Rape Me (track)
by Nirvana
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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| ! | 25 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | 176,303 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2026 03:35 | Davidmain | 90 | 96/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 18:20 |  HoldenM | 10,125 | 90/100 |
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"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 (Edited)
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/20/2012 14:33 | #40563
One of their best and most underrated songs. (Edited)
I remember watching the MTV awards when they started playing this song.
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 (Edited)
