Nirvana

Released: October 1, 1996

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain

Producer: Shaun O’Brien Diane Stata

[Verse 1]
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have...

[Chorus]
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son

[Verse 2]
She should have made her mother proud
She should have stood out in the crowd
She should have had another chance
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have..

[Chorus]
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son

[Instrumental break]

[Chorus]
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son

[Verse 3]
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have...

[Chorus]
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son, she should have...
Been a son

Nirvana was arguably the most successful act of the early 1990s grunge movement that originated in Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1987 in the neighboring city of Aberdeen, they were catapulted into the spotlight four years later with the release of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and their second studio album, September 1991’s Nevermind.

They are credited with bringing alternative rock to mainstream attention and putting a nail in the coffin of ‘80s hair metal, which was dying a slow death on the charts at that point. In early 1992, Nevermind managed to knock Michael Jackson’s Dangerous from the #1 position on the Billboard charts, cementing their place in American music history.

The band’s career was suddenly cut short in April 1994, when iconic frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead from an apparent suicide. Drummer Dave Grohl has since become a hugely successful frontman in his own right with the band Foo Fighters. Nirvana has gone on to enjoy a musical afterlife in the hearts and ears of successive generations of fans comparable to that of The Beatles and Black Sabbath.

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