Song artist 323 - Nirvana

This page lists the song chart entries of Nirvana.A list of the hit albums by Nirvana is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

An American rock band that was formed in 1987. The band consisted of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and a succession of drummers, the longest lasting being Dave Grohl. Despite the fact that the band ceased to exist in 1994 (with the death of Cobain) it continues to have a major influence.

There was also a British band (formed in 1965) called by exactly the same name. The song Pentecost Hotel was, of course by this Nirvana rather than the more famous one.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	1992	Holland free40 1 of 1991, Belgium 1 - Dec 1991 (16 weeks), New Zealand 1 for 1 week - Feb 1992, Spain 1 for 1 week - Apr 1992, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017 (1991), nuTsie 1 of 1990s, Sweden 2 - Jan 1992 (7 weeks), Norway 2 - Jan 1992 (10 weeks), Poland 2 - Jan 1992 (21 weeks), Germany 2 - Jan 1992 (4 months), ODK Germany 2 - Jan 1992 (27 weeks) (12 weeks in top 10), MTV Video of the year 1992 (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1992), Japan (Tokyo) 3 - Jan 1992 (24 weeks), Holland 3 - Nov 1991 (15 weeks), Acclaimed 4 (1991), Scrobulate 5 of rock, US Billboard 6 - Dec 1991 (19 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Feb 1992 (16 weeks), Europe 6 of the 1990s (1991), POP 6 of 1992, UK 7 - Nov 1991 (12 weeks), Belgium 7 of all time, 7 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 9, Japan (Osaku) 10 of 1992 (peak 2 26 weeks), France 10 - Dec 1991 (1 week), Austria 11 - Feb 1992 (3 months), Vinyl Surrender 12 (1991), Virgin 16, Poland 23 of all time, US CashBox 27 of 1992, DMDB 27 (1991), Brazil 29 of 1992, Italy 29 of 1992, US BB 32 of 1992, ARC 44 of 1992 (peak 4 15 weeks), WXPN 53, France (InfoDisc) 61 of the 1990s (peak 1, 28 weeks, 356k sales estimated, 1992), Canada 79 of 1992, RIAA 80, US Radio 88 of 1992 (peak 9 5 weeks), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 100 - Jan 2013 (1 week), Germany 152 of the 1990s (peak 2 14 weeks), TheQ 321, OzNet 900, RYM 3 of 1991, Guardian Rock 85, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1991, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500, UK most streamed for 1991
2	Nirvana	Come As You Are	1992	Holland free40 3 of 1992, Sweden 7 - Mar 1992 (4 weeks), POP 8 of 1992, UK 9 - Mar 1992 (5 weeks), Poland 9 - Jan 1992 (14 weeks), France 10 - Apr 1992 (1 week), Belgium 12 - Mar 1992 (7 weeks), Holland 14 - Mar 1992 (6 weeks), Scrobulate 18 of rock, Switzerland 21 - Mar 1992 (10 weeks), ODK Germany 22 - Mar 1992 (11 weeks), nuTsie 29 of 1990s, US Billboard 32 - Mar 1992 (18 weeks), Poland 53 of all time, Italy 62 of 1992, Japan (Tokyo) 73 - Mar 1992 (3 weeks), US Radio 144 of 1992 (peak 20 2 weeks), Belgium 173 of all time, Rolling Stone 445, Acclaimed 716 (1991), RYM 9 of 1992
3	Nirvana	About a girl	1994	Spain 1 for 1 week - Jan 1995, Poland 3 - Dec 1994 (12 weeks), Sweden 4 - Nov 1994 (12 weeks), Belgium 12 - Nov 1994 (5 weeks), Holland 26 - Nov 1994 (4 weeks), Holland free40 32 of 1994, Japan (Tokyo) 44 - Nov 1994 (4 weeks), POP 71 of 1994, Scrobulate 87 of favorite songs, Canada 88 of 1995, Belgium 236 of all time, Acclaimed 775 (1989), RYM 28 of 1994
4	Nirvana	Heart-Shaped Box	1993	MTV Video of the year 1994 (Nominated), UK 5 - Sep 1993 (5 weeks), Sweden 8 - Sep 1993 (4 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 12 - Oct 1993 (5 weeks), Poland 13 - Sep 1993 (11 weeks), Holland free40 15 of 1993, Belgium 18 - Sep 1993 (6 weeks), Holland 32 - Sep 1993 (3 weeks), Scrobulate 50 of favorites, Acclaimed 298 (1993), RYM 1 of 1993
