"Nightswimming" appears on R.E.M.'s 1992 album Automatic for the People, and was released in 1993 as the fifth single off of that album. "Nightswimming" is a ballad featuring singer Michael Stipe accompanied only by bassist Mike Mills on piano, a string arrangement by former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and a prominent oboe by Deborah Workman in the latter part of the piece. Stipe sings about a group of friends who go "skinny dipping" at night, which draws from similar experiences in the band's early days. This song is included as the closing track on R.E.M.'s 2003 "best of" compilation album, In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003.
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