Rape Me (track)
by Nirvana
Year: 1993
From the album In Utero (track #4)
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Rape Me appears on the following album(s) by Nirvana:
- In Utero (track #4) (this album) (1993)
- With The Lights Out (track #44) (compilation) (2004)
- With The Lights Out (track #45) (compilation) (2004)
- Nirvana (track #11) (compilation) (2002)
- Singles (track #15) (compilation) (1995)
- Sliver: The Best Of The Box (track #17) (compilation) (2005)
- Sliver: The Best Of The Box (track #18) (compilation) (2005)
- Icon (track #8) (compilation) (2010)
- Live At The Paramount (track #17) (2019)
- Live And Loud (track #5) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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40/100  | 10/08/2025 02:40 |  II | | 70/100 |
75/100 | 09/22/2025 18:22 | bonnequestion | | 75/100 |
95/100 | 08/24/2025 11:00 | mash | | 92/100 |
90/100 | 08/04/2025 21:00 |  BroknsocialShawn | | 85/100 |
5/100 | 07/15/2025 12:07 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.8/100, a mean average of 86.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.0.
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Irony doesn't come across clearly in song. Cobain was disappointed that Polly and About a Girl were not understood. So he wrote this as a blatant anti rape song, but these base repetitive lyrics are still open to interpretation.
Also the opening and other parts of the track owe too much to 'Smells', for it to be considered anything other than a 'good' Nirvana standard.
The earlier comment on McDonald's is thought provoking but probably not correct. Site rules apply
Great song but makes me feel so sad for Kurt
Its about working at McDonalds
pjohnsongolf 09/29/2018 03:30
This is a classic! So amazing and raw
Nirvana by numbers
"let's take Smells and put it backwards nobody's gonna notice and if they do they'll cheer anyway"
fans exposed
well played sweet prince
Even my MOM loves this song.
Martini 10/20/2015 10:51
One of my favourite Nirvana songs.
Nirvana on autopilot.
I used to think this was the best song on the album, until I discovered Serve The Servants and Very Ape. Either way, this is one awesome song.
It's solid
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