Heart Shaped Box Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Heart Shaped Box | ||
|---|---|---|
| single by Nirvana | ||
| Released | 1993 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 11 min 04 sec
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| Record label | DGC | |
| Producer | Butch Vig | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 3 stars out of 5 | link |
| Nirvana Singles | ||
| Lithium | Heart Shaped Box | About a Girl |
"Heart Shaped Box" is the title of a hit song by the band Nirvana. It was the only single from their 1993 album In Utero; "All Apologies" was also from the same album, but was released in acoustic form as a single for the later album MTV Unplugged in New York. Though later singles such as "All Apologies", "Aneurysm", and "You Know You're Right" were also successful, all those were released after the break up of the band. Thus, "Heart Shaped Box" was the last hit single during the band's existence.
What the song is about is debatable. Nirvana songwriter and frontman Kurt Cobain claimed that the song was inspired by a television report about children suffering from cancer. However, it is believed by many that the song was about Cobain's shaky relationship with his wife Courtney Love. Love had reportedly once given Cobain a heart shaped box as a gift, which may have inspired the title. The songs lyrics do tend towards this latter interpretation, since they concern themselves with an unstable relationship between two individuals.
The song would later appear on two other albums by Nirvana: their live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah and their greatest hits album Nirvana.
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Chart positions
1993 Heart-Shaped Box Modern Rock Tracks No. 1
1993 Heart-Shaped Box Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 4