5	Nirvana	Lithium	1992	Finland 1 for 1 week - Jul 1992, Sweden 4 - Aug 1992 (6 weeks), Holland free40 6 of 1992, Poland 9 - Jul 1992 (10 weeks), UK 11 - Jul 1992 (6 weeks), Holland 16 - Aug 1992 (5 weeks), POP 16 of 1992, Belgium 18 - Aug 1992 (5 weeks), US Billboard 64 - Aug 1992 (9 weeks), Scrobulate 73 of rock, Italy 97 of 1992, Belgium 111 of all time, Acclaimed 1045 (1991), RYM 7 of 1992
6	Nirvana	All Apologies	1993	Poland 2 - Apr 1994 (15 weeks), Holland free40 9 of 1993, POP 23 of 1994, UK 32 - Dec 1993 (5 weeks), Scrobulate 88 of alternative, nuTsie 96 of 1990s, Belgium 184 of all time, Rolling Stone 455, Acclaimed 750 (1993), RYM 2 of 1993
7	Nirvana	In Bloom	1992	Sweden 15 - Dec 1992 (4 weeks), Poland 15 - Jan 1993 (8 weeks), UK 28 - Dec 1992 (7 weeks), Scrobulate 93 of 90s, WXPN 114, Rolling Stone 407, Acclaimed 1242 (1991), RYM 23 of 1992
8	Nirvana	The Man Who Sold the World	1995	Poland 1 - Mar 1995 (15 weeks), Spain 1 for 1 week - Apr 1995, Belgium 24 - Mar 1995 (1 week), Holland free40 34 of 1995, Scrobulate 87 of alternative, WXPN 473
9	Nirvana	You know you're right	2002	Japan (Tokyo) 11 - Oct 2002 (13 weeks), Poland 13 - Nov 2002 (8 weeks), Holland free40 15 of 2002, US Billboard 45 - Oct 2002 (20 weeks), Acclaimed 2494 (2002), RYM 4 of 2002
10	Nirvana	Sliver	1990	Peel list 2 of 1990, Scrobulate 45 of my music, UK 90 - Feb 1991 (1 week), RYM 10 of 1990
11	Nirvana	Rape Me	1993	Holland free40 9 of 1993, Sweden 13 - Jan 1994 (5 weeks), Belgium 30 - Feb 1994 (1 week), Scrobulate 48 of rock, RYM 2 of 1993
12	Nirvana	Aneurysm	1996	Japan (Tokyo) 13 - Oct 1996 (5 weeks), Poland 17 - Oct 1996 (11 weeks)
13	Nirvana	Something in the Way	2022	Scrobulate 22 of melancholy, US Songs 2014-23 peak 46 - Mar 2022 (1 week), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 76 - Mar 2022 (1 week)
14	Nirvana	Love Buzz	1988	RYM 15 of 1988, Guardian Indie 63
15	Nirvana	Rainbow Chaser	1968	UK 34 - May 1968 (6 weeks)
16	Nirvana	Pentecost Hotel	1968	Australia Goset 39 - Jan 1968 (1 week)
17	Nirvana	Marigold	1993	RYM 1 of 1993
18	Nirvana	I Hate Myself & I Want to Die	1994	RYM 25 of 1994
19	Nirvana	Penny Royal Tea	1994	RYM 25 of 1994
20	Nirvana	Oh the Guilt	1993	RYM 17 of 1993
21	Nirvana	Curmudgeon	1992	RYM 7 of 1992
22	Nirvana	Been a son	1992	RYM 7 of 1992
23	Nirvana	Dive	1990	RYM 10 of 1990
24	Nirvana	Drain you	unknown	Scrobulate 20 of american
25	Nirvana	Lounge Act	unknown	Scrobulate 37 of amazing
26	Nirvana	Where did you sleep last night	unknown	Scrobulate 41 of favourites
27	Nirvana	Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam	unknown	Scrobulate 58 of acoustic
28	Nirvana	Lake of Fire	unknown	Scrobulate 68 of acoustic
29	Nirvana	Oh, Me	unknown	Scrobulate 75 of melancholy
30	Nirvana	Dumb	unknown	Scrobulate 86 of favorite songs

In addition to the above listed songs Nirvana also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Jesus Lizard & Nirvana	Puss/Oh The Guilt	1993	UK 12 - Mar 1993 (2 weeks)

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19 Aug 2022

nirvana

The 1960s British group Nirvana single 'Rainbow chaser' is supposed to havetopped the Danish charts. Additionally, I have read that their singles 'Tiny goddess' and 'Pentecost hotel' were small hits (bubbling under the top 50) in Britain.

3 Feb 2010

wrong Nirvana!

Need to take Pentecost Hotel off, that was a 1960s band that shared the same band name as the 90s band, but not the same band!

You are of course correct. It was the only minor hit for a British band of the 1960s.

Since we keep a complete record of all chart entries we can't just remove the song. So we have added a note to the top of the page that explains the situation.