Song · Nirvana
“About A Girl (Live)” by Nirvana
From the album Bleach (1989)
“About A Girl (Live)” by Nirvana appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2022. It was first released in 1989 on the album Bleach. Its best result is #327 on the 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,875 alternative song of all time.
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Kurt Cobain wrote "About a Girl" for Bleach, Nirvana's 1989 debut, and it's often counted among his strongest, most melodic early songs, a pop tune hiding in plain sight. He wrote it about his girlfriend of the time, who never heard that from him; she only found out years later, reading Michael Azerrad's 1993 band biography, Come As You Are.
The song got its second life live. The acoustic version Nirvana played at their MTV Unplugged taping in November 1993 came out in October 1994 as the single promoting MTV Unplugged in New York, the band's first since Cobain's death that April, and it went to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and 22 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 492 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2005 | 327 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2022 | 808 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
Also listed as: About a Girl (Live); About a Girl (live).
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