| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Angel in the Snow | a‐ha | 4.5 | 4:06 |
| 2 | Runaway Train | Soul Asylum | 4.4 | 4:24 |
| 3 | Disco Inferno | Tina Turner | | 4:03 |
| 4 | Happy Nation | Ace of Base | 4.5 | 3:33 |
| 5 | Summer Summer | Loft | | 4:04 |
| 6 | Right Here | SWV | | 3:45 |
| 7 | Now I Know What Made Otis Blue | Paul Young | | 3:40 |
| 8 | Nightswimming- additional engineer:
- George Cowan , Mark Howard , John Keane , Ted Malia and Andrew Roshberg
- engineer:
- Clif Norrell
- producer:
- Scott Litt and R.E.M.
- additional mixer:
- Ed Brooks
- assistant mixer:
- Tod Lemkuhl
- mixer:
- Scott Litt and Clif Norrell
- guest cello:
- Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer and Elizabeth Proctor Murphy
- guest oboe:
- Deborah Workman
- guest viola:
- Reid Harris, Paul Murphy and Heidi Nitchie
- guest violin:
- Denise Berginson-Smith , Patti Gouvas, Lonnie Ottzen , Sandy Salzinger , Sou-Chun Su and Jody Taylor
- vocals:
- Michael Stipe
- conductor:
- George Hanson
- orchestrator:
- John Paul Jones
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1992) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2017)
- additionally recorded at:
- Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia, United States and Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- recorded at:
- Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
- mixed at:
- Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 160)
- recording of:
- Nightswimming
- writer:
- Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
- publisher:
- Night Garden Music
- live recording of:
- Nightswimming
- writer:
- Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
- publisher:
- Night Garden Music
| R.E.M. | 4.3 | 4:17 |
| 9 | Anytime and Anywhere | Stephan Massimo & the Deli Cats | | 3:42 |
| 10 | Follow the Midnight Sun | Maggie Reilly | | 3:23 |
| 11 | It Keeps Rainin’ | Bitty McLean | | 3:47 |
| 12 | Heaven Help | Lenny Kravitz | 2.85 | 3:08 |
| 13 | Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong | Spin Doctors | 3.7 | 3:54 |
| 14 | Easy Woman | B.B. Nation | | 3:31 |
| 15 | You Can Get It If You Really Want | Cleveland Watkiss | | 3:07 |
| 16 | Night in Motion | U96 | | 3:19 |
| 17 | Yeah | Haddaway | | 3:43 |
| 18 | Condemnation | Depeche Mode | 3.15 | 3:22 |