All Apologies

1993 · via Nirvana

Nirvana’s 1993 recording of “All Apologies” is the earliest release on file. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Benjamin Gibbard (released 2007), Herbie Hancock (released 1996) and Sinéad O’Connor (released 1994), among 285 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It appears on the live album Unplugged in New York (1994).

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Herbie Hancock cut "All Apologies" in 1996, a couple of years after Sinéad O’Connor got to it. Play Nirvana's first, then hear how much room that song turns out to have.

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Credited writer: Kurt Cobain.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1993.

On the live album Unplugged in New York (1994).

Other recordings on file · first release year

Sinéad O’Connor1994
Herbie Hancock1996
Rachel Barton Pine1998
Whistler1999
The Artist Formerly Known as Ponce2000
Placebo2003
Kathryn Williams2004
Benjamin Gibbard2007
Gov’t Mule2012
Magoo2025

285 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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