Drain You

"Drain You"
B-side label
Song by Nirvana
from the album Nevermind
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1991
RecordedMay 1991[1] at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California
GenreGrunge,
Length3:43
LabelDGC Records
Songwriter(s)Kurt Cobain
Producer(s)
Nevermind track listing
13 tracks
  1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
  2. "In Bloom"
  3. "Come as You Are"
  4. "Breed"
  5. "Lithium"
  6. "Polly"
  7. "Territorial Pissings"
  8. "Drain You"
  9. "Lounge Act"
  10. "Stay Away"
  11. "On a Plain"
  12. "Something in the Way"
  13. "Endless, Nameless"
"Drain You"
"Drain You" promo single for the album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
Promotional single by Nirvana
from the album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
Released1996
RecordedDel Mar, California, December 28, 1991
Genre
Length3:34
LabelDGC Records
Songwriter(s)Kurt Cobain
Producer(s)
Nirvana singles chronology
"Aneurysm"
(1996) 		"Drain You"
(1996) 		"You Know You're Right"
(2002)

"Drain You" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist, Kurt Cobain. It is the eighth track on their second album, Nevermind, released in September 1991. The song was released as a promotional single in late 1991, and also appeared as a b-side on UK retail editions of the first single from that album, "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

A live version, recorded on December 28, 1991, at Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, was released as the second promotional single from the live compilation, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, in 1996. This version peaked at number 44 on the Radio & Records US Alternative Top 50 chart.[5]

In a 1993 Rolling Stone, Cobain cited "Drain You" as one of his favorite songs he had written, saying that it was "definitely as good as" their most popular song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit."[6]

  1. ^ "This Day in Music Spotlight: Nirvana Begins Recording 'Nevermind'". .gibson.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Beta, Andy (June 19, 2019). "Every Nirvana Song, Ranked". Vulture. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Ygelsias, Matthew. "The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist". The Atlantic.
  4. ^ Nevermind (CD liner notes). Nirvana. DGC. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Alternative Top 50" (PDF). Radio & Records. Radio & Records. December 20, 1996. p. 84. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  6. ^ Fricke, David (27 January 1994). "Kurt Cobain, The Rolling Stone Interview: Success Doesn't Suck". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 July 2024.