Nirvana discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = Nirvana
|Image = Nirvana around 1992.jpg
|Caption = Kurt Cobain (foreground) and Krist Novoselic at the MTV Awards in 1992
|Studio = 3
|Live = 5
|Compilation = 4
|Video = 7
|EP = 2
|Music videos = 8
|Singles = 21
|Option = 17
|Option name = Miscellaneous
}}
The discography of Nirvana, an American rock band, consists of three studio albums, twenty-one singles, five live albums, two extended plays, four compilation albums, and three box sets.
Nirvana was formed in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, with the position of drummer being filled by various musicians. The band released its debut album, Bleach, in 1989 on independent label Sub Pop. After being joined by final drummer Dave Grohl and signing to Geffen Records subsidiary DGC Records, the band released its second studio album, Nevermind, which became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s{{cite web| url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=112&id=04931F67-2568-34EA-7AF6-4F1130A3B64A| title=No Dog Days of Summer for Teen Toppers| publisher=Recording Industry Association of America| date=August 31, 1999| access-date=July 25, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181726/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=112&id=04931F67-2568-34EA-7AF6-4F1130A3B64A| archive-date=September 30, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100 |title=Top 100 Albums |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701162536/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100 |archive-date=July 1, 2007 }} and popularized the Seattle grunge movement and alternative music.{{cite web | author=Olsen, Eric| year=2004| title=10 years later, Cobain lives on in his music | format=http | work=Today.com | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/10-years-later-cobain-lives-his-music-wbna4652653 | access-date=June 21, 2006}} The band's third album, In Utero, was also a commercial and critical success, though it did not match the sales precedent set by Nevermind—as the members of the band expected.Gaar, Gillian G. (2006). In Utero 33⅓. New York: Continuum. {{ISBN|0-8264-1776-0}}. p. 3 Nirvana disbanded in 1994 after the death of Cobain; since then several posthumous releases have been issued from the band, which once resulted in a legal conflict between Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and the surviving members of the band over the release of the song "You Know You're Right".{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444878/20010629/nirvana.jhtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010703092849/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444878/20010629/nirvana.jhtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 3, 2001| title=Courtney Love Sues Grohl And Novoselic, Blocks Nirvana Rarity| author=vanHorn, Teri| publisher=MTV.com| date=June 29, 2001| access-date=September 5, 2007}} In 2006, Love sold a significant share of the rights to Cobain's song catalog to Primary Wave Music Publishing.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9549408/courtney_sells_nirvana_rights_share| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405040622/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9549408/courtney_sells_nirvana_rights_share| url-status=dead| archive-date=April 5, 2006| title=Courtney Sells Nirvana Rights Share| author=Lash, Jolie| magazine=Rolling Stone| date=March 30, 2006| access-date=September 5, 2007}} Since its debut, the band has sold 27.6 million albums in the United States alone,{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007080058/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7511240/ask-billboard-rihannas-quirky-record-in-the-hot-100s-top-10-with|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Ask Billboard: Rihanna's (Quirky) Record in the Hot 100's Top 10 With 'Needed Me'|magazine=Billboard|date=September 18, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2016|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7511240/ask-billboard-rihannas-quirky-record-in-the-hot-100s-top-10-with|archive-date=October 7, 2016|url-status=bot: unknown}} and over 75 million records worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/nirvana-to-be-inducted-to-the-rock-hall-of-fame-in-2014-530770|title=Nirvana to be Inducted to the Rock Hall of Fame in 2014|last=Gupta|first=Rapti|date=December 17, 2013|access-date=October 28, 2018|website=International Business Times}}
Albums
=Studio albums=
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details !colspan="10"| Chart positions !rowspan="2"| Sales !rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| US !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUS !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUT !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| CAN !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| FIN !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NLD !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NZ !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| SWE |
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| scope="row"|MTV Unplugged in New York
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| scope="row"|From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
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| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | | |
| scope="row"|Live at Reading
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| 37 | — | 28 | 17 | — | 64 | 33 | — | 97 | 32 | | |
| scope="row"|Live at the Paramount
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| scope="row"|Live and Loud
