Released: November 1, 2019

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain

Producer: Scott Litt Nirvana

[Spoken: Kurt Cobain & Scott Litt]
Chishhh
Check, check, check, check, check, check
Can we get on with this for like an hour late?
They're, they're hearing some kind of buzz from this
Is Scott ready now?
Is Scott able to talk back to us?
Can you hear me?
Yes
Okay, I'm here
Okay, we're ready
Okay, we're going

[Verse 1: Kurt Cobain]
Come as you are, as you were
As I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend
As an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
Choice is yours, don't be late
Take a rest as a friend
As an old memoria

[Pre-Chorus: Kurt Cobain]
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria

[Verse 2: Kurt Cobain]
Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend
As an old memoria

[Pre-Chorus: Kurt Cobain]
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria

[Chorus: Kurt Cobain, with Dave Grohl]
And I swear that I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus: Kurt Cobain]
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria

[Chorus: Kurt Cobain, with Dave Grohl]
And I swear that I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun

[Outro: Kurt Cobain]
Memoria
Memoria
Memoria

Nirvana

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.