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Who sang Nightswimming?

Release date: 5/10/1992

Duration: 04:18

Writer(s): Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe

Producer(s): Scott Litt and REM

R.E.M. released the song Nightswimming. Date of release: 5/10/1992.

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This song is about a person recalling a past memory of night swimming.

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R.E.M. - Short Biography

- R.E.M. is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980.
- The band members are Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
- Noted for Buck's arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's vocal quality, stage presence and obscure lyrics, Mills' melodic bass lines and backing vocals, and Berry's drumming style.
- Considered a pioneer of alternative rock in the early 1990s.
- They sold over 90 million albums worldwide and became one of the world's best-selling musical acts before breaking up in 2011.

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R.E.M.'s song Nightswimming was written and composed by the band in 1992. It was included on the album Automatic for the People, which was released in October of that year. The song was inspired by bassist Mike Mills' experiences with night swimming. Mills stated that the song was about "the nostalgia, youth and simplicity of summer".

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