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=Compilation albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details !colspan="10"| Chart positions !rowspan="2"| Sales !rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| US !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUS !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUT !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| CAN !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| FIN !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NLD !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NZ !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| SWE |
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| scope="row"|Incesticide
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| 39 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 31 | — | 27 | 18 | 14 | | |
| scope="row"|Nirvana
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | |
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| scope="row"|Sliver: The Best of the Box
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| 21 | 95 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 87 | 56 | | |
| scope="row"|Icon
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Box sets
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="10"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Sales ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| US !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUT !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| CAN !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| DEN !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| FRA !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| JPN
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NLD !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NZ |
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| scope="row"|Singles
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| — | — | — | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 101 | | |
| scope="row"|With the Lights Out
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| 19 | 34 | 10 | — | 20 | 16 | 65 | 39 | 28 | 56 | | |
| scope="row"|Nevermind: The Singles
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Extended plays
Singles
=Retail singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US [https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/hsi/ "Nirvana – Chart History: Hot 100".] billboard.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014. !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| BEL
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FIN
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FRA !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| IRE !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NZ !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| PRT
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWE !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK
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| scope="row" |"Love Buzz"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "Love Buzz" single was limited to 1000 numbered retail copies and 200 promotional copies.}}
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bleach |
| scope="row" |"Sliver"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Though "Sliver" was initially released as a standalone single on Sub Pop in 1990, it did not chart in Ireland until after the success of the Nevermind album in 1992.}}
| 1990 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Sliver" did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 but charted at number 19 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in January 1993 following its appearance on the Incesticide compilation album which was released in December 1992.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/mrt/ | title=Nirvana – Chart History: Alternative Songs| magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 28, 2021}}}} | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Sliver" did not chart on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart but charted at number 12 on the Australian ARIA Alternative Singles Chart.{{cite magazine |date=December 9, 1990 |magazine=ARIA Report |title=ARIA Top 20 Alternative Charts |url=https://i.postimg.cc/XJZbRjv7/ARIA-Alternative-Charts-9-December-1990.jpg |issue=48 |page=13 |accessdate=November 28, 2021}}}} | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 77 | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" |"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
| 1991 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| Nevermind |
| scope="row" |"Come as You Are"
|rowspan="3"| 1992 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 9 |
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| scope="row"|"Lithium"
| 64 | 53 | 18 | 1 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Lithium" did not chart on the French SNEP Singles Chart, but did chart at number 20 on the West Europe Airplay Chart which included France, Belgium (Wallonia), parts of Switzerland, and Monaco.{{cite magazine |date=December 19, 1992 |title=Regional EHR Top 20 - West |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-12-19-OCR-Page-0051.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |page=51 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |quote=France, Wallonia/Belgium, parts of Switzerland, Monaco}}}} | 5 | 28 | 4 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Lithium" did not chart on the Swedish Singles Chart but did chart at number 10 on the Swedish Airplay Chart.{{cite news |date=September 12, 1992 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-09-12.pdf |title=National Airplay - Sweden |work=Music & Media |page=14 |access-date=March 18, 2023}}}} | 11 | |
