School (Nirvana song)
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| "School" | |
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| Song by Nirvana | |
| from the album Bleach | |
| Released | June 15, 1989 |
| Recorded | December 1988 |
| Studio | Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington |
| Genre | Grunge |
| Length | 2:42 |
| Label | Sub Pop |
| Songwriter(s) | Kurt Cobain |
| Producer(s) | Jack Endino |
| Bleach track listing | |
11 tracks
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"School" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It appears as the fourth track on their debut album Bleach, released in June 1989.
Composition[edit]
Music[edit]
"School" is an alternative rock song that runs for a duration of two minutes and forty-two seconds.[1] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by BMG Rights Management, it is written in the time signature of common time with a moderately fast rock tempo of 116 beats per minute.[1] "School" is composed in the key of E minor, while Cobain's vocal range spans from a low of D4 to a high of B5.[1]
Lyrics[edit]
In Michael Azerrad's Nirvana biography Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, the song was written as a critique of the Seattle music scene at the time, particularly Sub Pop.[2][3] He compared the expectations to conform to the grunge style heavily favored by Sub Pop and the contemporary Seattle music scene to his time in high school.[4] In an unpublished interview with Jon Savage for Guitar World in July 1993, Cobain described himself as a "scapegoat" during his high school years because of his social isolation. "I was so antisocial that I felt insane. I felt so different and so crazy that people just left me alone. I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had voted me 'most likely to kill everyone at a high school dance.'"[5][6]
Cobain later purportedly stated that the song "was a joke at first, and then it turned out to be a great song."[4]
Reception[edit]
Though "School" was never released as a single, it received generally positive reviews from critics. Writing for BBC in a 2007 retrospective review for Bleach, Anthony Leaver called the song "the classic example of minimalist grunge, with just four lines hidden under a filthy base."[7] NME wrote in a 2015 article on the album, "'School' looms into life on a wave of murky feedback and then erupts in a rudimentary-yet-blistering riff: sonically and lyrically it's as simple as they come, but there’s something about that scabrous bellyaching that perfectly sums up a desire to kick against the pricks and their bitchy, adolescent cliques."[8] Conversely, A.J. Ramirez of PopMatters criticized the song, believing it to be repetitive.[9]
Accolades[edit]
| Year | Publication | Title | Country | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Guardian | Nirvana's 20 greatest songs - ranked![10] | United Kingdom | 13 |
| Rolling Stone | No Apologies: All 102 Nirvana Songs Ranked[11] | United States | 16 | |
| 2021 | Kerrang! | The 20 greatest Nirvana songs – ranked[12] | 9 |
Live performances[edit]
According to Setlist.fm, "School" is Nirvana's most-played live song with 291 performances.[13] The earliest known performance of the song took place on October 30, 1988 at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.[14][15] "School" was performed for the last time live at Nirvana's final concert at Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany on March 1, 1994.
Officially released live performances of the song appear on Live at the Paramount, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, Live at Reading, and Live and Loud.
Other releases[edit]
An early rehearsal of the song, recorded at the home of bassist Krist Novoselic's mother in Aberdeen, Washington, is included on disc three of the band's 2004 compilation box set With the Lights Out.
Personnel[edit]
Nirvana
- Kurt Cobain – vocals, guitar
- Krist Novoselic – bass
- Chad Channing – drums
Technical
- Jack Endino – producer
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kurt, Cobain; Nirvana (2013-11-04). "School". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ Azerrad, Michael (1994). Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. Crown. p. 100. ISBN 9780307833730. Search this book on
- ↑ "Nirvana - the story of every album track". NME. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Nirvana: The stories behind every song on Bleach". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "[NFC: The Internet Nirvana Fan Club]". www.nirvanaclub.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "The Lost Interview – Guitar World". Kurt Cobain. 1993-07-23. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ Leaver, Anthony. "BBC - Music - Review of Nirvana - Bleach". BBC. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Why Nirvana's 'Bleach' Doesn't Deserve To Sit In The Shadow Of Its Massive Follow-Up Albums". NME. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Nirvana: Bleach, PopMatters". PopMatters. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ Petridis, Alexis (20 June 2019). "Nirvana's 20 greatest songs - ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ Wolk, Douglas; Grow, Kory; Bienstock, Richard; Kreps, Daniel; Mallon, Tom; Currin, Grayson Haver; Weingarten, Christopher R.; Murray, Nick; Gross, Joe (2019-04-05). "No Apologies: All 102 Nirvana Songs Ranked". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "The 20 greatest Nirvana songs – ranked". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Nirvana Tour Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "School" - Nirvana (Earliest Known Video) [Remastered]. Retrieved 2022-05-20 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Nirvana School First live performance 10/30/88 Dorm K208, Olympia. Retrieved 2022-05-20 – via YouTube.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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