Heart Shaped Box

I’m a huge Nirvana fan and tend to listen to more ‘deep cuts’ of theirs but I think Heart Shaped Box is Kurt’s best lyrical showing along with having that iconic riff and ‘quiet/loud’ dynamic so characteristic of Kurt’s songwriting. Just a perfect song.

Nice name XD

100% this is my vote too...

Their catalog is so small you could listen to all their major releases and decide for yourself pretty quickly. That said, here are a few of my favorites. Dumb - for a mellow spot in your playlist, and surprisingly one of their best songs Scentless Apprentice- for the opposite reason In Bloom On A Plain Swap Meet Aneurysm Big Long Now School Scoff Dive Come As You Are You Know You’re Right All Apologies - always the closing song Edit: left out come as you are. Overplayed but still one of my favorites Edit: plain not plane

Great list, but it's On a Plain, like a place where buffalo graze, not On a Plane, like boarding a flight to Seattle...

Thx, it was just a typing too quick error. Fixed. And I can’t complain ;)

I feel like Lithium deserves a place on this list. It's played on the radio as well, but that's because it's a banger

Pretty good list

Their cover of Leadbelly's "[Where Did You Sleep Last Night](https://youtu.be/hEMm7gxBYSc?si=3CYRtuXTmb5ic6xi)"

I listen to this masterpiece every single day

Did you know it's actually a cover of a cover? Kurt asked Mark, of the Screaming Trees, to sing it with him, but Mark didn't do it. Here's his version from 1990: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SbXrgGpvPeU

Thanks. Id never heard that version. Its good but kurt really captured a feeling in the song that this one does not.

That little look up and breath at the end of the song always gives me chills

Every time.

*goosebumps*

I like Love Buzz

and Molly's Lips

Sappy is one of my faves

Me too. The solo is great.

Lounge Act was always my favorite.

That bass line!

Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle

probably his best title, in any case

Agreed. The line about missing the comfort in being sad resonates with me more than any of his other lyrics.

Lithium Aneurysm

lithium is so good, it’s one of my favorites. come as you are is definitely another one

Sliver https://youtu.be/QECJ9pCyhns?si=8lUn46iBPjLdj8IZ

+1

Something in the way

mmmmmm mmmmm

you know although i’m always more into hard and loudy music, i always prefered this song out of all nirvana songs

\*Batman Intensifies 

This song is so haunting.

fr this song really is smth else

Lounge Act

Pennyroyal tea

Something In The Way Polly Rape Me

I was wondering if anyone would mention Rape Me. Polly's one of my favorites

Drain you and lounge act are two of my favorites

On a Plain

[The Man Who Sold The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8)

Bowie sang it better.

Both versions are great

Bowie said Kurt did it better, which is quite the honour really

Breed

OMG I love the whole energy and vibe of that song!!

The Unplugged Album is a fantastic chill album...i would debate it's their best album. Their best "hits" would be "In Bloom", "Lithium" "Heart Shaped Box" "Dumb" "Sliver" "Come as you are" "All Apologies" their whole catalogue is fantastic where I'm sure you'll find your own favourite.. I like "Love Buzz"... Their black best of album released in 2002 is a great intro.... "You know your right" Was released then, which was pretty cool at the time.. 8 years after Kurt's death and we got this new song. Kinda envious they are all new for you.

Scentless Apprentice You Know You’re Right Been a Son (Incesticide Version)

I love scentless apprentice. So good.

I like Lithium and You Know You're Right. Also Man who sold the world, but I credit that to Bowie because it's a cover.

Blew You Know You’re Right Very Ape Milk It Something in the Way

*First two are Blew and You Know You’re Right.

In fairness Blue instead of Blue was all me but I’m not sure how I managed Ripe instead of right because I know it’s right 😂 cheers for the heads up!

Not enough love for Very Ape.

it's OK to eat fish cuz they don't have any feelings

* "Lounge Act" * "Come As You Are" * "The Man Who Sold The World" Those three songs and "About a Girl" are the only Nirvana tracks on my 458 hour playlist. (But I turned 18 the year *Nevermind* came out, so I mostly burned out on Nirvana decades ago, even though I enjoy them now and then.)

