2,571,880 plays (462,720 listeners)
Rape Me is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. The song was released as the second single from Nirvana’s 1993 album In Utero, packaged as a double a-side along with “All Apologies.”
“Rape Me” was written by Nirvana singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in an apartment in Los Angeles, California in May 1991, around the time the band’s second album, Nevermind (1991), was being mixed. It was first performed live on June 18, 1991, at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California, and subsequently played several times at Nirvana concerts during the next two years. These early live versions featured a dissonant, semi-improvised “anti-solo” after the second chorus, which was replaced by a bridge in the song’s final incarnation.
The band had wanted to debut it at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 9, but MTV insisted on them playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” instead. According to the Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, the network’s reasoning was not so much due to the controversial usage of the word “rape,” but rather because they assumed Cobain was using the song to jab at the media (and MTV) for their abuse of his celebrity status. (Only weeks earlier, a Vanity Fair article depicting Cobain and his wife Courtney Love as unfit parents nearly resulted in the removal of their newborn child Frances Bean Cobain from their custody. MTV News was one of the media sources who reported this story.
“Rape Me” was written by Nirvana singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in an apartment in Los Angeles, California in May 1991, around the time the band’s second album, Nevermind (1991), was being mixed. It was first performed live on June 18, 1991, at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California, and subsequently played several times at Nirvana concerts during the next two years. These early live versions featured a dissonant, semi-improvised “anti-solo” after the second chorus, which was replaced by a bridge in the song’s final incarnation.
The band had wanted to debut it at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 9, but MTV insisted on them playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” instead. According to the Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, the network’s reasoning was not so much due to the controversial usage of the word “rape,” but rather because they assumed Cobain was using the song to jab at the media (and MTV) for their abuse of his celebrity status. (Only weeks earlier, a Vanity Fair article depicting Cobain and his wife Courtney Love as unfit parents nearly resulted in the removal of their newborn child Frances Bean Cobain from their custody. MTV News was one of the media sources who reported this story.
Video
Added by Gierek1992
Nirvana i wszystko jasne :) milego ogladania i sluchania
Share Video
See 29 more
Related Tracks
-
Dumb
Nirvana -
Lithium
Nirvana -
Alive
Pearl Jam -
Them Bones
Alice in Chains -
Even Flow
Pearl Jam -
Man in the Box
Alice in Chains
Albums featuring this track
-
Nirvana
NirvanaBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $175.00
- eBay Search
-
In Utero
NirvanaBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Singles
NirvanaBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Nirvana (International Version)
Nirvana Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shouts
-
rosemaryx wrote:
This, how you understand this song, is really pathetic :/ do you think that Kurt Cobain was as stupid as most of ekhm. people who try to be "soooo coool" and he sang "Rapeeeee me" thinking about fucking? :/
-
Vampirians wrote:
this is "rape me"...
-
hoetheplumber wrote:
Damn it, I was getting all excited to hear "Rape Me". Nevermind. That's a big oops.
-
eventista04 wrote:
ok, it is Rape me this time.... btw this was my sh*t in HS. lol
-
Maddie1132 wrote:
wtf this isnt rape mee!
-
Kurt_Miller wrote:
WTF?
-
fleshyrobots wrote:
oops...
-
aricoon wrote:
YEAH, where is RAPE ME?????
-
justiceforsoup wrote:
where's rape me!? :(
-
hollowaxis wrote:
How does stuff get mistagged as a completely different song? Someone should check this surely :p Is this the version from the Smells Like Teen Spirit Single?
-
cobainkurtfan wrote:
woah woah... this is Even In His Youth...
-
Nita_Fairytale wrote:
~~This is still Even in His Youth! Still a great song, but it's NOT Rape Me!~~ Right
-
Bolshevized wrote:
I love how, underneath the dissonance and the lyrics, this is a great pop song. Kurt certainly had a talent...
-
Bunglechunk wrote:
This is still Even in His Youth! Still a great song, but it's NOT Rape Me!
-
traubster wrote:
Definitely the wrong song.
-
data_ wrote:
this is not rape me! i've got Event in his Youth, here
-
musicfreak1979 wrote:
wrong song
-
kryptonbornson wrote:
I don't care if I told you to rape me. Rape is still rape!
-
Vampirians wrote:
rape me too..
-
Katorevenge wrote:
I got Even in his Youth here too...
Nirvana
Rape Me
full track
Listeners
-
WhiteBeezy
Listening now
-
fed0r_Pepe
Listening now
-
Gabish_1
Listening now
-
choroba
Top Listener
-
jfeld
Top Listener
-
Rosenrot_9
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
juggalojayj, erykpiast and slim2409 loved Nirvana – Rape Me. 2 minutes ago
-
Berteron added Rape Me to Berteron’s library. 14 minutes ago
-
SkeOzz added Rape Me to the playlist. 27 minutes ago
-
SkeOzz added Rape Me to SkeOzz’s library. 27 minutes ago
-
SkeOzz added Rape Me to his Loved Tracks. 27 minutes ago
-
mattburleigh added Rape Me to their Loved Tracks. 36 minutes ago
-
thestolenchild added Rape Me to the playlist. 43 minutes ago
-
MRHITMANBOSS, Dreamseller1117, speedywr89 and 10 other people loved Nirvana – Rape Me. 50 minutes ago
-
Knackstachel added Rape Me to Knackstachel’s library. 5 hours ago
-
lawmanskater, stubigvin, fuzzybunniesZEP and 2 other people loved Nirvana – Rape Me. 5 hours ago
Related Journals
-
Heat Haze Recommendations
by himanshujindal |
9 Jun 2009 | Add comment
-
30 questions, 30 top artists. Found somewhere here, on Last. Fm.
by Itterashai |
6 May 2009 | Add comment
-
Music Shuffle #1
by x_Maggie_x |
25 Feb 2009 | 1 comment
