"All Apologies"
Single by Nirvana
from the album In Utero
B-side(s)	"Moist Vagina"
Released	December 1993
Format	???
Recorded	at Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, February, 1993
Genre	Grunge
Length	3 min 50 s
Label	DGC
Producer(s)	Steve Albini
Peak chart positions
#1 Modern Rock (US) #32 (UK) #20 (FRA) #20 (IRE)
Nirvana singles chronology
"Heart-Shaped Box" (1993) "All Apologies/Rape Me" (1993) "Pennyroyal Tea" (1994)
In Utero track listing
"tourette's" (11)	"All Apologies" (12)	("Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip") (12 - hidden track, only European pressings)

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All Apologies was included on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

History

Usually seen as a swan song of sorts, "All Apologies" was actually written in 1990, four years before the death of its author, Kurt Cobain, and the subsequent dissolution of Nirvana. A swan song is a reference to an ancient and false belief that the occasional Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is completely mute during its lifespan, but may sing one heartbreakingly beautiful song just before it dies. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ...

The earliest known studio version of the song was recorded on January 1, 1991 by Craig Montgomery in Seattle, Washington. The song's lyrics and arrangement were refined several times over the next two years, with no two pre-In Utero live renditions sounding alike. The earliest versions of the song, including the 1991 studio version, even feature an additional verse and chorus. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... “Seattle” redirects here. ...

The In Utero version was recorded in February 1993 by Steve Albini in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. It features Kera Schaley on cello. It was remixed, along with "Heart-Shaped Box" and later "Pennyroyal Tea," by Scott Litt prior to the album's release, mostly because the band believed the vocals and bass were not loud enough in the original mixes. [1] Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Pasadena, California) is an influential singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. ... Cannon Falls is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. ... The violoncello, usually abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as in the ch of check), is a bowed stringed instrument, the lowest-sounding member of the violin family. ... Heart-Shaped Box is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. ... This article is about the Nirvana song; for the herb, see Pennyroyal. ... Scott Litt is an American record producer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock genre and is probably best known for producing six R.E.M. albums (Document, 1987; Green, 1988; Out of Time, 1991; Automatic for the People, 1992; Monster, 1994; and New Adventures in Hi-Fi...

"All Apologies" was released alongside "Rape Me" as the In Utero's second single, but since an accompanying music video was never made (as protest for the way that the group's label refused to allow them to film a video for "Rape Me"), it was promoted on MTV using footage from the band's then-recent MTV Unplugged performance. Rape Me is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. ... MTV Unplugged is a series showcasing popular musical artists playing acoustic instruments. ...

The Unplugged version, which features Lori Goldston on cello, appears on the band's 1994 album MTV Unplugged in New York. This version was also included on their 2002 "best-of" compilation album, Nirvana. MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Nirvana is a best-of compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ...

An acoustic demo appears on the band's rareties box set, With the Lights Out released in 2004 and on the compilation album, Sliver: The Best of the Box released in 2005 . It is believed to have been recorded sometime in 1991 or 1992. [2] A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. ... A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is one or more musical recordings, films, television programs, or other collection of related things that are contained in a box. ... With the Lights Out is a box set, containing 3 CDs and 1 DVD, from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Meaning

Like many Nirvana songs, "All Apologies" is defined not so much by a specific meaning as by the mood and atmosphere it communicates.

The aforementioned January 1991 studio version of the song features an upbeat arrangement and even a tambourine, suggesting that at first, Cobain saw it as simply a catchy pop song. By the time it was recorded for In Utero, however, the song had adopted a darker tone, giving a certain finality to lyrics such as the chorus refrain of "In the sun I feel as one - married/ buried." The tambourine, also known as the Marine, is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a a wooden or plastic frame with pairs of small metal jingles. ... Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub-genre of it. ...

Still, even the final version of the song ends on what can be considered an uplifting note, with the chanted refrain of "All in all is all we all are" sung over the song's feedback-laden guitar riff in a manner reminiscent of the "Jai Guru Deva" mantra which closes The Beatles' "Across the Universe." Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... Jai Guru Deva Om is a short Sanskrit phrase which appears in the songs Across the Universe from The Beatles and All This Is That from The Beach Boys. ... In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of devotion. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Across the Universe is a song by The Beatles that first appeared as a charity release in December 1969, and later, in modified form, on their final album, Let It Be. ...

Cobain dedicated "All Apologies" to his wife Courtney Love and daughter Frances Bean during Nirvana's appearance at the Reading Festival in 1992. Courtney Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... Frances Bean Cobain (born August 18, 1992) is the only daughter and child of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love. ... The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Covers

"All Apologies" has been covered by the following artists:

• Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor (on Universal Mother)
• American jazz musician Herbie Hancock
• Canadian punk rock band D.O.A.
• American Christian rock band dc Talk
• British rock band Placebo
• American punk band Finch
• French band Aston Villa
• British singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams
• British band Coldplay.
• American alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin.
• Pop-punk band Yellowcard
• Indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie's lead singer Benjamin Gibbard

The dc Talk version replaces the lyric "Everyone is gay" with "Jesus is the way." Versions of the song are performed in a wide variety of genres. For example, namely the one recorded by D.O.A., are played very fast-paced and sung very loud, making it sound more like late-1990's punk/rock. Sinéad Marie Bernadette OConnor (born December 8, 1966) is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. ... Universal Mother is the fourth album by Irish singer Sinéad OConnor. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... D.O.A. is a hardcore punk band from Vancouver. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Finch was an American rock band from Temecula, California. ... Aston Villa are a French musical group. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Kathryn Williams. ... Coldplay are an English rock band. ... Breaking Benjamin is an American alternative metal band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Death Cab for Cutie is an American band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. ... Image:Bengibbard2 large. ... DOA has several meanings; did you mean: Dead on arrival D.O.A. (1950 movie) D.O.A. (punk band) Dead or Alive (video game series) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Trivia

• "All Apologies" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1995, but lost to Aerosmith's "Crazy."
• "All Apologies", both the version from In Utero and Unplugged in New York, were featured in the Six Feet Under episode "All Alone".
• "All Apologies" went under several titles including "LaLaLa - Alternateen Anthem," and finally "All Apologies."
• "All Apologies" is also the name of a Nirvana tribute album released on May 10, 2006. The album includes covers of Nirvana songs performed by 13 Japanese rock bands, including miyavi, B-DASH, and others. The title track is performed by LUNKHEAD.

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Track listing

The following songs appear on the single:

1. A. "All Apologies" (Cobain) - 3:50
2. A. "Rape Me" (Cobain) - 2:49
3. B. "Moist Vagina" (Cobain) - 3:34

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Chart Positions

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Accolades

• Ranked #3 in NME's "Top 20 Nirvana Songs" (2004)
• Ranked #1 in Q's "10 Greatest Nirvana Songs Ever" (2004)
• Ranked #455 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (2004)

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References

• Azerrad, Michael. Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, Doubleday, New York: 1993, ISBN 0-86369-746-1
• Dark Side Of The Womb: Part 1 by the Stud Brothers, Melody Maker, August 1993