Nirvana - Come As You Are

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"Come as You Are" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana, written by frontman Kurt Cobain. It is the third song overall and second single from the band's second album Nevermind. It was the album's second most successful single, and the band's second American Top 40 hit in 1992. After its release as a single in March 1992, "Come as You Are" peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100; it was the band's second and last American Top 40 hit. The single stayed on the chart for 18 weeks. The song also reached number three on the Billboard Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks charts. It was also one of the few new songs Nirvana recorded onto a rehearsal tape the group sent to producer Butch Vig prior to the recording of Nevermind in 1991. The group recorded the song with Vig during album sessions at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, in early 1991. "Come as You Are" was selected as the second single from the album; it was anticipated that the album's first single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", would be a "base-building alternative cut", while "Come as You Are" would be able to cross over into other radio formats. However, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" became a surprise hit and boosted the band's popularity. The song's prominent line "And I swear that I don't have a gun" has also been interpreted to mean that Cobain "had nothing to hide from anyone." Cobain was known for writing using heavy metaphor in his lyrics, allowing fans to decide what the words meant to them. After the death of the song's author, the media paid much attention to the song's prominent line, and other songs on Nevermind that mentioned guns, though the album was written and recorded three years before Cobain's death and therefore it was taken as a mere coincidence. According to the Come As You Are Songfacts, the chords in this song are a slowed down replica of Killing Joke's 1985 song Eighties. The songs were so similar that Nirvana considered holding off releasing this as a single. Killing Joke decided not to sue Nirvana, and in 2003, Dave Grohl helped them out by playing drums for them on an album. The music video was directed by Kevin Kerslake, who later directed the videos for "Lithium," "In Bloom," and "Sliver." The video features the band in a dark room, where the appearance of falling water in front of the band distorts and blurs the band members' faces (an idea suggested by Cobain). Throughout the video, clips such as cells multiplying at an incredible rate, to a living organism in its embryotic stages are shown. The video clip also features Kurt Cobain swinging away on a chandelier throughout the room, and water begins to flow into the room. In addition, the video shows parts involving a dog wearing a cone collar. Images of a baby swimming underwater (a reference to the cover of Nevermind) and a gun floating appear. Towards the end, a clip of the band appears, with Cobain in the front, lying on the ground and kissing the camera. The band shot outdoor footage in a park in Hollywood Hills a few days prior to the main video shoot. Kerslake projected this footage in the background of many shots in the main part of the video.

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- Nirvana

My favorite one on here is smells like teen spirit

- Best album in the world🖤

Kurt’s music will always be in our hearts🎸🖤

- What the heck

How is there no reviews for one of the best album ever

- The very Best Grunge / Rock Music

This is my favorite music album period! The album revolutionized rock music. It’s a timeless, iconic classic that never gets old.

- Nirvana

Classic album and one of the best of All Time. This is for ears the hEAR !!

- Greatest album

Ok, if you don’t like this record, shame on you. This is one of the most recognizable album and also the best of the 90s

- Leep loop

Man I love nirvana so much. Some of this crap really kept me going in a lot of dark times in my life. This record is just...wow👏

- OG punk rockers

Thank you Nirvana for helping punk to re-emerge in the early mid-90’s. This was such an influential album along with Operation Ivy’s, Sublime and NOFX’s albums to help get the new sounding, fast and melodic punk music out into the mainstream. Actually punk music never sounded better since the 90’s and Nirvana’s never mind had something to do with starting it. By the way Nirvana was a PUNK band... NOT A “grunge” band

- every single song on this album is amazing

10/10 LOVE IT

- Rip

Miss you Kurt

- The Album Picture

I think I can see a peen... 5 Star! Sike.

- Nirvana

I like nirvana

- Great

Nirvana is the best band ever

- Nirvana

Awesome!!!

- KC++

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i wont be here long. At all. GREATEST ROCK ALBUM OAT

- The Godfather of grunge

This is one of the albums that paved the way for the grunge movement and it’s one of the most classic nostalgic, prominent albums of the 90’s. A masterpiece

- Greatest rock band ever

Nothing like it now and nothing can compare to this sound. December 2019

- Wow

No band eliminated an entire genre of music like Nirvana did! Good bye hair bands 🤪

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