| scope="row"|"In Bloom"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"In Bloom" did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 due to the lack of an American physical release, but it charted at number 5 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/rtt/ |title=Nirvana – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks |website=billboard.com |access-date=November 30, 2014}}}} | 73 | — | 16 | — | 7 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 28 |
|
| scope="row" |"Heart-Shaped Box"
|rowspan="2"| 1993 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Heart-Shaped Box" did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 due to the lack of an American physical release, but it charted at number 1 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, and at number 4 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.}} | 21 | 18 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 5 | | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| In Utero |
| scope="row"|"All Apologies"/ "Rape Me"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"All Apologies" and "Rape Me" were released together as a double A-side single.}} | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"All Apologies" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.}} | 58 | 30 | — | 20 | 20 | 32 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"All Apologies" / "Rape Me" did not chart on the Portuguese AFP Singles Chart, which was only a Top 10 chart at the time, but "Rape Me" did chart at number 15 on the Iberian Airplay Chart, which included Portugal and Spain.{{cite magazine |date=December 11, 1993 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-12-11-OCR-Page-0035.pdf |title=Regional Airplay - Southwest (Iberia) |magazine=Music & Media |page=35 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |quote=Spain, Portugal}}}} | — | 32 |
|
| scope="row" |"Pennyroyal Tea"
|rowspan="2"| 1994 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "Pennyroyal Tea" single was cancelled after the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but it charted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart,{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nirvana/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628225500/https://www.billboard.com/music/nirvana/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2020 |title=Nirvana - Hot Singles Sales |website=billboard.com |access-date=June 25, 2020}}{{cite magazine |title=Record Store Day Chart Recap: Vinyl Album Sales Reach Historic High |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6069804/record-store-day-chart-recap-vinyl-album-sales-reach-historic-high |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 23, 2019}} when re-released for Record Store Day in 2014.}} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 121{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "Pennyroyal Tea" single was cancelled after the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but it charted at number 4 on the UK Physical Singles Sales chart,[http://www.officialcharts.com/Charts/physical-singles-chart/20140427/1 Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 – 27 April 2014 – 03 May 2014] officialcharts.com. Retrieved Feb 28, 2015. and number 121 on the UK Singles Chart,{{cite news |date=April 26, 2014 |title=Official Singles Chart |url=https://imgur.com/Oflzm3V |work=UKChartsPlus |issue=661 |agency=Official Charts Company |page=4 |access-date=February 29, 2020}}[http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140426cluk.txt CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE – CLUK Update 26.04.2014 (wk16)] zobbel.de. Retrieved February 28, 2016. when re-released for Record Store Day in 2014.}} | |
| scope="row"|"About a Girl"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "About a Girl" retail single was released only in Continental Europe and Australia, but the song was released to radio in the US.}}
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"About a Girl" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.}} | 4 | 12 | 8 | 23 | — | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"About a Girl" did not chart on the Portuguese AFP Singles Chart, which had been discontinued in January 1994,{{cite news |date=January 15, 1994 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-15.pdf |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe - Portugal |work=Music & Media |page=16 |access-date=March 6, 2024}} but did chart at number 7 on the Iberian Airplay Chart, which included Portugal and Spain.{{cite magazine |date=November 26, 1994 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/94/MM-1994-11-26-OCR-Page-0027.pdf |title=Regional Airplay - Southwest (Iberia) |magazine=Music & Media |page=27 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |quote=Spain, Portugal}}}} | 20 | 185{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "About a Girl" single charted in the UK based solely on import sales and did not receive a UK release.}} | | MTV Unplugged in New York |
| scope="row" |"You Know You're Right"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"You Know You're Right" was released as a promotional and downloadable single only at a time when there were no countries in the world including downloads in their music charts.}}
| 2002 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"You Know You're Right" did not chart on the UK Singles Chart because it was only released as a downloadable single and no physical single was released at a time when downloads were not being counted towards the UK Singles Chart, but it charted at number 85 on the UK Airplay Chart.{{cite news |date=November 2, 2002 |title=UK Airprlay 100 |url=https://imgur.com/HQHmtb7 |work=ChartsPlus |issue=62 |agency=Nielsen Holdings |page=11 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |quote=The official UK airplay chart}}}} | | Nirvana |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Notes
{{Reflist|group=upper-alpha}}