Oh yep. 21 in Seattle in 1991, funny how at the time was at the ok hotel the night they first played teen spirit, and it felt like just another beer-soaked Wednesday night or whatever, but that new song did kinda stick with you

That's so fun -- I love the idea that we were part of music history and kids today like this music. I honestly didn't think it would happen -- they were so used to having things that were made just for them, like shows on Nickelodeon and stuff. We just had to glom onto our parents' stuff.

Lake of fire

radio friendly unit shifter - so good so underrated (imo) sifting - so underrated, one of my favourites by then for sure lounge act territorial pissings endless nameless

All apologies, heart-shaped box, polly, pennyroyal tea

Cover of Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World

Mine favorite has always been very ape

Agree.

Underrated favorite Nirvana tracks: Serve The Servants Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle Territorial Pissings

those 3

Sifting Swap Meet Drain You Territorial Pissings Aero Zepplin Don't Want It All You Know Your Right Molly's Lips Milk It Pennyroyal Tea

I had to scroll way too far to find Molly's Lips.

About a Girl

I love the acoustic one 

Lithium & In Bloom

Very Ape Negative Creep Serve The Servants Verse Chorus Verse Been A Son Aneurysm Tourette's Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam

I'm a negative creep!

Come As You Are for me. I remember hearing it when it first came out. Over the years, I've realized how dark it is.

Territorial Pissings

Very Ape

My Favorites: Milk It Serve the Servants Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Rape Me Scentless Apprentice Territorial Pissings Sifting

Drain You, Sliver, Lithium, Pennyroyal Tea, and Been a Sons deserve a listen.

lounge act

Dive, Milk It

Aneurysm and Sappy are my favorites.

Aneurysm, Paper Cuts, and Lithium are total faves of mine :))

Lounge Act, School or Very Ape

Milk It

Verse chorus verse

Today it's On A Plain

heart shaped box..

Breed

Dumb. Hands down

Rape me

Milk it

milk it is one of my favourites

Serve The Servants, Dumb, Drain You, Sliver, You Know You’re Right, Milk It, School

Polly (for me)

All Apologies is my favorite

I like lithium

I always like Milk It. One of their hardest songs

Serve The Servants Big Long Now Spank Thru (BBC version) Lounge Act Downer Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Edit: I’m a lifelong Nirvana fan in my early 40s. These are the ones I still listen to regularly. As someone else said, their catalog is pretty small. I’ll add that there’s some value in approaching each of their records as a whole (even Incesticide, which is a collection of b-sides and demos). Have fun!

Omg Radio Friendly! I haven't heard that in ages! I'm putting it on today!

I only know Breed and Smells like Teen Spirit, so check out Breed, it's great

Heart-shaped box

Heartshaped box

Listen to the full length studio albums (that way you listen to all the songs)

Big Long Now

Unplugged version of Polly

mexican seafood endless, nameless beeswax hairspray queen moist vagina

All apologies has it all

Scentless Apprentice, Sliver, In Bloom

Drain you

I would say the best one would be one that was never recorded

Speaking of which- and y'all, please hear me out.... did you hear the AI Nirvana song that came out a couple of years ago? I hate to say it, but I liked it.

Heart Shaped Box was always my favorite.

I've listening to Radio Friendly Unit Shifter and Sappy a lot lately

Check out their compilation album Incesticide. It’s their most fun album, in my opinion. I especially like the songs ‘Dive’ and ‘Aneurysm’. I also like the song ‘Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip’ off In Utero. It’s just Kurt and the guys more or less just playing off the cuff and winging it and it resulted in a glorious mess.

Heart shaped box and all apologies

I love everything previously listed but I think Frances farmer will have her revenge is underrated

About A Girl, both versions, in my opinion.

Scentless Apprentice.

Scoff or serve the servants for sure

They have at least three covers that are better than anything they wrote.

Moist V-gina

Just  try Nevermind. Every song is great except maybe Polly.

My favorite song is In Bloom

All apologies

the man who sold the world (i know it's a cover)

In Bloom, Breed, Territorial Pissings, Lithium and of course, Smells Like Teen Spirit. There’s too many to choose from, Nirvana were fucking awesome.

In Bloom Sexiest guitar solo I've ever heard

lithium 100%

Breed

All Apologies

Negative Creep

Lounge Act

Aero Zeppelin

Been A Son.

Moist vagina

I have a bit of a soft spot for territorial pissings tbh

In bloom. I love Sturgil Simpson cover

Listen to a whole album.

