Song · Nirvana
“Stay Away” by Nirvana
From the album Nevermind (1991)
“Stay Away” by Nirvana appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2007. It was first released in 1991 on the album Nevermind. Its best result is #393 on the KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007).
Kurt Cobain wrote "Stay Away" on his own, words and music, for Nevermind, the second Nirvana album, which DGC released on September 24, 1991. It's the bare trio and nothing else: Cobain on guitar and lead vocal, Krist Novoselic on bass, Dave Grohl on drums, with the other two chipping in on backing vocals. Nevermind was the first Nirvana record with Grohl behind the kit.
Butch Vig produced it with the band and shared the engineering with them, with James Johnson and Jeff Sheehan assisting, and Andy Wallace mixed it. Vig's production gave Nevermind a cleaner, more radio-ready sheen than anything the band had done before, and the sessions ran through May and June 1991 at Sound City in Van Nuys and Smart Studios in Madison.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 393 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
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