Nirvana was an American grunge band formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, with drummer Dave Grohl joining the band in 1990.
The band recorded three studio albums; Bleach, Nevermind and In Utero, with other songs available on live albums, compilations, extended plays (EPs), singles and reissues. Other songs have surfaced or are known to exist but have not been released officially.
| Indicates song not written or co-written by Kurt Cobain | |
| Indicates song released as a single | |
| Indicates song made by The Jury, a side project between Nirvana's Cobain and Novoselic and Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan and drummer Mark Pickerel[1] | |
| Writer(s) | Original release | Producer(s) | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "About a Girl" | Bleach | 1989 | [2] | ||
| "Aero Zeppelin" | Incesticide | 1992 | [3] | ||
| "Ain't It a Shame" | Traditional | With the Lights Out | 2004 | [4] | |
| "All Apologies" | In Utero | 1993 | [5] | ||
| "Aneurysm" | Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic | 1991 | |||
| "Anorexorcist" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Beans" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Been a Son" | | 1989 | [6] | ||
| "Beeswax" | Kill Rock Stars | 1991 | [7] | ||
| "Big Cheese" | Non-album single(B-side to "Love Buzz") | 1988 | [8] | ||
| "Big Long Now" | Incesticide | 1992 | |||
| "Big Me" | Dave Grohl | – | Unreleased | [9] | |
| "Blandest" | With the Lights Out | 2004 | |||
| "Blew" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Breed" (aka "Imodium") | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | [10] | |
| "Butterflies" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Chris w/Acoustic" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Clean Up Before She Comes" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Come as You Are" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Curmudgeon" | Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic | 1992 | [11] | ||
| "D-7" | Hormoaning | 1992 | [12] | ||
| "Dave w/Echoplex" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Dive" | Krist Novoselic | 1990 | [13] | ||
| "Do Re Mi" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Do You Love Me?" | 1990 | [14] | |||
| "Don't Want It All" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Downer" | Krist Novoselic | Bleach (1990 re-release) | 1990 | ||
| "Drain You" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Dumb" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "E.Coli" | Unknown | – | – | Unreleased | [15] [16] |
| "Endless, Nameless" | Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic | Nevermind (second pressing) | 1991 | ||
| "Escalator to Hell" | Unknown | – | – | Unreleased | [17] |
| "Even In His Youth" | Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic | 1991 | |||
| "Exhausted" | Dave Grohl | – | Unreleased | ||
| "February Stars" (originally titled "Dave/Acoustic + Voc") | Dave Grohl | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Floyd the Barber" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Forgotten Tune" | In Utero (2013 Super Deluxe edition) | 2013 | [18] | ||
| "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "French Abortion" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip" | Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic | In Utero | 1993 | [19] | |
| "Grey Goose" | Traditional | With the Lights Out | 2004 | ||
| "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" | – | – | Unreleased | [20] | |
| "Hairspray Queen" | | Incesticide | 1992 | ||
| "Heart-Shaped Box" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Heartbreaker" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Here She Comes Now" | 1991 | ||||
| "Help Me I'm Hungry" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" | 1993 | [21] | |||
| "If You Must" | With the Lights Out | 2004 | |||
| "Immigrant Song" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "In Bloom" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Jam" | In Utero (2013 Super Deluxe edition) | 2013 | [22] | ||
| "Jam After Dinner" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" | MTV Unplugged in New York | Scott Litt Nirvana | 1994 | [23] | |
| "Lake of Fire" | MTV Unplugged in New York | Scott Litt Nirvana | 1994 | ||
| Unknown | – | – | Unreleased | [24] | |
| "Lithium" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Lounge Act" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Love Buzz" | Bleach | 1988 | |||
| "Lullaby" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | [25] | |
| | MTV Unplugged in New York | Scott Litt Nirvana | 1994 | ||
| "Marigold" | 1993 | ||||
| "Mexican Seafood" | Teriyaki Asthma Volume 1 | 1989 | |||
| "Milk It" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Raunchola / Moby Dick" | John Paul Jones Jimmy Page | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | |
| "Moist Vagina" | 1993 | [26] | |||
| "Molly's Lips" | 1991 | ||||
| Live at Reading | Nirvana | 2009 | [27] [28] | ||
| "More Than a Feeling" | Live at Reading (DVD version) | Nirvana | 2009 | [29] | |
| "Mr. Moustache" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Mrs. Butterworth" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "My Best Friend's Girl" | Live and Loud | – | 2013 | [30] | |
| "Negative Creep" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "New Beat / In Cars" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "New Wave Groove" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Oh, Me" | MTV Unplugged in New York | Scott Litt Nirvana | 1994 | ||
| "Oh, the Guilt" | 1992 | [31] | |||
| "Old Age" | With the Lights Out | 2004 | |||
| "On a Plain" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Onward Into Countless Battles" | Johnny Hedlund (Unleashed cover) | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Opinion" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| With the Lights Out | 2004 | [32] | |||
| "Paper Cuts" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Pen Cap Chew" | With the Lights Out | 2004 | |||
| "Pennyroyal Tea" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Plateau" | MTV Unplugged in New York | Scott Litt Nirvana | 1994 | ||
| "Polly" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Rape Me" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Run Rabbit Run" | Manchuria, Claude | – | – | Unreleased | [33] |
| "Return of the Rat" | Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers | 1992 | [34] | ||
| "Sappy" | No Alternative | 1993 | |||
| "Scentless Apprentice" | Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic | In Utero | 1993 | ||
| "School" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Scoff" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Seasons in the Sun" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Serve the Servants" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Should I Stay or Should I Go" | – | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Sifting" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Skid Mark" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Sliver" | Krist Novoselic | 1990 | |||
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | |
| "Something in the Way" | Mark Lanegan | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | [35] |
| "Son of a Gun" | Hormoaning | 1992 | |||
| "Song in D" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | [36] | |
| "Spank Thru" | Sub Pop 200 | 1988 | [37] | ||
| "Stain" | | 1989 | |||
| "Stay Away" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "Swap Meet" | Bleach | 1989 | |||
| "Talk to Me" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | ||
| "Territorial Pissings" | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | ||
| "They Hung Him on a Cross" | Traditional | With the Lights Out | 2004 | ||
| "Thrash Tune" | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| "Token Eastern Song" | With the Lights Out | 2004 | |||
| "Tourette's" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Turnaround" | Hormoaning | 1992 | |||
| "Verse Chorus Verse" | With the Lights Out | 2004 | |||
| "Very Ape" | In Utero | 1993 | |||
| "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" | Traditional | MTV Unplugged in New York | Scott Litt Nirvana | 1994 | |
| "White Lace and Strange" | With the Lights Out | – | 2004 | [38] | |
| "You Know You're Right" | Nirvana | 2002 | [39] | ||
| Untitled (Nicknamed "Dave Solo") | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| Untitled | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| Untitled | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||
| Untitled | Unknown | – | Unreleased | ||