After Cobain's death, Sub Pop records approached G. The lyrics "Comeĭoused in mud, soaked in bleach" speak directly to a Seattle-area HIV prevention campaign from the time period encouraging addicts to sterilize their needles with bleach before using them with the tagline "If doused in mud, soak in bleach", and "As a friend, as a trend, as a known enemy", for some, was further allegory of addiction to the drug. Many have speculated the song to be about heroin, which Cobain was struggling with at the time of writing and recording. Problems playing this file? See media help. It's not trying to show off pyrotechnics. "This one is more of a melodic part based on the vocal melody. "Kurt really did not play a lot of solos," Vig said. The song features one of Cobain's longest guitar solos. The shift in dynamics is a technique Nirvana used on many of its songs. Once the band reaches the chorus, the song reaches full volume. He is joined by the rest of the band for the first verse, which is moody and subdued. Cobain used an Electro-Harmonix Small Clone guitar chorus pedal to give his instrument a "watery" or "echoey" tone during the verses and pre-choruses and as a result of which, the pedal has been associated with the song ever since. It begins with Cobain playing an unaccompanied guitar riff for eight seconds. The song alternates between the chords of E 5 and D 5 during the verses and E sus4 and G in the pre-chorus, while at the refrain it changes to the chord progression of A–C 5. "Come as You Are" is composed in the key of E minor, while Kurt Cobain's vocal range spans one octave and one note, from a low of F ♯ 3 to a high of F ♯ 4. According to the sheet music published at by BMG Rights Management, it is written in the time signature of common time, with a heavy rock tempo of 120 beats per minute. "Come as You Are" is an alternative rock song that lasts for a duration of three minutes and thirty-eight seconds. The recording later appeared on MTV Unplugged in New York in November 1994. The band also performed an acoustic version of the song on MTV Unplugged on November 18, 1993. Vig sampled Cobain singing "memoria" from the middle of the song and placed it in the background of the song near the end twice. When this mistake was discovered, Cobain decided to keep it in the final recording. During the harmony overdub session, Cobain accidentally sang the phrase "And I don't have a gun" too early, appearing the fourth time he sings the word "memoria" after the guitar solo. Vig then asked Cobain to double track his vocals throughout the entire song. Cobain recorded his guitar solo in two takes, as well as three takes of vocals, of which the first was used. The group recorded the song with Vig during album sessions at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, in early 1991. "Come as You Are" was one of the few new songs Nirvana recorded onto the rehearsal tape the group sent to producer Butch Vig prior to the recording of Nevermind in 1991. Rolling Stone ranked "Come as You Are" 445th on its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and it placed 452nd on the 2010 edition of the list. The music video for "Come as You Are" was directed by Kevin Kerslake, who drew inspiration for it from the cover artwork of Nevermind. Similarities between "Come as You Are" and "Life Goes On" by the Damned have also been noted. Killing Joke guitarist Geordie Walker was said to be upset about the whole situation, and he felt that Nirvana (which according to Walker denied the connection between the songs) handled the matter poorly. Killing Joke were upset over the song, and there were rumors that a lawsuit had been filed over the song, though the suit never materialized. After some persuasion by the management company, Cobain agreed to release "Come as You Are" as the second single because of its commercial potential. Following the album's release, the band and its management company debated whether to release "Come as You Are" or " In Bloom" as the next single from the album due to Cobain's concerns over similarity of the former with Killing Joke song " Eighties" (1984). The unexpected success of the album's lead single, " Smells Like Teen Spirit" drew Nirvana to mainstream success, with Nevermind being released two weeks after the single's release. The single reached the top 10 in eight countries and the top 40 in eleven further countries. It was the band's second and final American top 40 hit, reaching number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, and second UK top 10 hit, reaching number nine on the UK Singles Chart. It is the third track and the second single from the band's second studio album Nevermind, released in March 1992. " Come as You Are" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by frontman and guitarist Kurt Cobain.
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