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History

• The original studio version of the song featured as a B-side to the band's first hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in 1991 and also the 1992 tour EP Hormoaning. This version also appeared on the 2004 box set With the Lights Out.

• A second studio version recorded for the BBC radio program Evening Session and produced by Miti Adhikari appeared on the band's 1992 album Incesticide.

• Pieces of two live performances (One from 1991.11.25 - Amsterdam, Holland, and one from 1993.01.23, Hollywood Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) were put together on the 1994 home video Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!. This footage was released as a promo video in 1996 for promotion of From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. There is also a variation promo video which just shows the entire Aneurysm performance from Amsterdam instead.

• Another different live performance, recorded at Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA, USA on 28th December 1991 appeared on the band's 1996 live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. When the album was released in 1996, promo singles of the song were released for radio air play.

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Chart Positions

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Accolades

• Ranked #7 in NME's "Top 20 Nirvana Songs" (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

External links

• http://www.livenirvana.com/digitalnirvana/discography/nirvana/aneurysm_promo_vhs.html
• http://www.livenirvana.com/digitalnirvana/discography/nirvana/pro-cd-1033_usa.html