=Promotional singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US Air {{cite web| url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/hsb/ | title=Nirvana – Chart History: Radio Songs| website=billboard.com |access-date=November 20, 2021}} !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| BEL !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| CAN
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| EU Air !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FIN Air !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FRA Air !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SPN Air
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK
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| scope="row"|"On a Plain"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Released only in the United States.}}
| 1991 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | align="left"|Nevermind |
| scope="row"|"Molly's Lips"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Released only in Brazil.}}
| 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | align="left"|Incesticide |
| scope="row"|"Dumb"
| 1993 | — | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Dumb" did not chart on the Billboard US Alternative Airplay chart but did chart at number 37 on the US Alternative National Airplay chart which was published by Radio & Records.{{cite magazine |title=Alternative National Airplay |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/94/RR-1994-06-17-OCR-Page-0070.pdf |magazine=Radio & Records |date=June 17, 1994 |page=70 |access-date=February 24, 2019}}}} | — | — | — | — | — | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Dumb" peaked at number 92 on the UK airplay chart in October 1993 which was compiled by the Entertainment Retailers Association which is one of two companies that own the Official Charts Company.{{cite magazine |date=October 9, 1993 |journal=Hit Music |title=Radio Activity |url=https://imgur.com/A3ndvVw |publisher=Hit Music |quote=The official UK airplay chart |access-date=March 13, 2025}}}} | | rowspan="1" align="left"| In Utero |
| scope="row"|"All Apologies"{{cite magazine |date=February 5, 1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=All+Apologies+DGC+4618 |title=Single Reviews|page=71 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 2, 2020}}{{cite magazine |date=February 4, 1994 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Hitmakers-IDX/IDX/Hitmakers-1994-02-04-OCR-Page-0005.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20all%20apologies%20unplugged%22 |title=Nirvana - "All Apologies" |magazine=Hitmakers |page=5|access-date=May 2, 2020 |quote=Pro CD Includes MTV Unplugged version}}{{cite magazine |date=February 4, 1994 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Hitmakers-IDX/IDX/Hitmakers-1994-02-04-OCR-Page-0017.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20all%20apologies%20unplugged%22 |title=Mainstream Top 40 |magazine=Hitmakers |page=17 |access-date=May 2, 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nirvana-discography.com/pages/promo/unplugged.html |title=Unplugged in New York promos |website=nirvana-discography.com |access-date=March 17, 2024}}
|rowspan="2" | 1994 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | | rowspan="5" align="left"| MTV Unplugged in New York |
| scope="row"|"Polly"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"|"The Man Who Sold the World"
|rowspan="3"| 1995 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 29 | — | 5 | 2 | 13 |
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| scope="row"|"Where Did You Sleep Last Night"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"|"Lake of Fire"
| — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"|"Aneurysm"
|rowspan="2"| 1996 | 63 | 11 | 13 | — | 49 | — | 40 | — | — | — | | rowspan="2" align="left"| From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah |
| scope="row"|"Drain You"
| — | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Drain You" did not chart on the Billboard US Alternative Airplay chart but did chart at number 44 on the US Alternative Top 50 chart which was published by Radio & Records.{{cite magazine |title=Alternative Top 50 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-12-20-OCR-Page-0084.pdf |magazine=Radio & Records |date=December 20, 1996 |page=84 |access-date=February 24, 2019}}}} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row" |"Endless, Nameless"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|In 2021, "Endless, Nameless" was released as a 7-inch single included with the 30th-anniversary vinyl reissue of Nevermind.{{cite news |last1=Hussey |first1=Allison Hussey |title=Nirvana's Nevermind Getting New 30th Anniversary Reissue |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/nirvana-nevermind-getting-new-30th-anniversary-reissue/ |access-date=16 November 2021 |work=Pitchfork |date=23 September 2021}}}}
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | rowspan="1" align="left"| Nevermind |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Notes
{{Reflist|group=upper-alpha}}
=Split singles=
Notes
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Other charted and certified songs
Music videos
Video albums
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Title ! rowspan="2"| Video album details ! colspan="3"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications | ||
style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS
| : {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue874.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20061219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue874.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2006-12-19| title=ARIA Chart report 4th December 2006| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 26, 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK
