrew Mueller from Melody Maker named it "the only duffer" of the album, "which sounds like Prince trying to falsetto through a Tom Waits ballad.

"[8] Keith Cameron from NME described it as "a vaguely sinister, slightly daffy detour with Stipe copping his best Smokey Robinson hi-pitched croon to only shoulder-shrugging effect.

[10] Paul Evans from Rolling Stone felt that on "Tongue", "Stipe's Chi-Lites falsetto is a revelation; elsewhere he declaims with clear authority.