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In 2023, Stephen Thomas Erlewine ranked it fifth on the A.V. Club's "Essential Nirvana: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked" list. [40] According to Nielsen Music's year-end report for 2019, "Lithium" was the tenth most-played song of the decade on mainstream rock radio with 123,000 spins. All of the songs in the top 10 were from the 1990s.
Nirvana was an American grunge band formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, with drummer Dave Grohl joining the band in 1990. The band recorded three studio albums ; Bleach , Nevermind and In Utero , with other songs available on live albums , compilations , extended plays (EPs ...
One song, "Lithium", as well as other footage, is from the band's headline performance at the Reading Festival in Reading, England on August 30, 1992, which, according to Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, had an attendance of 50,000 people and that hearing the audience chant the lyrics to "Lithium" was one of their biggest moments. [4]
A live version of the song, recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on October 31, 1991, appeared on the live video Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!, released in November 1994. Footage from this performance of the song also later appeared in the "Lithium" video. The full concert was released on DVD and Blu-ray in September 2011.
The book takes its title from the lyrics of the Nirvana song "Lithium". [2] Soulsby interviewed over 200 musicians from bands that played and toured with Nirvana, including well-known alternative bands such as Hole, Mudhoney, Meat Puppets, Buzzcocks, Butthole Surfers, and The Jesus Lizard, as well as countless others from the alternative rock ...
Picasso once famously said that good artists borrow and great artists steal—though if we assume he was following his own motto, it’s highly unlikely the quote was even his to begin with. A ...
Nirvana's contribution to the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series was an uncredited and a secret track. [124] The song was originally titled " Sappy ", but was renamed prior to release on No Alternative . 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 .
This version of the song was released on the posthumous Nirvana box set, With the Lights Out, in November 2004. In July 1992, a live version of the song, recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington on October 31, 1991, was released as a b-side on the third single from Nevermind , for the song, " Lithium ."