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Blew (EP)
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| EP by Nirvana | |||||
| Released | December 1989 | ||||
| Recorded | 1988-1989 | ||||
| Genre | Grunge | ||||
| Length | 11.32 | ||||
| Label | Sub Pop Tupelo (UK) |
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| Producer | Jack Endino, Steve Fisk | ||||
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"Blew" is the title of a song and an EP by the American grunge band Nirvana.
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The song was written in 1988 by the band's frontman Kurt Cobain. It initially appeared as the first track on Nirvana's debut album “Bleach”, released in June 1989.
The lyrics appear to concern entrapment and control (for example the lines "If you wouldn't mind, I would like to breathe"). It was performed regularly at Nirvana's concerts up until the death of Cobain in April 1994.
Unlike the other songs from the album, Blew is tuned to C. This was the only track recorded by Nirvana using this tuning. Later, on In Utero, they used a similar tuning on songs like Heart Shaped Box, which is tuned to C# (C sharp), half-step up from C.
The Blew EP was released in December 1989 on the Tupelo Records label. In addition to the song "Blew", it includes the songs "Love Buzz" (which also appears on Bleach and was released as Nirvana's first single), and two previously unreleased songs, "Been A Son" and "Stain".
It was released only in the United Kingdom and is thus difficult to obtain elsewhere. Only 3,000 copies of the EP were pressed on 12" vinyl record, but it was also released on CD. Both CD and vinyl counterfeit copies exist, of which the vinyl copies vary in colour (only fakes are coloured, the initial 3,000 ones were black).
Early live performances of the song "Blew" contain almost entirely different lyrics and can be found on various bootlegs. There are also numerous bootlegs featuring performances of the album version of "Blew". A live version of "Blew" (performed on November 25, 1991 in the Netherlands) appears on Nirvana's live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. Video footage of this same performance appears on the Nirvana DVD Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
- "Blew" (appeared on Bleach) – 2:54 (Kurt Cobain)
- "Love Buzz" (appeared on Bleach and released as Nirvana's first single) – 3:35 (Robbie van Leeuwen)
- "Been A Son" (previously unreleased, later appeared on Nirvana) – 2:23 (Cobain)
- "Stain" (previously unreleased, later appeared on Incesticide) – 2:40 (Cobain)
Note: a different version of "Been A Son" appears on the Incesticide album.
- Kurt Cobain – guitar, vocals
- Krist Novoselic – bass guitar
- Chad Channing – drums
- Jack Endino – producer
- Steve Fisk – producer
- Japanese musician Miyavi has covered the song.
- American Pop-punk band The Ergs! covered the song on their Blue EP. The EP contained an original, Blue on side A, and a cover of Blew on side B. The EP was only pressed onto blue vinyl.
- Northern Irish Alternative rock band Ash covered the song, releasing it on their Numbskull EP in 1999.
- Blew EP on Nirvanadiscography.com
- Live Nirvana Companion to Official Releases - Blew EP
- Live Nirvana Sessions History - September 1989