Nirvana

Released: November 23, 2004

Songwriter: Lead Belly

Producer: Jack Endino

[Verse 1]
They hung him on a cross
They hung him on a cross
They hung him on a cross
For me

[Chorus]
One day when I was lost
They hung him on a cross
They hung him on a cross for me

[Verse 2]
They whooped him up the hill
They whooped him up the hill
They whooped him up the hill
For me

[Chorus]
One day when I was lost
They hung him on a cross
They whooped him up the hill for me

[Verse 3]
He never said a mumblin' word
He never said a mumblin' word
He never said a mumblin' word
For me

[Chorus]
One day when I was lost
They hung him on a cross
They hung him on a cross for me

[Verse 4]
They bit him in the side
They bit him in the side
They bit him in the side
For me

[Chorus]
One day when I was lost
They hung him on a cross
They hung him on a cross for me

[Verse 5]
He hung his head and died
He hung his head and died
He hung his head and died
For me

[Chorus]
One day when I was lost
They hung him on a cross
They hung him on a cross for me

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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