| : {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/19941120/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart Top 50 - 20 November 1994 - 26 November 1994 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}
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| scope="row"| Live! Tonight! Sold Out%21%21
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 |
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| scope="row"| With the Lights Out
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| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| N/A | style="text-align:center;"| N/A | | ||
| scope="row"| Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind
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| style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| 13 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 |
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| scope="row"| MTV Unplugged in New York
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| style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | | ||
| scope="row"| Live at Reading
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| —{{efn|group=lower-alpha|The bootleg release, Nirvana - At Reading Festival, peaked at number 30 on the UK Music Video chart in 2008.{{cite web |date=May 25, 2008 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/20080525/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=August 4, 2023}}}} | | ||
| scope="row"| Live at the Paramount
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | | ||
| scope="row"| Live and Loud
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | | ||
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Notes
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Other appearances
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Song
! Year ! Album
! Comments |
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| scope="row" | "Spank Thru"{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r228262|pure_url=yes}}| title=Sub Pop 200| author=Torreano, Bradley| website=Allmusic| access-date=July 31, 2007}}
| 1988 | style="text-align:center;"| — | A re-recording of a song first performed on the 1985 Illiteracy Will Prevail demo by members of Nirvana as Fecal Matter. |
| scope="row" | {{nowrap|"Mexican Seafood"}}{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r77138|pure_url=yes}}| title=Teriyaki Asthma, Vols. 1–5|author=Huey, Steve| website=Allmusic| access-date=July 31, 2007}}
| 1989 | {{nowrap|Teriyaki Asthma, Vol. 1}} | style="text-align:center;"| — |rowspan="3"| Later released on Incesticide. |
| scope="row" | "Beeswax"{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r73897|pure_url=yes}}| title=Kill Rock Stars| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| website=Allmusic| access-date=July 31, 2007}}
|rowspan="2"| 1991 | style="text-align:center;"| — |
| scope="row" | "Dive"{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r23252|pure_url=yes}}| title=The Grunge Years| author=Torreano, Bradley| website=Allmusic| access-date=July 31, 2007}}
| style="text-align:center;"| — |
| scope="row" | {{nowrap|"Do You Love Me?"}}{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r23270|pure_url=yes}}| title=Hard to Believe: Kiss Covers Compilation, Pay to Play bootleg album (only release on CD)| author=Torreano, Bradley| website=Allmusic| access-date=July 31, 2007}}
|rowspan="2"|1990 | Hard to Believe: Kiss Covers Compilation | style="text-align:center;"| — | Cover of a 1976 Kiss song. |
| scope="row" | "Here She Comes Now"
| Heaven & Hell: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground | style="text-align:center;"| — | Cover of a 1968 Velvet Underground song. Previously released on the split single "Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs" in 1991, it was later released on With the Lights Out in 2004 and on the Nevermind 20th anniversary deluxe editions in 2011. |
| scope="row" | {{nowrap|"Return of the Rat"}}{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r182134|pure_url=yes}}| title=14 Songs for Greg Sage: Wipers Tribute| website=Allmusic| access-date=July 31, 2007}}
|rowspan="3"| 1993 | {{nowrap|Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers}} | style="text-align:center;"| — | Cover of a 1979 Wipers song. Later released on With the Lights Out. |
| scope="row" | "Sappy"{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r188441|pure_url=yes}}| title=No Alternative| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| website=Allmusic| access-date=July 31, 2007}}
| {{nowrap|No Alternative}} | style="text-align:center;"| 56 | Nirvana's contribution to the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series was an uncredited and a secret track.Gaar, 2006. p. 5 The song was originally titled "Sappy", but was renamed "Verse, Chorus, Verse" prior to release on No Alternative. It charted at number 9 on the US Alternative Airplay chart which was published by Radio & Records in 1994.{{cite magazine |title=Alternative - Songs Reaching Top 15 in 1994 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/94/RR-1994-12-16-OCR-Page-0036.pdf |magazine=Radio & Records |date=December 16, 1994 |page=36 |quote='Sappy' charted under the title of 'Verse, Chorus, Verse' which was the title of the song that was used on the 1993 No Alternative compilation album |access-date=February 25, 2019}} It was later released on With the Lights Out in 2004 as "Sappy" and on the In Utero 20th anniversary deluxe editions as "Sappy" in 2013. |
| scope="row" | {{nowrap|"I Hate Myself and Want to Die"{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r188471|pure_url=yes}}| title=The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience| author=Unterberger, Richie| website=Allmusic| access-date=August 4, 2007}}}}
