Blew

Blew
EP by
ReleasedNovember 1989 (1989-11)[1]
RecordedJune/December 1988 (side one)
September 1989 (side two)[2]
GenreGrunge,[3] garage rock[4]
Length11:32
LabelTupelo
ProducerJack Endino, Steve Fisk
Nirvana chronology
Bleach
(1989)
Blew
(1989)
Nevermind
(1991)
"Blew"
Single by Nirvana
from the album Bleach
ReleasedJune 1989 (1989-06)
RecordedJune/November 1988
StudioReciprocal Recordings in Seattle, Washington
Genre
Length2:56
LabelSub Pop
Songwriter(s)Kurt Cobain
Producer(s)Jack Endino
Nirvana singles chronology
"Love Buzz"
(1988)
"Blew"
(1989)
"Sliver"
(1990)
Bleach track listing
11 tracks
  1. "Blew"
  2. "Floyd the Barber"
  3. "About a Girl"
  4. "School"
  5. "Love Buzz"
  6. "Paper Cuts"
  7. "Negative Creep"
  8. "Scoff"
  9. "Swap Meet"
  10. "Mr. Moustache"
  11. "Sifting"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

"Blew" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the first song on the band's debut album Bleach, released in June 1989 by Sub Pop.

The song was re-released on Tupelo Records as the title track of a four-song EP in the United Kingdom on November 1989, where it charted at number 15 on the UK Indie Singles chart.[6][7]

  1. ^ Borzillo-Vrenna, Carrie (2003). Nirvana - The Day to Day Illustrated Journals (1st ed.). Barnes & Noble. p. 49. ISBN 0-7607-4893-4.
  2. ^ Gaar, Gillan (2012). Entertain Us (1st ed.). Jawbone. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-906002-89-3.
  3. ^ Danaher, Michael (August 4, 2014). "The 50 Best Grunge Songs". Paste. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Gerard, Chris (April 6, 2021). "The 100 Best Alternative Singles of the 1980s: 80 - 61". PopMatters. p. 2. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "Nirvana: Blew EP". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 978-0-9517206-9-1. OCLC 38292499. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Charts - Indie Singles". Melody Maker. MRIB. November 18, 1989. p. 35. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

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