"All Apologies" | ||||
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Single by Nirvana | ||||
from the album In Utero | ||||
A-side | "Rape Me" | |||
B-side | "Moist Vagina" | |||
Released | 6 December 1993 | |||
Format | CD, 7" single, 12" single, cassette | |||
Recorded | February 1993 at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota | |||
Genre | Grunge | |||
Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | DGC | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kurt Cobain | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Albini | |||
Nirvana singles chronology | ||||
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In Utero track listing | ||||
13 tracks
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Music video | ||||
"All Apologies" on YouTube |
"All Apologies" | |
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Promotional single by Nirvana | |
from the album MTV Unplugged in New York | |
Released | Early 1994 |
Recorded | 18 November 1993 at Sony Music Studios in New York City |
Genre | Alternative rock, acoustic rock |
Length | 4:23 |
Label | DGC Records |
Songwriter(s) | Kurt Cobain |
Producer(s) | Alex Coletti, Scott Litt, Nirvana |
MTV Unplugged in New York track listing | |
13 tracks
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"All Apologies" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist, Kurt Cobain. It is the 12th song on the band's third and final studio album, In Utero, released in September, 1993. In December, 1993, it was released as the second single from that album, as a double A-side with the song, "Rape Me". "All Apologies" was the band's third number one Modern Rock hit and reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995, and has since been included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of "The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".
"All Apologies" was written by Cobain in 1990. In a 2005 interview with Harp, drummer Dave Grohl explained that the song was "something that Kurt wrote on [a] 4-track in our apartment in Olympia. I remember hearing it and thinking, 'God, this guy has such a beautiful sense of melody, I can’t believe he’s screaming all the time.'"
The song was first recorded in the studio by Craig Montgomery at Music Source Studios in Seattle, Washington on January 1, 1991. This version featured a folkier sound than later versions. Bassist Krist Novoselic accompanied Cobain on a second guitar instead of his standard instrument, utilizing seventh chords as he played, while Grohl's drumming was accented by a tambourine. The song was first performed live at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England on November 6, 1991.