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"Nightswimming" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in July 1993 by Warner Bros. as the fifth single from the band's eighth album, Automatic for the People. The song is a
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Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. "Skinny dipping" is a colloquial term for nude swimming.
Nightswimming
…part of the song. Mills wrote the music and Stipe the lyrics, but the song is credited to the entire band. Stipe sings about a group of friends who go skinny dipping at night, which draws from similar experiences in the band's early days. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Jem Cohen. Bassist…
Members of the Royal Australian Air Force diving into a river, 1943
Fresco "Tomb of the Diver" – Paestum, Italy – c. 470 BCE
Illustration from Everard Digby's The Art of Swimming (De Arte Natandi) (1587)
"Mermaids at Brighton" by William Heath, c. 1829, depicts women sea bathing with bathing machines.