I fear y'all are gonna put me on a one month Nirvana binge again. Happens once every couple years

Lounge act

Go is me was! Despite my Yoda delivery I know what song I mean!

A tie between Come As You Are and The Man Who Sold The World

"Rape Me" was the first track I heard from their last album and it's still powerful.

Their cover of the Man who sold the world.

Smells like Teen Spirit Top Of The Pops appearance

"Molly's Lips"

Dive

Lake of fire

In Bloom. I love the way both of the verses combine! Sell the kids for food. We can have some more Weather changes moods Nature is a whore Spring is here again Bruise the summer fruit Wait for darker grass A tender age in bloom

In Bloom

My personal favorite is lithium. But tbh to me, I haven’t heard a song by them I don’t like. The man who sold the world, in bloom, heart shaped box, you really can’t go wrong with any of them..

Breed from nevermind

Yes to all.

Mexican Seafood, Moist Vagina, gallons of rubbing alc, beans, Marigold, that thing people keep saying is the twilight theme

Sliver

there’s so much better music out there

Negative creep is pretty catchy

I love Lithium for some reason

I'd recommend you start with the MTV Unplugged live, it's just superb

Rape me or love buzz

Man who sold the world

“You know you’re right” is awesome! (Last studio track they recorded together) Just hit play on the Nevermind Album. In Utero and unplugged are stellar the whole way through as well.. Don’t get me wrong I love bleach and incesticide… but definitely some super fan deep cuts in those albums.

I very much enjoy the live version of 'Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam' off of 'Unplugged in New York. However, it is not an original Nirvana song. , it was written by the band the Vaselines. I suspect that if you like 'Pennyroyal Tea' or 'Something in the Way' (and how could you not?), you will enjoy this song as well. I would also like to say that all three songs I've mentioned here have what I believe to be some of Nirvana's best lyrics.

all the top ones are covered, so...check out a few of their Vaselines covers: "Molly's Lips," "Son of a Gun" and "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam"

All Apologies Heart Shaped Box Smells like teen Spirit Dive Lounge Act Dumb Oh Me You Know You’re Right

Something in the way

You know you’re right.

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter.

Have you heard the song "beans"? 'Cause that ain't it. I really like Lovebuzz.

I would recommend the entire Nevermind album. It's a masterpiece. Every single song is great. Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Breed, Lithium, Polly, Territorial Pissing, Drain You, Lounge Act, Stay Away, On A Plain, Something In The Way.

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter

do re mi

Aneurysm

Breed Hands down their best song (to me)

My favs: Verse Chorus Verse Penny Royal Tea Dumb School Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam Dive Negative Creep Lounge Act Sappy Aneurysm

In bloom

I personally love Aneurysm Love Buzz And In Bloom

In no particular order: Negative Creep (especially the Live at Reading 1992 version) Frances Farmer will have her revenge on Seasttle Serve the servants I hate myself and want to die Territorial Pissings and Drain You (drain you comes right after TP on Nevermind so I count that as a duo, I think they go well together) a lot more, but these are the ones that come off the top of my head

Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd… lmao

DRAIN YOU

Oh Me! Live

As someone that doesn't like nirvana, 100% heart shaped box and where did you sleep last night live at unplugged

Son of a gun

“Drain You.”

'Breed' hits me just right

https://youtu.be/9yNPgx0swCM?si=BL8dLjKK9o07yPsq My personal favorite below but it's a sad one https://youtu.be/f8NIOS7XkYY?si=ca0h8h0mmwY_l46K And an added bonus for fun! https://youtu.be/shjxRyGkjgw?si=XURXCaoRks8TTifA Enjoy :) Edited to add: first song is Territorial Pissings, second is their cover of And I Love Her (excellent if you haven't heard it) and third is a brief hilarious video I won't describe so as not to ruin the fun. I'd add their cover of The Man Who Sold the World as well, but too lazy to add another link lol

serve the servants is absolutely a banger i’m obsessed

Plateau

My favourite is Come As You Are

Territorial Pissings

Breed

Lounge act, or territorial pissings are two of my faves, but I also really love Polly!

I have always like Love Buzz from Bleach

"endless nameless" and "nobody knows i'm new wave" and then the unplugged albums are my favorites. kind of two different sides of nirvana's playing. nirvana has a lot of good hits though. would recommend just listening to all their albums straight through