| {{nowrap|The Beavis and Butt-head Experience}} | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | The first song on The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience, it was recorded during the sessions for In Utero. This version of "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was included as a B-side on the cancelled "Pennyroyal Tea" single but is different from the version found on With the Lights Out. |
| scope="row" | "Pay to Play"{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r203116|pure_url=yes}}| title=DGC Rarities, Vol. 1| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| website=Allmusic| access-date=September 4, 2007}}
|1994 | style="text-align:center;"| 139 | This is an early version of "Stay Away" which was a song on Nevermind. "Pay to Play" was the first new Nirvana song to be released after Cobain's death but its inclusion on the compilation album had been agreed to before he died.{{cite book |editor-last1=Rocco |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Rocco |editor-first2=Brian |year=1998 |title=The Nirvana Companion: Two Decades of Commentary: A Chronicle of The End of Punk |location=London |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=218 |isbn=0711969957 |quote=Gaar, Gillian (1997). 'Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana'. Goldmine.}} "Pay to Play" was later released on With the Lights Out in 2004 and on the Nevermind 20th anniversary deluxe editions in 2011. |
| scope="row" | "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter"{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r231721|pure_url=yes}}| title=Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense| author=Parisien, Roch| website=Allmusic| access-date=September 4, 2007}}{{cite book |editor-last1=Rocco |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Rocco |editor-first2=Brian |year=1998 |title=The Nirvana Companion: Two Decades of Commentary: A Chronicle of The End of Punk |location=London |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=224 |isbn=0711969957 |quote=Gaar, Gillian (1997). 'Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana'. Goldmine.}}
|1996 | Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense | style="text-align:center;"| — | Live version from a Grenoble, France concert in 1994. It received some airplay on alternative and active rock radio.
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| scope="row" | "Rape Me"{{cite magazine |url=https://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/various/various-saturdaynightlive.shtml| title=Various Artists, Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 1 & 2| author=Stranzl, Justin| magazine=PopMatters| access-date=September 6, 2007}}
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2 | style="text-align:center;"| — | Live version from an appearance on Saturday Night Live. It was also released as a music video on MTV.
|
Unreleased songs
Courtney Love stated in May 2002 that she owned 109 unreleased tapes made by Cobain, with or without the other members of Nirvana.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934736/courtney_on_unheard_cobain_songs| title=Courtney on Unheard Cobain Songs| author=Heath, Chris| magazine=Rolling Stone| date=May 14, 2002| access-date=July 30, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002121540/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934736/courtney_on_unheard_cobain_songs| archive-date=October 2, 2007}} Of these songs, many were released on the 61 song box set With the Lights Out in 2004, with three "freshly unearthed" songs appearing on the compilation Sliver: The Best of the Box in 2005.{{cite web| url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box?artist_title=20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box| title=Nirvana: Sliver: The Best of the Box Review| author=Petrusich, Amanda| publisher=Pitchfork Media| date=October 31, 2005| access-date=July 30, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113190223/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box?artist_title=20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box| archive-date=January 13, 2009}} More unreleased Nirvana tracks were released on the deluxe and super deluxe 20th anniversary editions of the Nevermind and In Utero albums in 2011 and 2013 respectively.[https://pitchfork.com/news/43320-more-details-on-nirvanas-nevermind-reissue/ More Details on Nirvana's Nevermind Reissue] pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/468998/nirvanas-nevermind-reissue-to-include-unreleased-recordings Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Reissue to Include Unreleased Recordings] billboard.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-nirvanas-rarities-packed-in-utero-reissue-20130813 Inside Nirvana's Rarities-Packed 'In Utero' Reissue – A newly discovered track, plus unreleased demos and live cuts will arrive September 24th] rollingstone.com Retrieved July 9, 2015. Many more unreleased songs were released on Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings in 2015 which was the companion soundtrack to the film Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck.[http://consequence.net/2015/05/on-kurt-cobain-solo-album-youre-eavesdropping-on-him-in-the-most-positive-sense-of-the-word/ On Kurt Cobain solo album, "You're eavesdropping on him … in the most positive sense of the word"] consequence.net. Retrieved July 8, 2015. Brett Morgen stated that in Cobain's archive he discovered over 200 hours of audio on over 108 cassettes and that he thought the solo album "would be a nice complement to the film".
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.Nirvana.com Nirvana official page]
- [http://www.nirvanaguide.com/ Nirvana Live Guide]
- [http://www.livenirvana.com/ Live Nirvana]
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