Nirvana, also for “Come as you are” are two billion
“Come As You Are” of the Nirvana has officially surpassed two billion streams on the platform Spotify. The song, included in the album “Nevermind” (read the review here) of 1991, joins “Smells like Teen Spirit” – another song by “Nevermind” – in the two billion streams club.
When i Nirvana they joined the producer Butch Vig to record “Nevermind”the band had recently signed a recording contract with Geffen Records and was eager to start recording. “When I went to work on ‘Nevermind,’ I had an idea of what it would be like,” Vig explained. “I just knew that I had to be ready and that when Kurt was in top form, we should hit ‘record’.”
Equipped with a demo that included a version of “Come As You Are” (here is the story of the song), the band headed to Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, and worked with Butch Vig to turn those demos into the songs we know today.
“Before coming to the studio, they rehearsed every day for six months, about ten hours a day,” Vig further explained. “Kurt, contrary to his slacker attitude, wanted a hit record. He wanted to make a really impeccable sounding album.”
Regarding the presentation of the song,
Dave Grohl
stated that they had a specific audience in mind when writing the demos for
“Nevermind”
. “We wanted them to be almost like children’s songs. We told people they were meant to be as simple as possible.”
Although there has been much debate about the meaning of the song,
Kurt Cobain
he emphasized that it is “about people and how they are expected to behave”. Also
Butch Vig
he had his say on its meaning. “I think that song is about acceptance and marginalization. You’re a beautiful person no matter how messed up you are. ‘Come As You Are’ is an ode to accepting a person for who they are.”
