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R.E.M.—“Nightswimming”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Night Swimming by R.M.

The singer grew up in Chapel Hill North Carolina during the sort of indie rock explosion there which is a lot of super chunk pole and art archers of loaf type of thing. The song started out as a joke on twitter right that I would just say that night swimming by r.m. is the worst song that's ever been recorded but then you think about it and you're like actually I'm correct, he says.

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