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“All Apologies (Unplugged)” by Nirvana
“All Apologies (Unplugged)” by Nirvana appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1994 and 2004. Its best result is #37 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #153 alternative song of 1994 and #4,288 alternative song of all time.
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"All Apologies" is the Kurt Cobain song that closes the American edition of In Utero, Nirvana's third and final studio album, released on DGC in September 1993. This is the unplugged version, taped at the band's MTV Unplugged concert shortly before the studio take came out as a single that December.
There was no proper video. Cobain told MTV that December he hadn't bothered coming up with ideas because he'd been concentrating on touring, so the channel aired the Unplugged performance instead, and in February 1994 that version went out as a promotional single and drew heavy airplay. The song topped the Modern Rock chart, Nirvana's third to get there, picked up 2 Grammy nominations, and sits on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 37 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 106 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2004 | 56 | WBCN | WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) | 104 |
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